Re: Any Drive Brand to Avoid? - Storage

jim evans wrote:
> The common drives available in my price range are Maxtor, Segate,
> Western Digital and maybe Fujitsu or IBM. Are there any brands to
> stay away from?
>
> -- jim

I give another vote to Seagate. I personally have had good luck with
their drives (YMMV). I also like their 5 year warranty.

Conversely, I will never buy another Maxtor drive. The last four drive
failures that I had were all Maxtors. Their 1 year warranty at the time
I bought them was also pathetic. (Since Seagate bought Maxtor, they
have increased the warranty to 3 years.)

As a side note, carefully check the warranty when you buy a drive. I
see W-D drives with both 1 year and 3 year warranties. I think Seagate
always offers 5 years.

No Spam wrote:
> jim evans wrote:
>> The common drives available in my price range are Maxtor, Segate,
>> Western Digital and maybe Fujitsu or IBM. Are there any brands to
>> stay away from?
>>
>> -- jim
>
> I give another vote to Seagate. I personally have had good luck with
> their drives (YMMV). I also like their 5 year warranty.
>
> Conversely, I will never buy another Maxtor drive. The last four
> drive failures that I had were all Maxtors. Their 1 year warranty at
> the time I bought them was also pathetic. (Since Seagate bought
> Maxtor, they have increased the warranty to 3 years.)
>
> As a side note, carefully check the warranty when you buy a drive. I
> see W-D drives with both 1 year and 3 year warranties. I think
> Seagate always offers 5 years.

One exception is their external drives which only have 1 year warranty.

Their OEM drives dont necessarily have any warranty from Seagate.

You can get some idea by reading the newegg customer reviews for models
you're interested in.


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Ed Light wrote

> You can get some idea by reading the newegg customer reviews for models you're interested in.

The storagereview stats are even better.