BTW : This is just FYI. I don't like Maxtor. I already had 3 of their drives die on me within the first month of me using using them.

Which Maxtor drives? I've currently got 3 of the 250Gb ones and they're working fine (touch wood).

This topic seems to come up from time to time on the BBS, and about the only consensus that we ever seem to reach is that drive manufacturers go through good and bad patches.