Maxtor selects Jarir Bookstore as retail distribution partner in Saudi Arabia

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About Maxtor Corporation
Maxtor Corporation (www.maxtor.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of information storage solutions. The company has an expansive line of storage products for desktop computers, near-line storage, high-performance Intel-based servers and consumer electronics. Maxtor has a reputation as a proven market leader built by consistently providing high-quality products, and service and support for its customers. Maxtor and its products can be found at www.maxtor.com or by calling toll-free (800) 2-MAXTOR. Maxtor is traded on the NYSE under the MXO symbol.

About Jarir Bookstore
Jarir Bookstore (a division of Jarir Marketing Company is the No.1 IT retail chain in the middle-east with over 18 superstores located in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait & UAE) is a direct reseller/distributor of HP, Dell, IBM, Acer, Toshiba, Fujitsu Siemens in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and has been successful in establishing a strong network and supplying to leading retail business partners.

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The Maxtor OneTouch drive is an element of a user's overall backup solution and protection plan. For purposes of measuring disk drive storage capacity, one gigabyte (GB) represents one billion bytes.

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