Heh for what its worth the samsung spinpoints (F1-older) have been good to me... also have a toshiba but it's only been running a couple of months. WD and seagate drives are a maaaaybe.. I always check the reliability and failure rates online before buying.. the older <500GB wd and seagate stuff I have is still running but gets upgraded as I run out of space. Backups go to LTO tape... that fucker is looooud.