My Western Digital 10,000 RPM hard disk drive called it quits today. It lasted less than 18 months, which isn't real good by just about anyones standards, even for an IDE HDD (Hard Disk Drive). I was quite disappointed when I looked up the warranty status on Western Digital's site and found the drive was no longer under manufacturer warranty.
I browsed my email for the latest Newegg.com "specials" email and found a cheap replacement drive. I decided on a Seagate to replace the WD (model ST3250410AS), and while this spins about 2,800 RPM's slower, (at 7,200), the 16MB buffer and strong user ratings make me think I'll not be disappointed. I noticed that there weren't many 10K RPM SATA/ATA disk drives listed on Newegg's site, it makes me wonder if WD is a bit ahead of things.
Lesson learned. Fortunately I backup my data and system files religiously (using Windows Vista's new "bare metal" restore functionality), now moving on...
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