On 24 Feb 2008, at 18:18, sergio masci wrote:

>> I had some maxtor disks i was fairly abusive to (hot swapping etc)...
>> had to remove ketchup on one occasion. Worked fine for years!
>
> But all this tells us is that maxtor drives worked for you. If you'd  
> had a
> mix of drives, got them all from the same supplier and treated them  
> all
> the same THEN you would be in a position to tell us which ones had  
> more
> endurance.

I don't usually buy 10 different drives at the same time. No one does.  
All we can do is give our personal experience right? So get back in  
your box. :)
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