I've a different story. My Maxtor drives (6) aren't broken yet. A neighbor's Seagate has stop working in a flash. A guy who can know repaired it for a while, but it was damaged to much to hold longer. The problem is usually a capacitor located near the power connector. Paul Moortgat On 13-feb-04, at 07:09, filipp wrote: > I recommend Westerd Digital drives, > they're reliable, quiet and give very good > performance. The Seagate's are OK too. I'd > steer clear of Maxtor's IDE drives as those > have the highest failure rate in the industry > atm. > Here's a nice resource for deciding on a new HD: > http://storagereview.com/php/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=LeaderBoard