R.I.P. Maxtor

[Chris Poisson]

Never heard of the daemon, have to look into it.

[Chris Poisson]

Wes,

Just this morning my wife asked me why my old G4 400 downstairs is still running OS9, so now I have a good reason to check it out, the cool down trials didn’t work.

[Annaël Beauchemin]

when you start DW, click on the Hardware tab, then “Automatic Diagnostic” and then check “Automaticaly check…”. I’ve set it to check hourly and I didn’t notice any lag, but letting it check daily should be ok anyway.

You can even make it send you an email in case there is a problem (!).

[Chris Poisson]

Sadly, OS9 and cool down didn’t work, this thing is dead.

[John Foley]

And the moral of this story is—????

[Marco Solorio]

Sorry to hear the bad news, Chris. Just a recommend to those reading out there… I highly suggest Seagate Barracuda drives. A bit off topic but figured I’d throw out the info anyway.

Marco Solorio  |  OneRiver Media

[Don Greening]

I heard that the Hitachi Deskstar drives are still pretty reliable in addition to the above mentioned Seagate drives. Is this a valid assumption? Anyone having problems with the Deskstar SATAs?

“I never knew the true meaning of happiness until I started shooting DV. But by then it was too late.”

[Chris Poisson]

Hey Marco,

Thanks, I will look at those drives.

[Tom Matthies]

Hi Chris…
I had a Maxtor fail about a year ago and what a mess. It had all of my project files on it and no backup…of course.
I sent it to to DriveSavers (800-440-1904) and they made a valiant effort to recover my data. Really nice people to work with. It was going to be a bit pricey, but not really. If they recover the disk, you pay. It not, no charge. Unfortunatly, as Bones might say: “It’s dead, Jim” My drive’s problems sound a lot like yours. This little ticking noise as the heads are seeking across the disk. In my case, my disk was, somehow, so badly damaged that there was nothing that could be recovered. I guess when they go, they go with flair.
Anyhow, you might give them a try.
…and I backup regularly now.

For what it’s worth too, I have six Lacie drives that always have a fan running on them when they are in operation. Those darn things just run too hot! I live up where air conditioning isn’t needed that often. If I come home and the air had been off, anytime the temps go over 80 degrees in the room, the drives act up and start stuttering. Turn on the air, turn on the little cooling fan, wait a half hour or so and all is well again. These things need some more cooling, an internal fan or at least some holes in the case to let the heat out. When they work, they work well. When they don’t, well…
Just my 2