On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:41:00 -0500, wrote:

I have seen lots of bad drives. Far more than half are W/D Caviar.

WD drives do fail. Just like any other drive. My experience is they
fail after the warranty. Those that failed earlier were replaced with
no questions asked. Cross shipped from WD before the return was sent.

In September I put in a 1GB WD Black that has a 5 year warranty. WD
drives used to be 3 year warranty.

I still trust them better than some brands I've had -- Maxtor,
Seagate, et al. Seagate Barracuda SCSI was a good drive when I ran
SCSI.