avoid Maxtor and IBM/Hitachi at any cost.
I disagree.
I have had a 120gb Hitachi drive in my XP box for well over 2 years now. Never had a moments trouble with it, and its constantly being accessed as the PC acts as a file / print server for the rest of the network.
Infact, only 1 drive has ever died on me, and that was a Western Digital. My old 3.5gb Maxtor from 1998 is still working.
Luck of the draw i say.
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