I'd like to hear about some real world user opinions on hard drives. = I'm looking to purchase a hard drive to put into a hard drive enclosure. = Seagate has the 5 year warranty, Western Digital has the 3 year = warranty. Seagate now has perpendicular writing technology which seems = to be getting good reviews. Anybody have one of the 7200 series = Seagates with Perpendicular technology? I've read that the Seagates get = hotter than the Western Digital. Since I'm putting it in an external = enclosure, this could be a concern for me. Western Digital used to be = pretty noisy, and I had one die, but that was on my first computer long = ago and far away. I've been running a WD in my new computer for 2 years = now and it's quiet and I've never had a problem with it. I have a = Maxtor 60GB in an enclosure right now and it's quiet and hasn't given = me any trouble. I've read that Samsung has a good drive that is pretty = fast, and I believe it has a 3 year warranty. Does anyone have any = experience with Samsung? =20 Thanks! dj -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/