Hard drives can do things that drive your crazy.
A failing hard drive is not often reported by the system. In fact, the Windows system has limited tenability to identify hard drive issues and report to the user. This is by design. The hard drive firmware does that kind of work.
And there have been some bad things in the hard drive industry. Some used drives have been sold as if they were new. If you buy a 'white label' drive you have no idea of who the maker was. Or even if it is a new drive.
The major makers offer warranties of up to one year. Here are the principal manufacturers of hard drives:
Samsung
Seagate
Toshiba
Western Digital
If is is not one of those, you might want to make another choice. Oh, yes, IBM is OK. But it might be a Toshiba with IBM name on it.
Bigger is not always better. The large drives, terabyte and more, use new technologies that are still in puberty. Arguably, the failure rate of the new technology may be higher.