Maxtor drives

Has anyone had any problems using TI with a Maxtor external drive such as the drive not being detected or TI hanging while it analyzes drives prior to a restore? I'm not currently using a Maxtor drive but might recommend one to my sister to use with TI.

 

I have a Maxtor 160Gb which I connect via an ide to usb adapter (it's not an enclosure) and TI ver 9 sees it fine.

 

I have two Maxtor One Touch III drives. No idea about life expectancy. The warranty stinks - anything under 50 years is insufficient in my opinion

External USB, no drivers needed, NTFS format as bought.
No issues. No problems with TI v10. I use them for alternating backups. I've got a bunch of image files and every single one can be explored, files can be looked at or copied. I restored, as a test, twice, that worked well too.
It goes without saying that the standard copy/paste method works fine.

Suggestions, which I've read here - give it time to spin up before any serious work, particularily access by using the recovery CD. Also name it something unique, so that when you use the CD method and the Linux drive letters are not the same as Windows, you will not get confused.

I did not unstall their Retrospect. And I do not use that backup button, in fact got it taped over. Some users here have a script tied to the button which sounds like a nice feature.

 

Is yours a One Touch III also?

 

No, it isn't. I always buy my drives bare and if I want to put it in an enclosure I buy the enclosure separately. Saves a few dollars that way.

 

Well , I just fixed a problem in mine using the Maxtor II usb external yesterday with T 10 for 3RD time-should work for you too!

 

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