Maxtor

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Maxtor Corporation

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: MXO
Industry	Technology
Founded	1982; 43 years ago (1982)
Founder	James McCoy, Jack Swartz, and Raymond Niedzwiecki
Defunct	June 30, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-06-30) (company)
Fate	Acquired by Seagate Technology
Headquarters	500 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, California , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	James McCoy, Jack Swartz, and Raymond Niedzwiecki (founders)
Products	Hard disk drives
Owner	Seagate Technology

Maxtor Corporation was an American computer hard disk drive manufacturer. Founded in 1982, it was the third largest hard disk drive manufacturer in the world before being purchased by Seagate in 2006.^[1]

Maxtor is a portmanteau of maximum and storage.