> I had some trouble with Toshiba-drives in winter.
> They wouldn't start up on first boot after a cold night in the car,
> so I had to restart my empeg a few times.

Identical experience here in the Netherlands, with a 40Gb Toshiba as primary drive. No problems at ambient temperatures, however sub-zero often reboot required during startup. Probably due to too slow drive spinup at low temps at boot time.

J.