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Question of the Day: Which Hard Drives Have Crashed On You?
Today when I wrote up a WD RAID drive, the comment boxes were flooded with WD gripes. The funny thing is, the reverse happened when we wrote about Seagate a while ago. And Buchanan won't shut up about Hitachi's infamous "Death Star" drives. Are all drives equally prone to fail, or are there some makers who get it right more often than others? Yes, we would like you to share your most heart-wrenching drive crash stories, if you've finally got up the courage to talk about it. But first: More »
security
The Goods: Maxtor's BlackArmor portable hard drive differentiates itself from other portable HDs—a market already crowded with schway-looking options—by being a data security badass, the most hardcore of any external storage. It uses gov't-grade AES encryption at the hardware level, so everything on the drive is encrypted and it's harder to bust. Did we mention it looks like straight off an Area 51 drone's office desk? The Drag: It's only 160GB (there's way bigger), and aesthetically pleasing peace of mind is expensive, almost a buck a GB at $150.
Maxtor BlackArmor Portable HD Looks Like Area 51 Gear, Locks Your Data Down Just as Tight
The Goods: Maxtor's BlackArmor portable hard drive differentiates itself from other portable HDs—a market already crowded with schway-looking options—by being a data security badass, the most hardcore of any external storage. It uses gov't-grade AES encryption at the hardware level, so everything on the drive is encrypted and it's harder to bust. Did we mention it looks like straight off an Area 51 drone's office desk? The Drag: It's only 160GB (there's way bigger), and aesthetically pleasing peace of mind is expensive, almost a buck a GB at $150.
dealzmodo
Maxtor 300GB Hard Drive for $44
It's time for those after-Christmas sales, and here's a great deal on a Maxtor L01Y300 300GB hard drive from Fry's for $44, which we couldn't find anywhere else for less than $75. The description for the today-only deal says it's a 7200rpm retail hard drive kit with a 16MB buffer and an Ultra ATA 100 interface. What has us perplexed is the breathless promise of a "bonus 20GB FREE!" Huh? Might be a good investment of that Christmas money, but buyer beware. Sounds too good to be true. [Fry's]
11:36 AM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Charlie White
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virus lockdown
Earlier this week, we shared breaking news about Seagate selling 1,800 Trojan-horse-infected Maxtor hard drives at retail. I checked in with the company to learn the details, and see if they busted the perp. The official word:
Seagate Fingers Hard-Drive Poisoning Employee, Hardens Prevention Measures (Full Story)
Earlier this week, we shared breaking news about Seagate selling 1,800 Trojan-horse-infected Maxtor hard drives at retail. I checked in with the company to learn the details, and see if they busted the perp. The official word:The internal investigation by the contract manufacturer determined that the virus was accidentally transferred by one of its employees and not a malicious act.But accident, schmaccident: Seagate is taking some severe prevention measures to keep this from happening again, including extra anti-virus software—and metal detectors. The situation was more widespread than we originally knew, and anyone with a Maxtor Basics drive should probably read on. More »
10:30 AM on Sat Nov 17 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by n/a: @spaceman7: We're talking asia here, for guaranteed success, build a small wooden hello kitty. more »
ces preview 2008
SentrySafe has made safes for 70 years, but now they've teamed with Seagate/Maxtor to make hard-drive housings that withstand up to 1550degrees Fahrenheit for a half hour, and "full" 24-hour water submersion. Some like the Fire-Safe/Waterproof 80GB and 160GB ($320) drives are freestanding units that house 2.5" bus-powered drives in impervious containers. The other alternative is a full-blown $520 safe that has a USB pass-through for your bus-powered drive. A third option is a smaller filing box, the Data Storage Safe, which lets you keep DVDs and other small documents along with a small USB drive. [SentrySafe]
SentrySafe Fireproof Waterproof USB HDD Housings Save Your Data (Not You) From Armageddon
SentrySafe has made safes for 70 years, but now they've teamed with Seagate/Maxtor to make hard-drive housings that withstand up to 1550degrees Fahrenheit for a half hour, and "full" 24-hour water submersion. Some like the Fire-Safe/Waterproof 80GB and 160GB ($320) drives are freestanding units that house 2.5" bus-powered drives in impervious containers. The other alternative is a full-blown $520 safe that has a USB pass-through for your bus-powered drive. A third option is a smaller filing box, the Data Storage Safe, which lets you keep DVDs and other small documents along with a small USB drive. [SentrySafe]
security
Seagate Accidentally Shipped 1,800 Trojan-Horse Tainted Drives
Roughly 1,800 external drives manufactured by Seagate were infected with a Trojan horse virus that sent personal information back to China, according to the Taipei Times. The disk drives, sold at retail in Taiwan, were presumably messed with when they were in the possession of one of Seagate's Chinese subcontractors. The situation has been locked down, but it certainly puts a new spin on security fears, and Seagate itself has got to be pretty freaked out. All we have at the moment is a statement: "All products leaving the factory are now cleared of the virus." [Reuters]
apple
The bad news is, we have discovered a Leopard-related issue that may very well throw a monkey wrench into your Time Machine. Anyone trying to use Time Machine with a previously PC-formatted drive could be at risk. The good news is, there is an easy—albeit none-too-obvious—fix. Here's the dilly-o:
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Leopard Disk Utility Format Issue Screws With Time Machine (But There's An Easy Fix)
The bad news is, we have discovered a Leopard-related issue that may very well throw a monkey wrench into your Time Machine. Anyone trying to use Time Machine with a previously PC-formatted drive could be at risk. The good news is, there is an easy—albeit none-too-obvious—fix. Here's the dilly-o:
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12:00 AM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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hdds
Seagate's Maxtor OneTouch line is getting an upgrade, with three new models in the OneTouch 4 series: OneTouch 4 ($100 for 250GB, $170 for 500GB, $270 for 750GB), OneTouch 4 Plus ($130 for 250GB up to $360 for 1TB) and the OneTouch 4 Mini ($100 for 80GB, $120 for 120GB and $150 for 160GB). Besides looking all serious and anodized, they boast a new software feature, SafetyDrill, a "bare metal system restore" which Seagate touts as a "nearly instantaneous restoration of an entire computer." They're also quieter, cooler running and sport spiffier drive protection mechanisms. Full press release after the jump.
