Re: The inferiority of Maxtor

Ian wrote:
What is it with Maxtor internal IDE hard drives? This week is the second time I had trouble with a Maxtor Diamond hard drive.

Here's the story:

When I attempted to access the folder in which the file I needed was stored, Windows 2000 threw an "Error performing inpage operation on hard disk" error dialog. The first thing I did was run chkdsk with the '/R' switch. chkdsk found some errors and claimed to have fixed them, but I still couldn't access the folder with my files. So, then I used the Maxtor "PowerMax" diagnostic utility to test the drive. During the Advanced Test, the utility reported that the drive was failing and that I should contact Maxtor.

The funny thing is, this exact same thing happened to me with a different Maxtor hard drive on one of my other computers back in December of last year. I managed to "repair" the drive by using a utility called "dban" and having it do a wipe of my hard drive 3 times. After doing that, the Maxtor diagnostic utility claimed the drive was healthy again, and I haven't had any problems since. I still don't trust the drive, though.

What is causing this data corruption? Is it more likely an error of the operating system, or the hard drive itself? I know Maxtor is known for drives going bad, but this is ridiculous considering my hard drives were baught new only a year ago.


Until you know the true cause of the problem, I think it's a
mistake to blame the drive(s). There are many other potential
culprits -- OS, memory, power supply, etc.

FWIW, I've had good results with Maxtor drives.

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