Staples 80gb Hard drive substitution

[macmo66]

Staples is substituting the 80gb Maxtor hard drive with 8mb buffer for the 60gb Maxtor hard drive if they are sold out of the 60gig hard drive that they have advertised this week. $39.99 out the door

 

[spanky]

whoa! but is this YMMV depending on store manager?

 

[SemperFi]

Nice. I will have to check tomorrow. Although I am getting very queasy of maxtor.

I had a 120 die last year after 1 month. I sent it in and got another. I just pulled it out of the box and what happens. Well I will be sending it back too. So then I pull a 160 out I had never been used. Started acting funny after an hour. Ran diagnostics on it too and guess what you guessed it failed. The thing that sucks is I have had it sitting on the floor for a year. I think it only has a year warranty. :|

I need a drive for my tivo so I will be there tomorrow. Hopefully they are out of the 60 and will give me the 80.

 

[SimMike2]

Originally posted by: SemperFi
Nice. I will have to check tomorrow. Although I am getting very queasy of maxtor.

I had a 120 die last year after 1 month. I sent it in and got another. I just pulled it out of the box and what happens. Well I will be sending it back too. So then I pull a 160 out I had never been used. Started acting funny after an hour. Ran diagnostics on it too and guess what you guessed it failed. The thing that sucks is I have had it sitting on the floor for a year. I think it only has a year warranty. :|

I need a drive for my tivo so I will be there tomorrow. Hopefully they are out of the 60 and will give me the 80.

Make sure your computer memory is OK. Bad memory can sometimes cause problems that look like hard drive problems.

 

[Nick5324]

Good deal for those who won't do rebates..... i'd say YMMV however.

 

[fogleroller]

I went to the local staples to try to get the same deal, but they had a bunch of 60gigs in the back. Bought 4 (mira mesa store, san diego)

 

[snyderjw]

I went today to try to get in, and though they were out of the 60 gig, the manager (Columbus, Lennox) said that there was no substitution. Meh.

 

[DefDC]

No sub in South Bend, IN... Bastages!. Gonna try again tomorrow. I heard them muttering about how there probably won't be any on the triuck tomorrow...

 

[Ketchup]

I work at Staples in Greenville, SC and if it is not in stock and cannot be shipped from a nearby store, they should offer to sell you the 80 gig drive. I did one such substitution today. The obvious benefit is that the 80 gig drives have the 8 mb cache. Also worth noting is that the 250 GB drive is the substitution if the $99 200 gig is out of stock.

 

[deals99]

Originally posted by: SimMike2

Originally posted by: SemperFi
Nice. I will have to check tomorrow. Although I am getting very queasy of maxtor.

I had a 120 die last year after 1 month. I sent it in and got another. I just pulled it out of the box and what happens. Well I will be sending it back too. So then I pull a 160 out I had never been used. Started acting funny after an hour. Ran diagnostics on it too and guess what you guessed it failed. The thing that sucks is I have had it sitting on the floor for a year. I think it only has a year warranty. :|

I need a drive for my tivo so I will be there tomorrow. Hopefully they are out of the 60 and will give me the 80.

Make sure your computer memory is OK. Bad memory can sometimes cause problems that look like hard drive problems.

You either got some bad luck, or it might be something other then the drives. Make sure you have enough cooling and a decent power supply. Too much under or over volting a drive will shorten its life.

 

[SemperFi]

No it is the drive (s). I bought the 60 Gig at Staples. They had pleanty left. I even went to 2 stores. I have the drive in my tivo now with out incident.

The 120 is going back. It is one they sent me for the last 120 that was bad. Isn't that just great. I think I am going to switch to seagate. I have had more problems with maxtor than any other brand.

 

[BentValve]

Originally posted by: deals99

Originally posted by: SimMike2

Originally posted by: SemperFi
Nice. I will have to check tomorrow. Although I am getting very queasy of maxtor.

I had a 120 die last year after 1 month. I sent it in and got another. I just pulled it out of the box and what happens. Well I will be sending it back too. So then I pull a 160 out I had never been used. Started acting funny after an hour. Ran diagnostics on it too and guess what you guessed it failed. The thing that sucks is I have had it sitting on the floor for a year. I think it only has a year warranty. :|

I need a drive for my tivo so I will be there tomorrow. Hopefully they are out of the 60 and will give me the 80.

Make sure your computer memory is OK. Bad memory can sometimes cause problems that look like hard drive problems.

You either got some bad luck, or it might be something other then the drives. Make sure you have enough cooling and a decent power supply. Too much under or over volting a drive will shorten its life.

Agreed in my experience Maxtor has been the most reliable HDs...WD the least.

 

[maxcom]

3 maxtors, zero problems

 

[esquared]

Agreed in my experience Maxtor has been the most reliable HDs...WD the least.

I agree. Last 7 years of computer building I've bought between 40-50 Maxtor's. Never had one die. It's my drive of choice. WD is the worst. I wouldn't buy one FAR.