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Damn!! I bought a maxtor diamondmax 10 160gb sata

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rtsPlayer   04-10-2006 at 10:54:03 PM

Now I found the design life of this drive is 5 years. I want it to last more. what does this design life means.

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MadModMike   04-11-2006 at 05:53:17 AM
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Now I found the design life of this drive is 5 years. I want it to last more. what does this design life means.



If you're looking for a drive to last longer than 5 years, you'd better WAIT 5 years for them to change the physical design of HDD's, because with those moving parts, you're lucky to get 2 years out of an average drive...not to mention DOA's and those Runts that die after 2 WEEKS...

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

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FatFunkey   04-11-2006 at 06:17:34 AM
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Now I found the design life of this drive is 5 years. I want it to last more. what does this design life means.




im sorry you bought a maxtor..... :cry:


design life means its only designed to last that long...at anyrate im sorry you bought a maxtor there not...the best know some people who gone though 2-3 maxtor hdds in 2 years and havent learned yet

Western Digital or Seagate my friend :d

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rtsPlayer   04-11-2006 at 10:35:44 AM
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If you're looking for a drive to last longer than 5 years, you'd better WAIT 5 years for them to change the physical design of HDD's, because with those moving parts, you're lucky to get 2 years out of an average drive...not to mention DOA's and those Runts that die after 2 WEEKS...

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time



lucky to get 2 years average drive? they give 3 years warranty anyway.

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mesarectifier   04-11-2006 at 11:38:39 AM
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Totally opposite experience - my oldest Maxtor is 6 years old and still running great, and I've never had one fail. I've got a WD160gb that is currently in the process of dying, and a Seagate that well and truly died, both within a year/year and a half.

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Tears_For_Fears   04-11-2006 at 12:45:54 PM
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Totally opposite experience - my oldest Maxtor is 6 years old and still running great, and I've never had one fail. I've got a WD160gb that is currently in the process of dying, and a Seagate that well and truly died, both within a year/year and a half.



agreed. my maxtor 80gb running 3 years and no prob. my quantum fb 30gb running 7 years and still no prob.

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INeedCache   04-12-2006 at 06:38:15 AM
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The DiamondMax 10s are good drives. Obviously any drive can fail at any time, but I wouldn't regret your choice.

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