What HDD?

Well, it seems as if my year-old WD 200Gb is about to die on me (loud click every so often, the old 'slowmo, cd-jammed-esque noise when listening to music' symptom has reared its ugly head too). In the last couple of years, I've had 2 Maxtors die on me, and now this one too by the sounds of it.

So, was just wondering about any recommendations for HDDs at the moment? Perhaps a Seagate?

Oh and SATA preferred.

to the forums. IMO, Seagates are a very good choice. Their warranty simply cannot be beat. Try looking at Newegg or ZipZoomFly for a great deal on the SATA 7200.7 or 7200.8 Seagate Barracuda.

Hope that helps!

I wouldn't just give up on it. You should back-up all your data on CDs or Flash Drives, and then format the hard drive, reinstall the operating system, and see if it still does it. It might just be a problem in the registry which is affecting the hard drive. If this was the case, and Windows was reinstalled, the problem would most likely be gone.

Have had very bad luck with Maxtors too.

Seagate Barracuda are very good = 5 year warranty.

if the hard drive is only 1 year old, why dont you just rma it? WD has a 2 year warrenty dont they?

Try to RMA the drive, as advised.
If you need to buy a HDD, go Seagate.