Hi All,
I'm noticing what I consider to be a higher than normal failure rate with the 250GB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA HDD. These drives are one of the stock components in the Dell Optiplex 720. Everything has been surge protected, and only the HDDs have failed. A few years back I had a similar problem with Western digital hardware. The ultimate solution was to switch to another major HDD brand.
I'd appreciate any thoughts you might have.