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Using either Seagate or Maxtor HDD's as ......

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Using either Seagate or Maxtor HDD's as ......

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Using Seagate/Maxtor's as boot drives [even with firmware fix! ].
If you have WD HDD's on hand (even if an earlier generation).
Try swapping the Seagate/Maxtor's with the WD's.
The difference is VISIBLE!!!
Faster access/loading.
In fact everything is better.

Maxtor 500GB DiamondMMax 22 STM350032AS

Western Digital HDD's ( WD2500AKS 16MB cache x 2 )

Do not be deceived by the lower Random access:
Whether loading Windows itself, to simple utils.
The times are faster.
WD's seem more stable/reliable too.
Have deliberately crashed PC.
Then rebooted without any problems.
Similar with Seagate/Maxtor wasn't always able to do this without some file fixes etc.
I am rapidly coming to the conclusion Seagate has invested in SSD's.