Parrotgeek7 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Recently, starting about 8 days ago, we started seeing quite a few (11 so far) Maxtor external hdd's all with the same problem.For one reason or another, they all seem to have lost their file allocation tables and partition information. They all show up in the bios and even on Windows disk management on the server platforms, but they can not be mounted or assigned a drive letter.So far 8 of them have been accessable thru DOS and the contents retrieved, but the other 3 are DOA.We have tried DOS, 95,98,XP, W2K3 server and Linux and none of the systems can access the drives, partition the drive or even format them.I wonder if these are suddenly going to become a problem item or is it just gremlins? Anyone else have any issues with these drives? (they range in size from 40 to 200 Gb's and are all between 1 and 3 years old) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parrotgeek7 Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 8 views and not 1 opinion? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 My roommate has one that's worked fine for about 2 years, but I'll pass along the heads-up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
screi Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 ...well i had a 160gb(Maxtor) fail after just over a year(out of warranty by a month)..but it was an internal...from the anecdotal stories i've seen on a number of boards..i seems Maxtor has recently experienced quality issues..as you yourself report....i've switched to Seagate..mostly because of the 5 year warranty and because they're so quiet.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parrotgeek7 Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I have always had good luck with Maxtors, until now. None of mine have failed...knock on wood...yet!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Makai Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I am just getting ready to buy one (external drive). Thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skeet6961 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Recently, starting about 8 days ago, we started seeing quite a few (11 so far) Maxtor external hdd's all with the same problem.For one reason or another, they all seem to have lost their file allocation tables and partition information. They all show up in the bios and even on Windows disk management on the server platforms, but they can not be mounted or assigned a drive letter.So far 8 of them have been accessable thru DOS and the contents retrieved, but the other 3 are DOA.We have tried DOS, 95,98,XP, W2K3 server and Linux and none of the systems can access the drives, partition the drive or even format them.I wonder if these are suddenly going to become a problem item or is it just gremlins? Anyone else have any issues with these drives? (they range in size from 40 to 200 Gb's and are all between 1 and 3 years old)<{POST_SNAPBACK}>i've had a few 200 gigs just plain croak. i stopped using maxtors since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MtnPictures Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I've had one for about 3 or 4 years now. It's still working great and no complaints. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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