Well the time has come were I cant manage any longer without a new hard drive.
So I’ve seen this one..now I know you guys arnt Maxtor fans but Ive had a perfectly reliable Maxtor drive for years.
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=9616&GroupID=3
Any way firstly have any of you guys dealt with microdirect? Are they good or bad? Also anybody know where I can get a better deal??
I hear they are quite good, and WOW 300GB for £82.24…thats amazing!
hmm well I don’t like Maxtor but if you’ve had a perfectly good one and trust them go with it!
Still don’t agree I’m afraid, so I can’t recommend it. Many people have had reliable Maxtors, but the same can be said otherwise.
just be sure to get a hard drive cooler with it.
I literally wouldn’t use Maxtor if they were giving them away for free. The more capacity, the more you stand to lose when they die.
Personally i think 300GB is overkill, 160GB is usually fine for most users, unless of course your a diehard audiophile and need to have your whole hard drive full of music and videos!
Yeah, I agree with AT and NF. 300 gigs IS overkill. I have a 200 gig HDD, and I’m not even halfway full. Heck, i didn’t fill my 80 gig HDD. And as far as the Maxtor, even though you’ve had one that worked well, it’s reputation is that it is more likely to die. Why take the chance of losing all of your data. Instead, spend a few extra bucks and get a Western Digital or a Seagate and you can rest easy.
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I literally wouldn’t use Maxtor if they were giving them away for free. The more capacity, the more you stand to lose when they die.
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Exactly. 300GB is a lot of data lose.
my 160 gb western digital died and that was also a lot of data to loose. For that price and my own experience with maxtor im willing to take the risk.
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my 160 gb western digital died and that was also a lot of data to loose. For that price and my own experience with maxtor im willing to take the risk.
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Nice. Ask a lot of people for advice, disregard that advice. Makes perfect sense(???).
Funny thing… I just worked on a half-dozen systems today that had Maxtor HDDs in them. Those drives were beat up. For example, one particular drive took over one and a half hours to format, and it was only 60gb. They were even well taken care of and in chassis with excellent cooling. I can’t imagine they’d have worked at all if it was otherwise.
Heh, yeah they probably would have died looong before…
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Nice. Ask a lot of people for advice, disregard that advice. Makes perfect sense(???).
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Sorry AT you must of misunderstood my question I was asking for information on microdirect or if anyone knew of a hard drive that was better for similar price. Not on wether I should purchase it or not.
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Less space but it’s still more than enough I would think, plus it’s Seagate 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/westerndigital_ide.html
Western Digital do a 300GB one on here for £86.36 (Including VAT at 17.5%)
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Wow nice find Matt.
Just looked around, there are many places to look, just try and find the best deal, now i am off to party!
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Nice finds Matt, might get the western digital instead of the maxtor
Might?
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Sorry AT you must of misunderstood my question I was asking for information on microdirect or if anyone knew of a hard drive that was better for similar price. Not on wether I should purchase it or not.
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Hmm, sorry I came off so strong, wasn’t my intention.
No worries mate 