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Disk drive life depends on . . . luck

Disk drive life depends on . . . luckInteresting Article!!I guess I just have bad luck with drives!!Ah yes,I remember when I came to work one day to find 7 failed drives (out of an array of 20). I also found out that these drives were recalled by the manufacturer....

Tags: Branding, software, hardware, Maxtors, Maxtor Corp., Seagate Technology LLC, brand, disk drive, Maxtor Drive, hard drive, disk, Disk Drive Life

Discussion threads 2007-07-05

Maxtor drive holds 1.8 million images

Maxtor drive holds 1.8 million images500 GB isn't 1/2 a terabyteAnd every Maxtor drive I've owned has died young. I'll wait for a Seagate.250 hours of HDTV?A minimal of Googling found 1 hour and 55 minutes of HD video consuming 14.8GB -- which works out to about 7.8 minutes (rounding...

Tags: Maxtor Corp., Maxtor Drive, hard drive, storage

Discussion threads 2005-06-06

Maxtor drives in reverse

Maxtor drives in reversethey would do better if.......they stopped making junk harddrives.. their diamondmax line or whatever it is,, just sucks. they run to hot and die to soon.

Tags: Maxtor Drive, Maxtor Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-07-21

Drive maker Maxtor to ax hundreds of jobs

Drive maker Maxtor to ax hundreds of jobsGlobal economyWe are in the Global economy, all of the people who are alwasy chanting how wonderful linux is try to compete against a admin in a 3rd world country making $10,000 a year.You wanted some competition with MS now deal with it...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, Maxtor Corp., Maxtor Drive

Discussion threads 2004-07-02

Additional Resources

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Cloud Engines Pogoplug

Photo gallery:Cloud Engines PogoplugWouldn't it be nice to quickly access your data from anywhere without a complicated network setup? That's exactly what the Cloud Engines Pogoplug offers. Priced at $100, this tiny gadget turns any USB external storage devices--anything from a Seagate FreeAgent Go to a Western...

Tags: NETWORKING, Network technology, Pogoplug, network, home network

Product reviews 2009-11-10

SeaTools for Windows 1.2 (Windows)

SeaTools for Windows is a comprehensive, easy-to-use diagnostic tool that helps you quickly determine the condition of the disc drive in your external hard drive, desktop, or notebook computer. It includes several tests that will examine the physical media on your Seagate or Maxtor disc drive and any other non-Seagate...

Tags: Disc, Seagate Technology LLC, Microsoft Windows, Serial ATA, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Iomega's NAS: Is the mainstream ready for network storage?

I want one! ntntWow, that is monstrously overpriced...$699? You must be joking.I can get an 8(*t)b ReadyNAS for that, and it's a much better box. This isn't just 'kind of overpriced,' this is, 'wow, did the people buying this buy the first thing they saw?!' overpriced.Pricing from Iomega:CAPACITY CONNECTIVITY ITEM...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Apple Time Capsule, Consumer NAS, Iomega Corp., storage, NAS, tech support, network, network storage

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Maxtor BlackArmor PS 110 - hard drive - 500 GB - Hi-Speed USB

Maxtor's new 500GB BlackArmor PS 110 external hard drive ($160) provides trustworthy storage and data backup solutions for the consumer that needs more space. The shape and design of the drive isn't a far departure from the FreeAgent Go, another thin external HDD from Maxtor's parent company Seagate. The PS...

Tags: Backups, Maxtor Corp., Maxtor BlackArmor PS 110, FireWire, hard drive, Seagate Technology LLC

Product reviews 2009-07-01

Seagate writes off $2.2bn Maxtor goodwill

Seagate writes off $2.2bn Maxtor goodwillSeagate is using Maxtor brand for lower quality drivesMaxtor never had a very good reputation, although I have had some Maxtor drives that lasted (I still have two 40GB drives that work), but it seems like Maxtor had continuing quality control problems and lots of...

