hard drive noise

[Rick Bowers]

At 01:02 PM 5/11/2005, you wrote:
>Ben Duncan wrote:
>>
>>Michael Hipp wrote:
>>
>>>Kurt Wall wrote:
>
>Out of 3 I own I've had one fail. But that's anecdotal.
>
>I base my concerns on a couple of long running threads at 
>http://silentpcreview.com about Samsung failures.
>
>Michael

It seems we all have out favorites and otherwise.  Personally, I prefer 
Maxtor.  I've had few problems with these drives and, when I have, they've 
been covered by warranty.  I sometimes have received a larger capacity 
drive in return for a fail[ing|ed] drive.
My experience with Western Digital has been much different.  I find that 
the drives fail to spin up after about a year of use.  Twice now, I have 
put my backup files on a WD drive and can no longer access those files -- 
lost forever. On power up, the drive just sits and "clicks" like it wants 
to spin up but can't. (anyone know the "key" to getting a WD WD800B008-RNN 
drive out of its' external USB case so I can replace the drive)?
I've had a Samsung or two over the years.  They *do* seem pretty rock 
solid. Seagate has had their ups and downs over the years.

My $0.02

~Rick

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