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Subject: Re: favorite ATA/SATA hard disk brand?
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On Thursday, March 23, 2006, at 04:28AM, Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> wrote:

>Hands down, WD or Maxtor for S-ATA drives.

Out of 6 Maxtor SATA drives we've had, 6 have failed in the first 6 months.
Yeah, we love Maxtor....

I would check their warranties, and go with whoever gives the longest.

Maxtor: 2 years
Western Digital: 3 or 5 years (depending on model)
Seagate: 5 years.

If the company that made them has enough confidence in them to give a longer
warranty than anybody else, that says something to me.