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New Maxtor OneTouch 4 Drives Are Metallic, Sexy, Storage-y
Seagate's Maxtor OneTouch line is getting an upgrade, with three new models in the OneTouch 4 series: OneTouch 4 ($100 for 250GB, $170 for 500GB, $270 for 750GB), OneTouch 4 Plus ($130 for 250GB up to $360 for 1TB) and the OneTouch 4 Mini ($100 for 80GB, $120 for 120GB and $150 for 160GB). Besides looking all serious and anodized, they boast a new software feature, SafetyDrill, a "bare metal system restore" which Seagate touts as a "nearly instantaneous restoration of an entire computer." They're also quieter, cooler running and sport spiffier drive protection mechanisms. Full press release after the jump.
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deals
Dealzmodo: Maxtor/Seagate 500GB Hard Drives $119
Your local Fry's electronics has both a 500GB Seagate Serial ATA/300 or a 500GB Maxtor Ultra DMA/100 internal hard drive on sale for $119 with no rebate. This is a pretty decent deal, as the cheapest Newegg's got 500GB hard drives for is $129. Your homemade DVR will thank you. More »
6:40 PM on Fri Apr 20 2007
By Jason Chen
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19 comments
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Last weekend we ooo'd at a boatload of MacBooks just sitting around, waiting to be stolen by the camera operator. This weekend we have 22-terabytes (or $18,400) worth of Maxtor drives playing dominoes. More »
Maxtor Dominos
Last weekend we ooo'd at a boatload of MacBooks just sitting around, waiting to be stolen by the camera operator. This weekend we have 22-terabytes (or $18,400) worth of Maxtor drives playing dominoes. More »
deals
Dealzmodo: 300GB External Hard Drive, $130 Out-the-door
Okay, I know, I know. I've been filling up these Dealzmodos with mail-in-rebates lately, so I decided I would divert away from that and find a solid deal without any BS mail-in-rebates. I found one for an external hard drive, but unfortunately the hard drive is a Maxtor. Honestly, I've never had a problem with Maxtor hard drives and I have used quite a few, but I know there are a lot of you out there who share undying hatred for these drives More »
11:50 AM on Wed Sep 20 2006
By Travis Hudson
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23 comments
Latest by -emory-: It's a great deal, funny enough, I bought one with this deal about 2 months ago. It's been working perfectly. Got all my media backed up on it. Works like a charm! more »
peripherals
Maxtor Fusion Hands-On: Not Too Shabby Nor Extensive
Maxtor's added a bunch of little features to its 500GB Fusion hard drive to make it more appealing to a skeptical public. CrunchGear, nerds that they are, did a hands-on with the unit, putting it through a series of feats of strength and tests of might. How did it hold up? More »
peripherals
Maxtor Shared Storage II Reviewed (Verdict: Easy Setup, But Pricey)
John over at CrunchGear got his paws on a Maxtor Shared Storage II, which is a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device with 1TB of hard drive space. Thanks to the Gigabit Ethernet interface and the 7200RPM, 16MB cache hard drive, transfers to and from the NAS are going to be quite speedy. More »
peripherals
Maxtor Shared Storage II: 1TB of Storage
Announced while we were all celebrating our nation's independence, the Maxtor Shared Storage II (MSSII) brings 1TB (1,000GB) of networked storage capacity to LAN near you. As you can imagine, 1TB of data is quite a lot, but with gigabyte-hungry high definition content currently gaining momentum in the consumer market, the more hard drive space the merrier. Maxtor lists the MSSII as able to hold 768,000 photos, 72 hours of DV video or 16,000 hours of music. With that amount of space, you could conceivably load up the MSSII full of RIAA and MPAA-approved media and hunker down in your home theater, watching and listening until the end of days. More »
deals
Such a Deal: Maxtor 200GB for $40
Our new friend at Bargain Jack found a great deal, a Maxtor 200GB internal hard drive for $40 shipped. It's an Ultra ATA/133 disk running at 7200RPM, and it might just be perfect for that array you've been thinking about building. We're liking this deal—Bargain Jack did the math for us, reminding us that we're talking about 63% off retail here. More »
peripherals
Maxtor Fusion Network Attached Storage
Seagate is going to be rolling out the Maxtor Fusion Network Attached Storage (NAS), a 500GB storage solution that's accessible via gigabit ethernet. For those of you that forgot, Seagate purchased Maxtor a while back, and isn't just calling their products Maxtor to spite the hard drive manufacturer—which would have been more fun. More »
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