The dickhead that answered was a stoner that kept calling me "dude". He couldn't tell his dick from a doorknob. I asked him if he was for real, and he giggled like a little girl. I never bought a WD drive since. And I've never had a Maxtor EIDE drive crap out on me. Although the only one I have left is inside my Playstation 2.

> I have the following hard drives, all Maxtor:
> 20GB, 60GB, 80GB, 160GB, 250GB
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> The 20GB drive has been in use for over 4 years, the 60&80GB drives over
> three years, the 160GB about 1 1/2 years, and the 250GB for a year.
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> I've never had an issue with any of them.
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> On the other hand, I've had two Western Digital drives in the past 4 years
> and one has crapped out already and the other one is making 'noises'.
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> Just my experience.
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