I will never buy another IBM drive again. With Maxtor and WD, end users can send back OEM drives. With IBM you can't. I had to auction this drive because IBM wouldn't take it back from me. Thanks IBM!

I buy Maxtor for IDE drives now and haven't looked back. They're just as fast, quieter, cheaper, and take returns. I am soured on WD due to many past drive failures, but their return process was very good.