I have also had Maxtor failures. 

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From: "Harold Hallikainen" <harold@hallikainen.org>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [EE]:: Hard Drive failure rates


> 
>> I had several friends who had nothing but trouble with Maxtor in the
>> years around 2000. I've never had a Western Digital drive fail, and I've
>> personally used over 20 over the years. Maybe it's all luck.
> 
> I've never had ANY hard drive fail in the 20 years or so I've been using
> them. I think it's because I do frequent backups.
> 
> Harold
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