Tags: Branding, Maxtor Corp., Seagate Technology LLC

Discussion threads 2009-02-03

Toshiba, Fujitsu in talks to combine HDD business

Toshiba and Fujitsu are in final talks to combine their hard-disk drive businesses as the companies try to reduce costs, according to a Bloomberg report. Toshiba, Japan's biggest chipmaker, would reportedly have a majority stake in any joint venture. Fujitsu is in discussions with several companies about...

Tags: Hard Drive, Fujitsu Ltd., Toshiba Corp., Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Seagate slashes warranty from 5 years to 3 on selected bare drives

Seagate slashes warranty from 5 years to 3 on selected bare drivesstick to professional productsthus you benefit the 1.2 to 1.6 M hours MTBF ( instead of 0.75 Mhour, and still have the 5 years warranty.No more reasons to stick with Seagate thenThis change just puts Seagate into the same...

Tags: Seagate Technology LLC, Western Digital Corp., Hitachi Ltd.

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

Are Apple's new Macbooks 'cranky'?

Are Apple's new Macbooks 'cranky'?Never had any of these problems with my ToshibaGlad I didn't get a Mac, they don't seem to "Just Work" as well as my Toshiba. :)RE: Are Apple's new Macbooks 'cranky'?Is this really an editorial? This article basically just paraphrases Gizmodo paragraph-for-paragraph (although better formatted and...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, new MacBook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide

Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guideA different take on Black FridayI read an article a couple of weeks ago about Black Friday. The interesting thing is it's proven to be accurate so far.If anyone is interested, it's on http://www.uberi.comThe specific article is titled "What About Black Friday?"...

Tags: Notebooks, MicroCenter, Black Friday

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide

Update, 12/4/08: It's been brought to my attention by a diligent reader that several of the products listed in this guide were from 2007, and not this year. I compiled this guide as an aggregation of several listings online; clearly, some of the listings were old...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-23

Maxtor drops Central Axis Business Edition 2TB network-attached-storage device

Maxtor drops Central Axis Business Edition 2TB network-attached-storage device"Drops"?!While it may sound cool & hip to say "drop" instead of, say, release, you're only adding confusion. Especially by using it in the headline of your post.At what price?I went to the Maxtor site to check for the story and what...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, Axis, Maxtor Corp., Quantum Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-16

Maxtor introduces Central Axis Business Edition 2TB network-attached-storage device

Maxtor introduced the Central Axis as its flagship network-attached-storage NAS device a few months ago, and now it's trying to extend the brand to the small business segment with its Central Axis Business Edition, which will come packed with 2TB of storage and can automatically back up 20 computers on...

Tags: NAS, Maxtor Corp., Axis, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-16

Anyone here own a 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11?

Anyone here own a 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11?ConfusedSeaTools Enterprise Edition only scans for SCSI only found my DVD burner, but my 1.5TB is a SATA drive.Anyway, my drive has firmware version SD17 according to "SeaTools for Windows". I cannot find any information regarding part number, though.I haven't experienced any appreciable...

Tags: Storage, Seagate Technology LLC, RAID, SCSI, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2008-11-11

Zyxel NSA-220 NAS

The empty, two-bay Zyxel NSA-220 NAS device has solid overall performance, a good Web interface, and can be found online for a reasonable cost of $220. Aside from an FTP server, media server, iTunes server, and print server, the NSA-220 also has the capability to keep track of RSS feeds...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, Printers, Zyxel NSA-220, hard drive, ZyXEL Communications Corp., NAS, RAID

Product reviews 2008-10-09

To: Circuit City and Best Buy. From: You.

The CEO of Circuit City resigned last week after his failed attempt to revitalize the well-known gadget store. Since then, the 'ol City is looking like it's headed the way of CompUSA. The civic-minded Consumerist blog has decided to call on its readers to compile requests into...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., Consumerist Blog, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), DVD, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-01