maxtor drives...suck?

[Duane Attaway]

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Marvin [GodfatherofSoul] Bellamy wrote:

> Anyone else have problems with Quantum/Maxtor brand drives?  I just had 
> my third drive fail in a little over a year.  Thankfully, I got my first 
> when they still had awesome warranties, so I'm still covered for a free 
> drive.  But, I have to rebuild my network server which is a nuisance.

Oh, idunno.  I have a 160GB Maxtor basket that I put all my eggs in.  Sor
far, this one hasn't broke.  But the first one had a rash of bad sectors
that forced me to return it.

I found the ide-smart utility to be a lifesaver.  It tells me how the
drive's internet benchmarking and performance ratings compare to known
premature failures:

http://lightside.eresmas.com/

And currently my drive hasn't mechanically degraded over the months.