Just a bit of news. Seagate has fully taken over Maxtor.

Official: Seagate Technology - SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF MAXTOR CORPORATION

Other news sites:

- The Register - Seagate swallows Maxtor
- RealTech News -Seagate Buys Maxtor
- Macworld Daily News - Seagate, Maxtor merge approved
ZDNet - Shareholders clear Seagate's Maxtor takeover
..etc..

Regards.

poor thing, end up, been take over by other...

i am using my 80GB, 2mb buffer...
so far so good... let see how long does this hdd will survive!!

i am going to buy larger hdd, need to have more spaces to store files....

they will still maintain the brand maxtor

maxtor will soon disappear or maybe become "seator"?

haih..poor maxtor...but their hdd is good wut..
mine 20gb still holding more than 5 years...
but seagate ade more than 10 years 10gb

yeah despite many ppl complaning bout maxtor,mine has been working well for years

u hadnt do a disc scan for bad sector?

how to do disc scan?

wont disappear... seagate want to retain the brand name

wat windows u using? use the MS disc scan by select througouh.

errrmm...lazy to scan lar ><"
can use okay le
lazy to wait so long

sorry noob here, I'm using winxp. care to tell?

click properties>tool>check now.

i think seagate take over the maxtor will make it better because i think the people working in maxtor can wake up and start do their work.

1.samsung
2.WD
3.Seagate

hi ppl, i ned recommendation for an external HDD casing and external HDD for a notebook..i think i'll get a WD HDD but abt the casing,I'm not sure..wat's a good brand? I've noticed on the pricelist's that they group external HDD in 2 categories-Combo & USB, wat's the difference?

If i'm asking in the wrong section,plz point me to the right direction..thanks for the help

hi ppl... my old seagate 20g harddisk just dead.. i found some weird sound when i start up the computer.. it was like the disk spinning inside was hitting something.

pc cannot detect harddisk some times. even if the bios detected, it will automatically restart when i try to enter the windows.

so here is my problems now. i will buy a new harddisk tomorrow. the TARGET i aimed is 80GBs with MAXTOR or WESTERN DIGITAL. i want to copy some important files from my previous harddisk.. (i think the files stll not corrupted) is it better for me to buy a SATA harddisk? will my motherboard supports 2 harddisk simultenously? (both IDE and SATA).

pls help me... and thx in advance!!

I wonder whether your BIOS will be able to detect the new 80GB hdd that you are about to purchase.

hi, thx for the reply.. i don't know le.. it was an old VIA motherboard.. u think can detect ma? if it can detect, then can use both hds at the same time?

i bought my external HDD a months ago..60GB seagate momentus 5400..how ever, after i used it for i found that my total capacity including used and free disc spaces left only 55.87 GB..is this normal or there is something wrong with my HDD?