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I have recently had 2 Maxtor HDDs shown to be "Failing" when tested with PowerMax. One had already completely crashed (failed - see below), and the other is still going, but on its last legs I suppose... (Its data is now backed up, of course).

One was 5 months old, 250 giga, and the other is 18 months old, 160 giga.

Thanks to a (fairly recent) backup of the 250 giga, I've still got most of the data, though some was lost. I think it's scandalous that these disks give up the ghost so fast, particularly in view of the fact that the 250 giga one was my main HDD containing Win XP and all that that entails.

Is this normal behaviour for Maxtor HDDs?

Thanks,

HumanBean20.

P.S. You can read other folks' comments re the possibility of my disks overheating at http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7813-0.html?forumID=26&threadID=134336&messageID=1514738

My setup:- PC, not MAC (+ Acer laptop), Cubase VST 5.1, WinXP Pro, AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (1.83 GHz), ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard, Tascam US-122, Rode NT3 mic, 1.00 GB of RAM, 200 GB HD

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