Exchange it for a Western Digital and be done with it.
But next time please make sure to update to the latest beta, and attach the AnyDVD logfile with your opening trouble post. Saves time. -W
Absolutely. I just bought it on impulse at Costco when my other drives were nearing full.
When I was having problems with the write errors that 1000's of others were having, I installed this awesome drive health monitoring software, Hard Disk Sentinel. It shows me a capsule summary of my various HDs:
Maxtor Drive
-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #0: Maxtor 7L250S0 --
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Maxtor 7L250S0
Maximum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 31 �C, 1/17/2012 9:56:30 PM
Minimum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 20 �C, 1/22/2012 7:53:38 AM
Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1003 days, 18 hours, 59 minutes
Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 788 days
Estimated Total Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1791 days
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ###################- 98 % (Excellent)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ###################- 97 % (Excellent)
WD Drives
-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #2: WDC WD7500AACS-00ZJB0 --
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : WDC WD7500AACS-00ZJB0
Maximum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 51 �C, 1/21/2012 10:42:53 AM
Minimum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 20 �C, 1/22/2012 7:53:41 AM
Maximum Temperature (During Entire Lifespan) . . : 55 �C
Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 952 days, 8 hours
Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 872 days
Estimated Total Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1824 days
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #3: WDC WD20EARS-00S8B1 --
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : WDC WD20EARS-00S8B1
Maximum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 31 �C, 1/25/2012 6:13:21 AM
Minimum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 23 �C, 1/22/2012 7:53:41 AM
Maximum Temperature (During Entire Lifespan) . . : 57 �C
Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 514 days, 0 hours
Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1000 days
Estimated Total Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1514 days
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
Seagate Drives
-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #6: ST31500341AS [Offline] --
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ST31500341AS
Maximum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 40 �C, 1/17/2012 9:50:21 PM
Minimum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 23 �C, 1/23/2012 11:54:28 AM
Maximum Temperature (During Entire Lifespan) . . : 58 �C
Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 917 days, 8 hours
Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : 145 days
Estimated Total Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1062 days
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ########------------ 40 % (Acceptable)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #1: ST33000651AS --
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ST33000651AS
Logical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : I: [FreeAgent GoFlex Drive]
Maximum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 59 �C, 1/28/2012 2:09:55 PM
Minimum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 23 �C, 1/22/2012 7:53:40 AM
Maximum Temperature (During Entire Lifespan) . . : 60 �C
Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 13 days, 18 hours
Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1000 days
Estimated Total Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1013 days
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
The Maxtor and WD drives have an estimated lifetime of 50-100% longer than the Seagates. Bye bye Seagate. You were once a great company but the competition is fierce . . .
I think I have the latest beta of a few days ago. OK for the log file. Meanwhile, any ideas on eliminating the HD write errors?