WTF is it with hard drives failing?

[Cleo]

Originally posted by DangerDave
Cleo was the IBM a "deskstar" - also commonly known as DEATHstar! |raygun|

It sure was. I needed something fast on the weekend and all the store had was Maxtor and IBM. I've had more then my share of bad Maxtor drives so I took my chances with the IBM drive. It died less then six months later. I didn't even get a new one under warranty, just checked it in the trash.