Maxtor Sucks

OK, another 80 gig drive down the toliet. What is with these things, It has only been 4 months, and my drive starts wigging out. This time around, I only lost things that were already on CD, so not too big a deal. Just a big pain in the neck.

Don''t buy Maxtor. The company is great, they ship me new drives overnight, just the hassle of having to replace them sucks.

:(

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