"Dan" wrote in message
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Thanks for the replies, I bought a 160 gig on sale for $59 (after 2
freekin' rebates) & have replaced the 5 year old 40. I dunno, seems to
me hdd's used to last longer than 5 years, oh well...



Some do, some don't, almost everything is made cheaper these days. 5 years
is quite a long time for a regularly used piece of computer equipment,
though Seagate SCSI drives do or used to have 5 year warranties.