On 2007-12-11, Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2007-12-11, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This isn't exactly new. They have been Microsoft pals for quite some time. I
>> wrote about it in the weekend.
>> http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2007/12/09/say-goodbye-to-seagate/
>
> From the above link:
>
> Seagate has many more issues. They preformat their external drives
> with a Windows filesystem. This leads to interoperability issues
> with a local drives that use a Linux filesystem and the drive
> sometimes â??hangs upâ?? on Linux (this aligns with the experiences
> mentioned in the new article, which is cited above). I bought my way
> into this Seagate mess 2 years ago (300GB), but the Maxtor one I
> bought this year is much better (not preformatted either).
PS: Maxtor is part of Seagate.
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