HDD trouble. Maybe a new one?

[DennisHS]

Hey.. I'm currently experiencing some weird HDD behaviour. It's my Western Digital WD2000JD SATA 200gb i think. Sometimes when I'm working in Windows it just "reboots" (the harddrive, not Windows) meaning it shuts down and spin up, sometimes repeatedly.

If it means it's about to crash, I've looked at some harddrives. But since both SATA-slots are filled, and I don't want to buy a controller, it's going to be normal ATA.

I don't care that much about speed, it's stability it's all about!

Is Maxtor MaXLine III 250 GB (7B250R0) a good choice? Or Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250 GB (ST3300831A)?

 

[TankGuys]

Either of those hard-drives are good. As with most other "opinion" thread/questions, you're going to get plenty of people saying one is better than the other. However, both will work great. Ultimately, I'd say pick the cheaper of the two.

 

[dug777]

Yeah they are all pretty much of an excellent muchness todaday, get the cheapest/quitest/longest warranty one i suggest.