Maxtor QuickView hard drives are designed for digital video recorders (DVR), set-top boxes (STB), and DVD combos, game consoles and other consumer devices and applications.... more
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and nearline applications that require increased performance beyond traditional optical and tape solutions, as well as higher reliability than traditional desktop hard drives. MaXLine III drives provide IS managers with faster, more efficient alternatives to traditional backups, such as point-in-time copies, snapshot clones and remote replication.Features : Product Description Maxtor- hard drive - 80 to 500 GB - SATA-150 Type Hard drive - internal Form Factor 3.5" x 1/3H Dimensions (WxDxH) 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.6 cm Weight 0.6 kg Capacity 250 GB Interface Type Serial ATA-150 Data Transfer Rate 150 MBps Average Seek Time 9 ms Spindle Speed 7200 rpm Buffer Size 16 MB
Advantages: very cheap for its size, under 30p a GB Disadvantages: Slower than SATA
this hard drive is very good value for money at under 30p per gigabyte. its easy to install for anyone who knows at least a little about the inside of computers. i have found that this drive works best as a slave drive (not the drive with the operating system on) and is very reliable at storing masses of data. i have yet to experience a single problem with this drive and i have had it for almost a year now. it doesn't show any noticable performance ... ...the amount of data on the drive also doesn't affect it in any noticable way.
you don't need to enable anything in the BIOS after instalation. to format the drive go into control panels, then into administrative tools, then computer management, then storage, then disc management. right click on the new drive and format. easy as that. ...
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Features: Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor, Data Protection System (DPS), Quiet Drive Technology (QDT), Shock Protection System (SPS), Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Compliant Standards: S.M.A.R.T. 4, S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate: 133 MBps (external)
Seek Time: 9 ms (average) / 20 ms (max), 9 ms (average)
Track-to-Track Seek Time: 0.8 ms
Average Latency: 4.17 ms
Spindle Speed: 7200 rpm
Reliability
Non-Recoverable Errors: 1 per 10^15
Start / Stop Cycles: 50,000
Manufacturer's product description
Maxtor QuickView hard drives are designed for digital video recorders (DVR), set-top boxes (STB), and DVD combos, game consoles and other consumer devices and applications. QuickView by Maxtor offers AV performance and advanced features that enhance the digital entertainment experience.
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x ATA-133 - 40 PIN IDC
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Miscellaneous
Compliant Standards: FCC Class B certified, CE, UL, TUV, C-Tick, EN 60950, EN55022, EPA Energy Star, RRL, UL 1950, CSA 22.2 No. 950, EMC, FCC Part 15, AS/NZS 3548, RoHS, RoHS
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 0 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 60 °C
Humidity Range Operating: 5 - 95%
Shock Tolerance: 60 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 300 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating), 60 g @ 2ms (operating) / 300 g @ 2ms (non-operating)
Sound Emission: 25 dB
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support: 3 years warranty
Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - 3 years
The Personal Storage line of external hard drives comes from Maxtor, who were acquired by Seagate last year. As a subsidiary of Seagate, Maxtor is currently the world's third-largest manufacturer of hard disks. What does this mean to the consumer? It... more
Well what can i say. I chose maxtor because i thought it was a good named brand and would be reliable. Plus the fact they have been taken over by seagate who have been in the hard drive business forever. With these two factors you would think this would... more
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