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Well ya didn't say what make the failed HDD was, but I am on my third replacement Western Digital 80 gig.
I think they may be turning them out so quickly these days that there is going to be a certain number of failures.
The first one failed with significant data loss. I had a backup drive with a cloned copy, but it was 6 months old. Still, not too bad. The second drive failed with a bang. It started to make a racket,clunk, then everything would freeze. I had an up-to-date backup this time. Needless to say I now keep my backup as up to date as possible.
BTW, I don't really understand the reasoning behind keeping the program files and the OS on seperate partitions. Don't you still have to reinstall everything in the event of OS failure. I guess it might preserve any settings in your programs, is that why? In any event, I would suggest you take the 40 gig replacement, get yerself a copy of Norton Ghost, and clone your OS/Program file partitions as a handy backup. I have been running the same installation of XP Pro from Nov. 2001. I have had some serious failures and been able to recover quite nicely. *rasta furiously knocks wood*
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