A Fujitsu MHT2040H I had in my dell 300m has met a sad end. Predeath symptoms were things like windows takeing about 20 mins to start. I managed to save much of what was on the disc, some files failed CRC checks then a thunking noise started that sounded perhaps like a ball bearing dropping a short distance against metal (or perhaps it was the heads hiting something metalic repeatedly). In any case I'm quite sure it is dead.
The question is to its replacement, on Newegg 80GB seems about the sweet spot cost wise. So who makes the best 2.5" disc theses days. I hate noise and would love to save on power (perhaps even at a small performance hit), I read through several data sheets seems to me on paper Fujitsu is still on top for power use as is lower cost. However one can understand my hesitancy (though I'm sure it is just statistical), to repeat Fujitsu (I was lucky I saved any of my data).
So what do you recommend?
The question is to its replacement, on Newegg 80GB seems about the sweet spot cost wise. So who makes the best 2.5" disc theses days. I hate noise and would love to save on power (perhaps even at a small performance hit), I read through several data sheets seems to me on paper Fujitsu is still on top for power use as is lower cost. However one can understand my hesitancy (though I'm sure it is just statistical), to repeat Fujitsu (I was lucky I saved any of my data).
So what do you recommend?