Chu, your maxtor die on you means you are the unlucky one, some pples HD never die even after 10 years and some dies after a week, just b/c you have 2 maxtors in the past doesn't mean anything, i used to have 6 WD and it all die on me and yet I still buy it, btw, i have tried Maxtor, IBM, and WD(the Sam's club deal) hasn't die yet, get urself a UPS and it should last longer.