Greetings, I agree on the Western Digital. I have 3 pcs and have replaced 2 WDs (prior to being 2 years old). Of course WD replaced them both (5.1 g), but what a pain. So I still have 2 WDs and 1 Maxtor. One of the WDs sounds like it is about to go on me again. I have all 3 pcs on UPS so the lack of longevity shouldn't be blamed on that. I don't know what the problem is but I intend to replace these with larger Maxtor drives in the future. Just my 2 cents! Wendy Brown PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html