best hard drive manufactuer?

[IAM_7154]

I almost bought a Hitachi cause it had a five year warranty, but realizing I upgade every year or so, went with WD.

 

[180Mhz]

Seagate without a single doubt. Maxtor might be faster but I don't want to count the number of Maxtor drives that died on me.

yeah thats the same here, i'd rather have a slightly slower drive than a fast one that will die in a year

 

[180Mhz]

Maxtor for sure....but also Seagate. i've received 6+ years on both and most head seek problems can be rectified by placing the HD in the freezer for a couple of hours.

the freezer?
Ive never heard of that before... how does that work?

 

[intercodes]

Freezer ..lol... thats a good tip. .Anyz , my opinion is 'Maxtor'

 

[xotix]

seagate. had 2 for couple of years no problem. bought a western digital and it died on me in a couple of weeks. maybe i got the bad apple, but thats just my experience. never had a maxtor, so don't really know how reliable they are.

 

[AlexRider_MI6]

Western Digital is the best because it is fast and its reliable.Better than Maxtor and Seagate!

 

[AND_YOU_ARE]

I have had a seagate fail on me. So I havenÂ’t gone back to them. I have a maxtor drive as my system drive, no problems at all. No crashes or problem. It runs 24/7 most of the year. I have two samsung sata drives that perform perfectly. No problems, quiet, and three year warrantee. I have never tried WD but donÂ’t see a need, because of no problem with maxtor or samsung.

 

[TheMajor]

My WD crashed really bad about a year ago.

 

[YanBooth]

All will fail at some point, but I know that people think that Maxtors fail more often, and they are the ones who make the magazines about them failing.
Yan

 

[AND_YOU_ARE]

Seagate is the only hd that has ever failed on me. Maxtor has been doing well running 24/7 most of the year.