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Title: Complete waste of time and money
Review: Based on the "good reputation" of Maxtor hard drives, I bought one of these when my IBM "Deathstar" failed. That turned out to be a really bad choice... I thought the IBM's 2 year service life was bad, this "wonderful" Maxtor lasted about 6 weeks before having motor problems and it failed completely 2 weeks after that. Since I don't have an extra room in my apartment to store boxes for all of my electronic items, I threw away the original packaging (Maxtor requires this for returning the defective unit), so, I guess I now have a 90 dollar, two-month-old, paper weight. I replaced it with a Seagate Barracuda and, the jury is still out, but at least I won't have to worry about warranty coverage. The warranty on the Seagate drive stipulates that subjecting the drive to more than 350 G's will void the warranty, so, as long as I don't take it apart or throw it in front of a speeding bus, I should be covered. DON'T BUY A MAXTOR!!! Unless you enjoy throwing your money away.
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