Maxtor 5000DV Personal Storage User Reviews May 15th, 2003 | by Ian Bell
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Average user rating from 48 users |
Still works great
by Jeremy on May 26th, 2008 at 8:16 PM:
I have had my Maxtor 160GB for almost 3 years, and it's fine even after months without use. Other reviewers say that it's the cases that fail. Maybe some people are treating the case like crap.
Another Failure
by Mike Kur on Jan 4th, 2008 at 10:10 AM:
I just wanted to add my 2 cents to the complaining. My 200 GB 5000dv failed just after warranty. The Techs comments were "things like that happen". I wonder if Seagate knew what they were buying when they bought out Maxtor?
Great drive.
by J Eide on Jul 30th, 2007 at 12:51 PM:
Had mine for well over 2 years and have not had a single problem yet.
Don't buy
by Henry on Jul 18th, 2007 at 5:10 PM:
Had a very bad experience with it. Very unstable. One of our two drives never worked. Don't buy.
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After 4 years all four of mine still working fine.
by Kevin on Oct 19th, 2009 at 2:41 PM:
The fifth was in a shelf in an unheated garage (in Northern NJ with the regional temperature range) since then. Just took that out a couple of weeks ago and opened it today. It is also operating fine after being stored for 4+ years.
I can not speak to the issues others have reported but can only say that I have experienced none of them. Perhaps there was a bad batch of them. My only complaint with this product is that they are a bit slow.