I got this drive for Christmas 06. It is May 07 and it is dead. It was nice when it worked and fast too. But the drive just quit working. I sent it for warranty work, but guess what? Seagate bought Maxtor and is honoring the warranty. It is hard to navigate Maxtor stuff on Seagate's website because it doesn't support a lot of Maxtor's old stuff. I got an RMA from Seagate for a refurbed drive of the same kind. The new drive worked once and then died. It's still at Seagate as we speak. Its a hassle. I have all maxtor internal drives in my computers and love them. I hate this one. I'd recommend Maxtor to anyone but they are not around anymore.Don't buy any leftover Maxtor stuff on the shelves that are overstock, or you'll have to deal with poor Seagate staff trying to phase out the stuff.