why crashed?

A Qant hard drive not 2 yrs old, crashed on me the other day. ie.. primary hard disk failure. etc. Tryed the usual fdisk , auto detection but no good.
Why would this happen so early it its life. ?
thanks

Please post speed, size,and what it is used for.

Have had sent back 34 hard disks (quantum) to manufactur (OEM drives though) due to dying within 12months - so i would feel to bad, send it back (RMA) and get it replaced - good luck

Bad thing is, in such cases the data is lost.

I would check PSU also - bad (cheap) PSUs could cause harddrive's failure as well as power surge.
Also a lot Quantums CX and lct series harddrives failed due to the problems with overheating of unreliable Philips TDA 5247 ICs.

May be, it is one of the reasons why Quantum is now "Maxtor"...

thanks all,
yeah, I have already sent back as its still under warrenty. A 10 gb , i think 56 rpm, used just for a small business setup in a cel 850 machine.

[quote]Originally posted by DNA:
<strong>thanks all,
yeah, I have already sent back as its still under warrenty. A 10 gb , i think 56 rpm, used just for a small business setup in a cel 850 machine.</strong><hr></blockquote>


More likley to be a 5400rpm drive. - not picking, just offering suggestions.

[quote]Originally posted by DNA:
<strong>thanks all,
yeah, I have already sent back as its still under warrenty. A 10 gb , i think 56 rpm.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I have vinyl that goes faster!!!

:D :D :p :D :D

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Originally posted by DNA:
thanks all,
yeah, I have already sent back as its still under warrenty. A 10 gb , i think 56 rpm.
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Posted by confus-ed........
I have vinyl that goes faster!!!

take the top off your cd ,,,,,and watch that spin!!