On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 18:04 -0400, Richard Ryder wrote:
> I've had very similar experiences with the Maxtor 250GB SATA drives. We ended
> up replacing about 32 of them with Seagates I think just to get the a little
> more peace of mind. Their failure rate was very, very high.
Yes, and I know of another group that experienced this problem. Maxtor
apparently made a few models of 250GB ATA/SATA drives that ran very hot.
If you used the drives continuously, many died within (or shortly after)
their 1yr warranty period.
Ed
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