For what its worth, I actually had an LPS die recently...I knew it was on its way out, for a good couple of months it was VERY LOUD due to the bearings wearing out. Now its dead...oh well, nearly 20 years out of a hard drive is pretty damn good, really.

The remains of my Quantum 80 MB HD: http://macgui.com/gallery/showphoto.php?pic_id=1286
That was my first hard drive, used in the SE/30. It just got harder and harder to spin up as the years went by. xx(

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Hah, I had an 80MB ProDrive ELS as my very first hard drive (the original drive in my very first LCIII) too. Mine is also dead, though it died in 1999.

For what its worth, I actually had a 160MB ProDrive ELS for a short time last year that actually spun up. I remember saying that I was fairly sure it was the only ELS in my entire local area to still spin up. Now its dead.