IIRC, the Fujitsu failures were around 2001. Deathstar failures were maybe 2002?
It was the 5,400RPM 40GB Fujitsu that pooped the bed, IIRC, the more expensive 7,200RPM model, which seemed physically identical, didn't experience failure, or if it did, it certainly wasn't what appeared to be the absolute failure guarantee that was the case with the 5,400RPM drive.
I actually found an old Quantum bigfoot the other day in my basement. God they were awful! Huge, slow.....but cheap. And that's why they sold.