Let's face the raw fact here people...a hard disk is essentially the most likely major component of a computer to fail. Make backups! Bad things happen!
I own or have owned *takes a breath*...Quantum Maxtor Seagate Conner IBM Fujitsu Toshiba Sony Western Digital Miniscribe NEC Hitachi Digital Hewlett-Packard Micropolis Samsung and at least a couple others that I can't think of now.
Generally when someone asks me what brand of disk to buy...I have told them to just buy one with at least a 3-year warranty. As components become increasingly commoditized and increasingly disposable, this advice is less applicable...time for something new.
Get a matched pair of disks and a RAID controller, or else buy the cheapest drive you can find a rebate deal on.
