Fujitsu to replace 300,000 faulty HDDs

Fujitsu to replace 300,000 faulty HDDs :: The Register

Not good. First IBM with the 'DeskStar' now this.

Fujitsu may have to replace up to 300,000 faulty hard disk drives, made between September 2000 and 2001. They can be found in NEC and IBM PCs, as well as Fujitsu Siemens home-grown PCs, according to Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai, which estimates that replacement programme will cost Fujitsu 10 billion yen (approx $US 83m).