"D. Cale" wrote:
>
> I am currently trying to add a Maxtor 10GB drive to
> my current system.. it takes a LONG time
> to do even a small ~50k file. and the file is sometimes not
> accessible...

  Have you tried their diagnostic file?

http://www.maxtor.com/library/main.html

Later,


Russell Smith
Region 14 ESC Abilene, Texas
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