Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM USB2/FWR PUSH BUTTON (Maxtor-T01J120)

Reviewed by: Honest_John65

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: none

Weaknesses: unreliable

Overall Evaluation: PC crashed during t-storm when APS failed, corrupting beaucoup drivers. Had to reinstall XP o/s and XP Office 2003. Then proceeded to restore disc from Maxtor 5000. Couldn't do it. called Maxtor and was told I needed to disconnect Maxtor drive BEFORE reinstalling software. Too late. Maxtor techies should have anticipated this sort of sequence but instead blamed Miocrosoft XP for peculiarity. Maxtor referred me to Ontrack data recovery co. $200 and several days later I still do not have my data back although some files are recoverable from Maxtor using Ontrack software. Expensive lesson. Avoid Maxtor. No warning label or other explicit advice or even an off switch. When needed most, Maxtor failed.