Most drive manufacturers* have had problems at some point, the "deathstar" is nothing new.
Ive seen dodgy drive models made by
IBM, Western Digital, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Seagate and Maxtor.
Probably the worst offenders I've seen are
IBM Deskstar, Maxtor DiamondMax and Fujisu (cant recall the series)..
* how come I always spell this word incorrectly?