I've had three out of four Maxtor HD's that I bought this year fail on me. Then I bought a WD SE drive which is still spinning very happily.
I like WD, only thing I don't like is the noise level. I think I'll try Seagate next. Those SoftSonic FDB motors they're using for their drives are supposedly the quietest in the world and are therefor very tempting to me.
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Riocar 80gig S/N : 010101580 red
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