Western Digital 250GB EIDE Internal Hard Drive with 8MB Cache

Is it possible that this system of stars actually is being corrupted by rival companies' employees that put one star 2 every product of this company (even doing copy/paste with their reviews)?

I mean, I own a lot of hard drives (Seagate, Toshiba, WD, Fujitsu, Maxtor), some of them have more than 13 years, & none of them have crashed or nothing alike... Well, except one that took a fall from my hands.

I'm kinda suspicious, because with this rate of supposedly sucky hard drives (and the horrible publicity it carries), WD should have gone broke years ago.

In over 20 years of buying drives from every manufacturer on the planet, these drives & this company are the worst I have ever seen. I bought 4 of them long time ago, & 2 failed in the first year. Awful drives, lame company. I am a Seagate man now (again) & I'm quite happy :)

I bought this drive in an apparently vain attempt 2 add some storage 2 my aging Athlon 700 box which has been chugging away on a Quantum Fireball 20G drive 4 some 8 years now. Well I got the bios 2 detect it, I got partition magic 7.0 2 partition it. First sign of trouble, I try 2 copy the c: partition over. Fails. Ok, partition magic is sometimes trouble. I re-partition it. Decide alright, I"ll move some files over, free up some disk space & try again. YEEHA success, or so I thought. I go ahead & move files over 2 the drive, stuff I've recently done, nothing I can't duplicate, but stuff I didn't want 2 have 2 do the work over again, (ripping vinyl), If you know vinyl records, it's best not 2 play them too much. So ok, that's alright. I resize the partition, attempt 2 copy over the boot partition again, & BANG computer freezes, I have 2 force shutdown, & waddaya know DATA GONE!
Going forward, I think, ok that was probably my fault, should have been safer about moving data around so cavalierly. So, partition again, thinking I'd install windows on it fresh, setup freezes. OK ONE MORE TIME! Partition as storage only, that worked once. Ok looking good, try 2 copy a large file, freeze, try 2 copy same large file 2 my existing drive, works, large file 2 new drive once again..... you guessed it my friends.

NEVER BUY WD DRIVES!

I ordered a 2.5" WD2500BEVS drive on August 20. The seller, D S Miller, shipped this instead. I am still waiting 4 them 2 take it back.

Im normally pretty hard on my hard drives, & this one has past the test of time. On average with me it takes about 6 months 2 destroy a hard drive (maxtor). Went with Western Digital & its still going strong after 18.

WD Caviar SE hard drives are designed 4 maximum performance in applications such as computer gaming, digital video editing, & file servers. Cool-running, quiet operation, superior performance, & industry-leading reliability make these next-generation WD Caviar SE drives the perfect hard drives 4 desktop & enterprise storage. Data Lifeguard is an expanded set of data protection features that include shock protection, environmental protection system, & embedded error detection & repair system, which enhances reliability & the life of the hard drive Includes Data Lifeguard Tools, a set of software utilites that work with the embedded Data Lifeguard features 2 aid in installation, diagnostics, & repair functions Shock Guard provides protection from shock & vibration damage 2 ensure your data stays protected during physical stress on the drive 1 year limited manufacturer's warranty