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Mediamax hard drive?
Hi...
I just acquired what appears to be a brand-x hard drive: Mediamax. Has anyone ever heard of this? Google turns up nothing except software with the same name. |
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"Ken123" wrote in message
news Hi... I just acquired what appears to be a brand-x hard drive: Mediamax. Has anyone ever heard of this? Google turns up nothing except software with the same name. Never heard of them, but a google search suggests it is a re-badged Seagate. A MediaMax 500GB has serial number ST3500630AS, which is a seagate drive! |
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In message "GT"
wrote: A MediaMax 500GB has serial number ST3500630AS, which is a seagate drive! A pretty decent one too, if my memory of model numbers hasn't failed me. -- If quitters never win, and winners never quit, what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"? |
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"DevilsPGD" wrote in message
... In message "GT" wrote: A MediaMax 500GB has serial number ST3500630AS, which is a seagate drive! A pretty decent one too, if my memory of model numbers hasn't failed me. Couldn't comment on Seagate, but the above info was tough to dig out! I suspect they are rebadged for complete PC systems and no sold individually (only in PCs). Perhaps the OP got the drive out of a PC, or someone removed it and sold/gave it to him, rather than OEM or retail. Perhaps it was stolen, a break-in perhaps - who can say!! He did use the word 'acquired', which always sounds dubious to me. Or rather I intend it to mean dubious when I say it! I'll shut up now! |
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I "acquired" this 180GB drive on eBay at a very good price...I just didn't
want to admit it! I booted up with a Western Digital install disk, and the drive was not recognized. So I tried a Seagate disk, and it was recognized. So I managed to format it and it's working fine. "GT" wrote in message ... "DevilsPGD" wrote in message ... In message "GT" wrote: A MediaMax 500GB has serial number ST3500630AS, which is a seagate drive! A pretty decent one too, if my memory of model numbers hasn't failed me. Couldn't comment on Seagate, but the above info was tough to dig out! I suspect they are rebadged for complete PC systems and no sold individually (only in PCs). Perhaps the OP got the drive out of a PC, or someone removed it and sold/gave it to him, rather than OEM or retail. Perhaps it was stolen, a break-in perhaps - who can say!! He did use the word 'acquired', which always sounds dubious to me. Or rather I intend it to mean dubious when I say it! I'll shut up now! |
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KenB123 wrote: *** and top-posted - fixed ***
"GT" wrote in message "DevilsPGD" wrote in message "GT" wrote: A MediaMax 500GB has serial number ST3500630AS, which is a seagate drive! A pretty decent one too, if my memory of model numbers hasn't failed me. Couldn't comment on Seagate, but the above info was tough to dig out! I suspect they are rebadged for complete PC systems and no sold individually (only in PCs). Perhaps the OP got the drive out of a PC, or someone removed it and sold/gave it to him, rather than OEM or retail. Perhaps it was stolen, a break-in perhaps - who can say!! He did use the word 'acquired', which always sounds dubious to me. Or rather I intend it to mean dubious when I say it! I'll shut up now! I "acquired" this 180GB drive on eBay at a very good price...I just didn't want to admit it! I booted up with a Western Digital install disk, and the drive was not recognized. So I tried a Seagate disk, and it was recognized. So I managed to format it and it's working fine. Please do not top-post. Your answer belongs after (or intermixed with) the quoted material to which you reply, after snipping all irrelevant material. See the following links: -- http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/ (taming google) http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/ (newusers) -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Mediamax hard drive?
On Jun 7, 12:37 pm, "Ken123" wrote:
Hi... I just acquired what appears to be a brand-x hard drive: Mediamax. Has anyone ever heard of this? Google turns up nothing except software with the same name. Never heard of them either. You have a picture? Various manufactures have different shapes on their hard drives. Yes, essentially it's a rectangle, but sometimes the corners are rounded in a particular fashion, or a decorative ridge on the top plate. It's almost certainly a rebranded drive. |
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Mediamax hard drive?
OK, how's this?
I don't like jumping through hoops. |
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Mediamax hard drive?
Check out eBay listing # 230137933075...I think it's a scam.
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Ken123 wrote:
OK, how's this? I don't like jumping through hoops. Meaningless, without quotes. See below: -- If you want to post a followup via groups.google.com, ensure you quote enough for the article to make sense. Google is only an interface to Usenet; it's not Usenet itself. Don't assume your readers can, or ever will, see any previous articles. More details at: http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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