Maxtor L01P160 7200 RPM 160 GB Internal Hard Drive by Maxtor
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Digital camera reviews of Maxtor L01P160 7200 RPM 160 GB Internal Hard Drive
Digital camera Review: What noise?
Summary: 4 Stars
My drive is whisper quiet....I really don't know why others are having noise problems.
Bought this drive to replace 80GB WD drive that failed within 1 month, Wd is not the company it used to be!
I hope to have better luck with Maxtor, so far so good! Love this drive, but time will tell as far as reliability.
Digital camera Review: WinXP not Maxtor friendly
Summary: 1 Stars
I gave this 1 star because it still isn't working. If it ever does, it may gain more stars. The tech support says they are having problems with WinXP. I installed the setup program, but it won't run at all unless I use the compatibility wizard to set it for Win98 - and then it fails after a few minutes. When I boot from the CD, I want to make the new drive my boot drive, but can't get the files to copy - error message at about the 8% point. Tech support is very friendly, but after several calls they finally admitted to the WinXP file copy problem and suggested I buy Partition Magic or something similar. When that arrives perhaps my luck will change - but I've just discovered that PM specs say it handles only up to 80GB partitions. I had wanted 120 and 40, but may have to settle for less than I had hoped. All in all, not a good experience so far.Digital camera Review: pretty decent
Summary: 3 Stars
well i got the drive and it crashed within the first week but i sent it back to maxtor and they sent me a new one which works well now. Their support is really really good, and they took the drive back no questions asked. Im happy right now with its performance, but i do prefer my western digital and ibm (yes even my ibm) to the maxtor.Digital camera Review: problem drive
Summary: 1 Stars
I have always thought Maxtor was an excellent hard drive making company. I originally bought this drive in April and was anxious to add extra storage to my PC. The first time I tried to configure the drive using the Maxtor software, the 160GB hard drive wanted to format at 32GB only. On the second try, my computer crashed. My original hard drive with operating system is now a useless drive with no volume and I am unable to access my data. All is lost. I called Maxtor tech service (who should have a higher rating because of their services) and was told the drive and/or required PCI card was no good. I received the new drive 2 days later and returned the defective drive and PCI card to Maxtor. But, I had to wait 3 weeks for a new PCI card, which is needed to install this size drive with my version of Windows. I finally received the PCI card last week and tried again to set up the drive (now as a boot drive since my original drive is shot). The drive seemed to be fine, partitioning and formatting to 160GB with the MaxBlaster software required. After completing all steps, Maxblaster brought me to the last setup screen and crashed again. I played around with connections and software, but the new Maxtor drive was not recognized by the MaxBlaster software or my computer's setup. I called Maxtor again to find that the second drive was considered defective. I am now waiting again for another hard drive to be delivered. Bought in April, it is now mid June and still no hard drive in my computer. Maxtor is no longer on my good hard drive company list.Digital camera Review: tsk tsk
Summary: 1 Stars
I still dont know why, till this day, why are people still using maxtor and western digital. These two drives are among the worst ive come across. They may be cheap but they are also a pain in the rear end. I have heard people that i know saying that their M and WD drives dying on them the first day they get it or within a few years, especially if u put stressful use on them. Can u imagine having problems just installing and OS alone. I tried installing OS from 95 to WinXP as well as the NT series of 2000 and up. That is exactly what i got when i first started using either these two drives in the PCs that i sell. From then on i have never used tham again. All my life and all my sold PCs are using Seagate and Quantum Drives, and i have never never had anyone one of them die on me neither of them gave me any problems when installing any OSs either. Wheather i leave them internally or carry it around to copy things from other PCs i never have any problems. I even have a 13 gig from 6 or 7 years ago still using today without a problem. I know quantom drives are harder to get in the US, but seagate is still my second choice in durability and software + OSs installation compatibility. Lets put it this way, i love quantoms drives so much i had my cousin ship them straight from taiwan, where they are made to me in the US. Also since i sell PCs i have to give waranties for the ones that i sell, and i have never had a HD problem before.