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Post by mexicanjunior on Aug 4, 2008 14:09:52 GMT -6
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Post by Sideshow Bob on Aug 4, 2008 14:28:50 GMT -6
best purchase ever
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Post by tecnocrat on Aug 4, 2008 17:29:35 GMT -6
I have the Western Digital 250GB little external like that. LOVE IT.
Just, be careful walking it around. Dropped that bad boy, and all of a sudden it needed warranty service.
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Post by bigdave on Aug 4, 2008 19:44:39 GMT -6
I have had bigger...
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Post by mexicanjunior on Aug 12, 2008 14:04:51 GMT -6
This thing gave me a scare this morning. It started making clicking noises and the power light was flashing off and on. Then I started getting all kinds of errors referring to it's drive letter (F) before my PC froze up. After doing a hard reboot, my PC got stuck on the E-Machine splash screen and wouldn't get to Windows. After letting it sit off and trying a 2nd boot up during my lunch hour with the drive not connected, it seemed to be working ok. The external drive was being read and I didn't lose anything, which is VERY good considering I had already backed everything I had up to it. Let's hope that was just some glitch and not an indication of an impending crash...
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Post by tecnocrat on Aug 12, 2008 15:18:52 GMT -6
This thing gave me a scare this morning. It started making clicking noises and the power light was flashing off and on. Then I started getting all kinds of errors referring to it's drive letter (F) before my PC froze up. After doing a hard reboot, my PC got stuck on the E-Machine splash screen and wouldn't get to Windows. After letting it sit off and trying a 2nd boot up during my lunch hour with the drive not connected, it seemed to be working ok. The external drive was being read and I didn't lose anything, which is VERY good considering I had already backed everything I had up to it. Let's hope that was just some glitch and not an indication of an impending crash... I have highlighted your problem. |
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Post by mexicanjunior on Aug 12, 2008 15:21:25 GMT -6
This thing gave me a scare this morning. It started making clicking noises and the power light was flashing off and on. Then I started getting all kinds of errors referring to it's drive letter (F) before my PC froze up. After doing a hard reboot, my PC got stuck on the E-Machine splash screen and wouldn't get to Windows. After letting it sit off and trying a 2nd boot up during my lunch hour with the drive not connected, it seemed to be working ok. The external drive was being read and I didn't lose anything, which is VERY good considering I had already backed everything I had up to it. Let's hope that was just some glitch and not an indication of an impending crash... I have highlighted your problem. Yep, I'm sure it had more to do with the laptop then the HD...too poor to buy a new one though...  |
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Post by bigdave on Aug 12, 2008 17:55:52 GMT -6
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Post by matt51180 on Aug 15, 2008 7:36:13 GMT -6
Was it opposite day when you decided to post a response? |
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Post by matt51180 on Aug 15, 2008 7:37:49 GMT -6
This thing gave me a scare this morning. It started making clicking noises and the power light was flashing off and on. Then I started getting all kinds of errors referring to it's drive letter (F) before my PC froze up. After doing a hard reboot, my PC got stuck on the E-Machine splash screen and wouldn't get to Windows. After letting it sit off and trying a 2nd boot up during my lunch hour with the drive not connected, it seemed to be working ok. The external drive was being read and I didn't lose anything, which is VERY good considering I had already backed everything I had up to it. Let's hope that was just some glitch and not an indication of an impending crash... I don't hear many good things about Maxtor from the computer guys here at work. They tend to lean towards Western Digital. I just listen, I fix LCD & plasma TV's so I am not too keen on computer products or repair. |
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Post by mexicanjunior on Aug 15, 2008 9:17:21 GMT -6
I don't hear many good things about Maxtor from the computer guys here at work. They tend to lean towards Western Digital. I just listen, I fix LCD & plasma TV's so I am not too keen on computer products or repair. Dangit, buyers remorse has already set in...worst purchase ever. |
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Post by matt51180 on Aug 15, 2008 9:35:44 GMT -6
For future purchases, feel free to ask me questions about any electronics. If I can't give a full response about something, I am sure to find someone here at work that has a thought or two about almost anything. I work at the service center for Best Buy, so I have people in appliances, camera/camcorder, computer, laptops, printers, audio/video, and me in TV's. Even Ipods.
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Post by tecnocrat on Aug 15, 2008 10:25:38 GMT -6
Both WD and Maxtor are good. Just back it up now, and RMA it, before it fails totally.
I waited too long, had a catastrophic failure, but got a new one with no issues at all.
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Post by Sideshow Bob on Aug 15, 2008 12:58:46 GMT -6
i have two maxtor externals and both are great without ever having failed whatsoever
i did have a sandisk thumb drive crap out on me in pretty short order, so i say f sandisk
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Post by matt51180 on Aug 15, 2008 14:36:21 GMT -6
As do I. I am not a fan of theirs either.
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