Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 200 GB Internal Hard Drive - 1 Pack

One of the best values going

Strengths: - Low cost per gig - Reliable

Weakness: - None

I own 4 of these drives. 2 are used as internal IDE drives, the other 2 as external USB 2.0 drives. I can't understand why people keep blaming this drive for boot sector corruption when the power shuts off. I've never had that happen. Personally, those reviews seem a little suspect (almost as if they were written by the same person). These drives have been nothing but reliable. Very fast. Very...

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Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 200 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: cheap; return policy!

Weakness: unstable

I have never had as many problems with a hard drive than with the large storage capacity Maxtor products. I have sent a total of 4 returns for 4 different drives. If you like your data dont buy Maxtor.

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 200 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Cheap for the capacity, very fast operation

Weakness: Boot sector may get currupted if power supply shuts off, spindle and wheel mechanism is not as robust as Western Digital devices

I am very satisfied with this product as far as writing and reading speeds, capacity and price. But the only time I was disappointed was perhaps the very last time as I got rid of this drive. I bought Western Digital Hard Drive which is known to work better for boot, as I own another Western Digital 80GB drive.

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 200 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: exceptional speed, easy to use software and very easy to install.

Weakness: Mitght have to get ati card unless you have the new microsoft office xp software.

This hard drive is amazing. I just upgraded from a crappy 20 gig hardrive that came stock with a computer that I bought about 3 years ago. The hard drive is fast and can hold alot. One thing I liked the most about it is that it allowed yuo to copy your data from your old hard drive to your new harddrive. Overall its a great buy for a gamer and a music lover, and dvd ripper.

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 200 GB Internal Hard Drive...

Strengths: Fast drive!!

Weakness: Boot Sector gets correpted!!

I must of formated my drive 2 times already it does not like to restart when it crashes on XP Pro. I crashed on XP Pro and turn the PC off and on using the button because I crashed and nothing else worked. When I rebooted I got A DISK READ ERROR OCCURED. Then I could not log onto Safe mode or even see the Windows XP screen. I might have to reformat AGAIN!!!! AAAARRRRRR I should of bought WD!!

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