Title: Burned twice
Product review: I don't usually write reviews about products I don't like, but this time I felt a responsibility to warn others to stay away from this one. Over the past year I've purchased the 1TB and 1.5TB versions of this drive, and both crashed on me within about six months. The first one gave me an audible warning by emitting a grinding noise so I was able to buy a new one (the 1.5 TB version) and transfer my files onto it before it crashed. The second drive lasted about six months before crashing without warning. In my twenty-plus years of using computers both at work and at home, I've never had a hard-drive completely crash on me until I purchased both of these drives. I used to have great trust in Maxtor drives after owning many over the years, but these two OneTouch III drives have completely wiped out that trust (along with the data that were on those drives!). Do yourself a favor and stay far away from these drives.
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