Maxtor L01R300 300GB Ultra16 Internal Hard Drive Kit (Parallel ATA, 7,200 RPM)

by Maxtor

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00064G5X6
• Item model number: L01R300
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Designed for power users, video editors, and multimedia PC users who need the ultimate in performance, the 300 GB L01R300 delivers the speed you need, the storage you want, and the power you crave. Maxtor again raises the bar on desktop hard-drive performance with this ultra-high-performance drive that comes with a parallel ATA (PATA) interface and an ultra-fast 16 MB cache buffer, the largest cache buffer available today. The Ultra16 hard-drive kit's PATA interface supports data transfer rates up to 133 MB/sec.

The drive's 300 GB capacity allows storage of up to 5,000 hours of high-quality digital music (MP3) or 230,000 brilliant digital photos (JPEG normal) or 144 high-definition video games. The kit includes Maxtor’s popular MaxBlast drive utility software for intelligent formatting and partitioning, a drive copy feature for duplicating your original drive, and an easy step-by step installation guide.

What's in the Box
A 3.5-inch parallel ATA hard drive, a parallel ATA interface cable, mounting screws, MaxBlast installation software (Windows only), an installation guide

Product Description

Get ultra performance and capacity with the Maxtor Ultra16 PATA 300GB hard drive. Featuring 16MB Cache buffer and and data transfer rates up to 133MB/sec. Designed for power users, video editors and multi-media PC users who need the ultimate in performance. The hard drive kit also includes Maxtor's popular MaxBlastTM drive utilities for intelligent formatting and partitioning, a drive copy feature for duplicating your original drive and an easy step-by step installation guide. Maxtor raises the bar yet again on desktop hard drive performance! Data transfer rates up to 133MB/sec MaxBlast drive utilities for intelligent formatting and partitioning Fluid dynamic bearing motor for ultra quiet operation 9ms average seek time Easy installation into desktop PC Complete upgrade kit

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice drive, not too quiet though, November 9, 2005

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R. A. Edington "Amazonaholic" (Boise, ID, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maxtor L01R300 300GB Ultra16 Internal Hard Drive Kit (Parallel ATA, 7,200 RPM) (Personal Computers)

This is a nice drive. It went in without any hitches. I used Ghost v8 to restore my previous drive image to it.

I previously used another Maxtor, an Ultra ATA/133 80GB 7200rpm drive with 2MB cache, so this drive is very similiar except for the much larger (16MB) cache -- but it's enough to make a noticeable improvement in speed! My last one lasted about five years (and was still working fine, just needed more space) so hopefully this one will last as well.

The drive is very silent -- well, when it's just spinning but not being used. When it's actively being used, it's still got that classic Maxtor crunching sound, just like my old Maxtor. Not obnoxiously loud, but you can clearly hear that it's working. If you're looking for a drive you can't hear, this is not the one. Hence, four stars only. However, other than that, I highly recommend it.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Rate Drive; Great for Consolidation, January 13, 2006

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Santeria "Son of Tazz" (Tallahassee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maxtor L01R300 300GB Ultra16 Internal Hard Drive Kit (Parallel ATA, 7,200 RPM) (Personal Computers)

I was fairly puzzled why this drive is designated a P-ATA when the thing installs like a regular S-ATA. The Drive Designation and the package on the box I have are exactly the same as the above advertised item.
I was looking to consolidate three external drives on to one internal, so I can use a much larger backup drive.
Anyway, the Drive slots in to a DELL Dimension 8200 easily, and simply... you do NOT even need a screwdriver( but it can help with two side clips, but not essential).
After booting back up, the Maxtor utilities on the disk are essential if you want the absolute most useable space ( PARTITION MAGIC and even the onboard Windows XP Pro disk utils will not provide you with the same useable space).

A word about some additional software. Do NOT use Maxtor's DDO ( Dynamic Disk Overlay ) option in the MAXBLAST Software if you have both Partition Magic 7 or 8, as well as Norton Utilities Premier 2006. The probability of an issue with BOOT.INI and the HAL.DLL file is high. The good news is that using PFEDIT and then FDISK/MBR ( and no, thats not a typo... this switch works, and is not officially documented in MS windows TID's, technical info documents), which will change the Partition type from TYPE 44 to the type you need, if necessary, and also FDISK/MBR will rebuild the MBR( Master Boot Record).

After , essentially, activating the drive with the Maxtor utilites, if you set the power settings in control panel just right, the so called problem with disk spin "noise" is non-existent"; you only get the disk issue if you opt to "power down" when not in use. Mostly for me, thats not an issue, since all drives are in constant use.
The speed is mind blowing.
A word about Disk replacement life: on average, replace your drives every two years, unless you have the most fool-proof back up system known. No Drive is infallible, and each drive has a definite life. Each drive can *potentially* have a long life, but this depends on your useage level.
That being said, if you need a large drive, and have a mid to high end system, then this is a good way to head.

1/4/08 : I just saw the comments/notes about the Dimension 8200 from Early 2007. All you do is put in any Drive above 137 GIG on an XP system and the Registry will automatically detect size differences and make changes to accomodate the larger drive. On Secondary drives this will work up to 300 GIG Guaranteed, and the space is almost totally available. Thanks to maxtors unique setup, the drive formats at almost total capacity. I still have the Same Dimension 8200 and I will be inserting either a 160 GIG ( Minimum )or a 500 GIG, maximum, in the C Drive ( I just have to back up the Current Drive disc, then reload it). You do need to ramp up the memory on the Dimension 8200 as far as you can go, so the more you can load the better. My system as RAM-BUS( thanks to some messing around by DELL at the time I purchased, but many 8200s have better memory), so I am a little hamstrung on the setup, but this beast has worked so well so far, I will likely keep it as a Test machine after some upgrades on the 8200 and a new machine as my main computer.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Performance, Easy to Install, August 4, 2006

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kkrome25 "kkrome25" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Maxtor L01R300 300GB Ultra16 Internal Hard Drive Kit (Parallel ATA, 7,200 RPM) (Personal Computers)

I bought this hard drive to replace my old Maxtor 40 gb, which nowadays is hardly enough for storing my tons of photographs. And I wanted to keep the old 40 gb as an auxiliary storage device. I had a lot of doubts about my ability to do this type of upgrade, so I read the reviews, and asked some questions. I must thank the endlessly patient and kind Mr. R. A. Edington "Amazonaholic" for all the help he's given me.

The most difficult part was trying to remember how I last cracked open'd my old pc, which was 3 or 4 years ago, to install a second RAM, DVD burner and USB2 ports. To make more room, I chose to remove my 3.5" floppy drive. Yes, I still had that in! Haha.

What I did first was install this new 300 gb hard drive as the "slave" and the old one as the boot drive. I then turned on the pc, and installed Maxtor's own software cd. After installing the Maxtor software, I chose the option of copying (cloning) everything from my old hard drive into the new 300 gb Maxtor. After that was finished, the instructions tell you to shut down, and exchange (switch) the connectors & change pin configurations in the back of both hard drives.

I turned the computer back on, and everything worked just fine. No data or programs were lost or changed. The last step was erasing (formatting) the old hard drive to ready it for new data. I could not believe how easy it was to upgrade to this larger-capacity hard drive. In addition to wrestling with how to open up my computer to get to the vacant port, reading the literature, downloading the software, cloning, powering down & up twice; it took me 2 hours and 10 minutes.

It's much quieter than my old hard drive, and faster. And like the other reviewers, this is one that I could recommend.