Seagate 320Gb drive replace with Maxtor 320Gb

Discussion in 'Storage Devices' started by donkey42, Dec 15, 2006.

  1. donkey42

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    i RMA'd a Seagate 320Gb drive back to Seagate, and the replacement arrived today, the replacement is a 320Gb Maxtor drive

    i didn't want a Maxtor drive, i wanted a Seagate drive

    if i'd wanted a Maxtor drive, i would have bought a Maxtor drive but i didn't, i wanted a Seagate drive

    what do you guys think ?[ot]i know Seagate took control of Maxtor earlier this year[/ot]
     
  2. zeus

    zeus out of date

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    Yeah, I noticed Seagate controls Maxtors RMAs now.

    Id get on to them. They must know that seagate has a better name than maxtor so should expect problems when they send out maxtor drives to replace seagates. In fact id really see my arse if that happened to me.
     
  3. donkey42

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    :beer: cheers, i'll try emailing them first[ot]HDD is still boxed up, as it arrived[/ot]
     
  4. donkey42

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    well, i decided to phone Seagate, and the person i talked told me that Maxtor drives are just rebadged Seagate drives, (that's when i called him a lier:O ) but he was correct because
    • on the label it says "manufactured by Seagate
    • it looks like a Seagate drive
    • the microchips are laser eched with ST (Seagate Technology)
    :doh:

    so i've decided to keep the drive[ot]if it fails after 18 months, the guy i talked to said "just send it back to us[/ot][ot]feel bad now about calling him a lier, but he's a big boy, he'll get over it[/ot]
     
  5. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    Well, that's good to know that Seagate is simply taking their own drives and slapping a Maxtor tag on them now. I just might buy a Maxtor drive the next time I need one if that's all that's being done.
     
  6. donkey42

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    me too, i didn't like Maxtor drives but now their Seagate drives[ot]i'll probably see which is cheaper[/ot]
     

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