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Originally Posted by Smothers65 100% hands down go with a Maxtor! I have owned Western digital, seageate, hitatchi, and others and the only one I will ever own again is a Maxtor. If at all possible DO NOT GO WITH WESTERN DIGITAL! They are the worst for success rates. I have, and have heard of people losing tons of data due to wd failure. |
I have had this happen too with a WD. I bought a 160GB like 3 years ago and after a year and a half it fried on me. Lost a ton of data. I never did do anything with warranty or anything like I should have. But I say this because I still like WD. My wifes laptop had a Seagate in it. She had it for a year and that hard drive is no good any more. I did some research on that particular drive and it only has a life expectancy of about a year to a year and a half. I now have a Samsung, a few WD, Seagate, and a Maxtor HDD that I am using. All work great. No problems with any of them. I would say go with what you can get the best deal on and feel the most comfortable with. That is really what it comes down to.