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Opinion: Where can we get some straight talk about hard disk reliability? It sure can't be found in the mean time between failure ratings found on spec sheets. Readers suggest vendors may know the answer but just don't want to rock the storage industry's boat.

...when it comes to PC drives, he said that all bets are off as to reliability.

"The treatment in the field is ridiculous. The average person doesn't have a clue how delicate the drives are. I regularly see people ruining systems," he said.

"Actually believing that the drives themselves would last that long is a personal problem," he counseled.