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{{Short description|American computer hard disk drive manufacturer}} {{Distinguish|text=the video card manufacturer [[Matrox]]}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Maxtor Corporation | trading = | logo = Maxtor-Logo.svg | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{NYSE was|MXO}} | founder = James McCoy, Jack Swartz, and Raymond Niedzwiecki | defunct = {{end date and age|2006|06|30}} (company) | fate = Acquired by [[Seagate Technology]] | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = James McCoy, Jack Swartz, and Raymond Niedzwiecki (founders) | industry = [[Technology]] | products = [[Hard disk drive]]s | owner = [[Seagate Technology]] | num_employees = | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | vector_logo = | foundation = {{start date and age|1982}}<!-- This parameter modifies "Founded". --> | location_city = [[Milpitas, California]] | location_country = [[United States]] | location = 500 McCarthy Boulevard | origins = | company_slogan = }} '''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 Technology|Seagate]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=Seagate_Technology_To__Acquire_Maxtor_Corporation&vgnextoid=1e8a814fef83e010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD|title=Seagate Technology To Acquire Maxtor Corporation|publisher=Seagate|date=21 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913160547/http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=Seagate_Technology_To__Acquire_Maxtor_Corporation&vgnextoid=1e8a814fef83e010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD|archive-date=13 September 2008}}</ref> It was revived as a brand in 2016. Maxtor is a [[portmanteau]] of '''max'''imum and s'''tor'''age.
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