On Wed, 5 May 2004 20:27:08 +0100, "Richard"
wrote:

I has a Fujitsu 6Gb HDsix years, never had a problem with it, no bad
sectors or anything. Had my Western 80Gb 7 months and it's developing bad
sectors. Am I just unlucky to get a bad HD? Was made in Malaysia. Western
is sending me a replacement.



I've had better luck with WD than Maxtor but that could simply be "the
luck of the draw". My main HDD now is a Seagate Barracuda but I also
have another PC with a WD and a second HDD on this one that is a
Maxtor. Only the Maxtor has a bad block - still usable though.