in my personal and professional usage, WD has one of the best (read: fewest failures) track records of drives currently available. the only manufacturer i would rate above it would be seagate. this is with having used (all ATA) WD, Seagate, IBM/Hitachi, and Maxtor. In addition, the WD 8 MB cache drives have always provided me with great performance. I have had all brands fail, but the maxtors and IBMs seem to consistently fail (though, the IBMs supply great performance for their short life span) sandor On Feb 3, 2004, at 3:29 PM, Ryan Fleming wrote: > Really why? And what brand would you recommend instead? > > On 2/3/04 2:36 PM, "Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)" <Wayne.Wilkin at Staples.com> > wrote: > >> Just my 2¢, but western digital, wouldn't take one if it was given to >> me. > > -- > Ryan > Randall Flagg > www.randallflagg.ws >