Maxtor Basics - any probs?

[Tunney]

Seen a 1.5TB Maxtor Basics external HDD for £115.

Are these drives reliable? Any reason for it being so cheap?

 

[Tunney]

Should have listened to OCuk! Bought one and it's duff.

Connected it first time and it works. Reboot PC, Windows reports drive to be 46GB. Reboot PC again, Windows reports drive to be 263GB. Reboot PC again, drive won't initialise. RMA time.

No wonder it was so cheap!