I have 2 Lacie drives and haven’t had any problems…. but I’ve had two maxtor drives that went bad. One was bad out of the box. Another squeeked and eventually failed. Both had to be replaced. Now I only use Lacie drives. When Your life is going to depend on it, I wouldn’t choose Maxtor. Yeah, you might save a few bucks with Maxtor, but if you get a good Lacie, it will last a while. In the end… hard drives fail. COUNT ON IT. Good luck with everything.
Trent Mitsuoka
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