HDDs are not all created equal, I've never had a failure so far apart from one in 2000ish
I always buy a Western Digital and I always buy it from somewhere like my local Argos, NOT the internet
Any might-have-an-issue drives tend to go to the smaller ebay type markets/retailers while the "perfect" parts of the production runs tend to go to pay-fulll-whack business users and higher end retailers
Don't look for a bargain
It's a bit like with microchips, the best part of the wafer was used to make xeons at intel, because they were for business users
Edited By Ady1 on 23/05/2021 17:16:47