03.86.2006 - Maxtor OneTouch Leads Retail In the United States

MILPITAS, Calif., March 27, 2006 - Storage innovator Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) announced today that its Maxtor OneTouch™ family of products remains the leading brand of external storage sold in the United States, based on the latest data from The NPD Group, a leading consumer and retail information company. Based on the data, Maxtor ranked as the number one brand sold in the United States with 27.4 percent of all direct-attached storage purchases from consumers and small businesses via the retail and online channels that The NPD Group's data monitored during 2005, a slight increase in Maxtor's 27.2 percent market share, which led the external storage category in 2004. - View Press Release - Visit Maxtor Corporation