[wally_bert]

I’ve had mixed performance but mostly good out of Seagate stuff. Western Digitals have done very well overall throughout the years. Maxtor is a brand I avoid.

[Dr. Sivana]

I’ve had mixed performance but mostly good out of Seagate stuff. Western Digitals have done very well overall throughout the years. Maxtor is a brand I avoid.

We are now down to two and a half hard drive companies. Seagate owns Maxtor. I believe WD owns Hitachis line (which Hitachi got from IBM). Samsung's HD line was also bought by one of them. Toshiba only plays in the small laptop drive space. I don't know what happened to Fujitsu.

I had the opposite experience from you with Seagate and WD. WD sent a LOT of bad drives in HP Vectras to Pratt and Whitney in the '90s. Many failed after a month or two. I swore off of WD, but tried them again about five years ago. The products changed. Wait a few more years, and try a Seagate or Maxtor labeled Seagate. You might be surprised.