I have hard drives with sizes from 250MB to 300GB (ATA 33/66/100/133 and SATA 150/300 – no SCSI). I had not experienced a hard drive failure until one 80GB drive died, then another, then a 160GB, and then two 250GB drives died. To top it off, my new 20 day old 300GB SATA drive started having identification problems with the head tic. The several computers have been different configurations and all are on surge supressors. I thought it might be due to the micronization of the technologies involved (magnetic, electronic, mechanical). So I contacted the manufacurers to ask them about it and they all say that their new hard drives are better and longer lasting than before (Maxtor, Western Digital, Seagate, etc.) My 40GB and below still work fine to this day. Anyone else experiencing the same phenomenon?
