RE; I agree,I have maxtor 60gig,mechanicaly it works fine,but I had to remove it and put it in a seperate external case(as far as the cable will allow),from day one the thing has sounded like a dentist drill even across the room,I have found it much easier to live with tucked away inside the closet' On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 08:16 PM, mac wrote: > I have a Maxtor 60 gig (over two years old) and a Buslink 90 gig (year > and a half) that have been trouble free... Only complaint is that > both of them make more stand by noise than my Computers. (High pitch > whine) > > On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 06:36 PM, Jerry Bunn wrote: > >> Any recommendations on an external Firewire HD, or any that I should >> avoid? Somewhere around 60-120 GB. I'm using dual G4 1 Ghz. >> >> Thanks >> >> Jerry >>