Major shudder, the last maxtor drive I bought this year had to be sent back twice to get a working one.
The only thing good about Maxtor is that Seagate bought them and extended their warranty to 5 years for most maxtor drives.
Heres a bunch of better drives, at or near the same cost.
http://tinyurl.com/36a828
The newer Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives kick ass.