Maxtor L01P100 100GB Internal ATA Hard Drive - 7200 RPM Review

This Maxtor Internal ATA Hard Drive is a great product. He was strong and reliable. I've never had any problems with it. I am very happy with this Maxtor drive and with Maxtor products in general.

I bought this hard drive not only for the extra storage space, but also because I wanted to run Windows on it and format my old hard drive. I've read that 7200 rpm can make a difference in performance (vs 5200) and it certainly showed on this one. The installation CD that came with your hard drive makes it very easy to transfer all system files and personal documents from old to new. As an added bonus, the hard drive is also very quiet. I recommend this article to anyone looking for a 100GB…

I was so lucky that I bought this hard drive when I did. The drive I was trying to replace has failed and is no longer working. It worked and worked great for a long time, installed quickly and I was right back on the computer. Hooray Maxtor!

I bought this hard drive not only for the extra space but also because I wanted to run Windows on it and format my old hard drive. I've read that 7200 rpm can make a difference in performance (vs 5200) and it certainly showed on this one. The installation CD that comes with your hard drive makes it very easy to transfer all system files and personal documents from old to new. As an added bonus, the hard drive is also very quiet. I recommend this article to anyone looking for a 100GB hard drive.

Some versions of this 100GB drive have an additional 20GB. At the advertised price, this is a very good dollar-to-gigabyte ratio. I added this to a DELL Dimension 8100 and it worked great. Getting either the standard 100 GIG ATA or the one with the additional 20 when using the utilities on the CD with the drive will give you the maximum available space on that drive. The best thing about the CD is that it optimizes registration when needed (on most devices and PCs sold today, anything under 137

This Maxtor internal ATA hard drive is a superb product. He was strong and reliable. I've never had any problems with it. I am very happy with this Maxtor drive and with Maxtor products in general.