If you have trouble with the archive option and are not averse to tweaking the registry, you can also just move the folder over manually and update the location in HKLM/Software/Stardock/Drengin.net/Demigod so Impulse can find it to do updates. For future installs, the locations can be set in the folders section of Impulse's preferences, as noted above.
Lolz if you say so...
All the major HDD manufacturers are about the same these days. Any of them can have a bad batch from time to time; if you look at the reviews of any drive, you'll pretty much always see a handful of people complaning of DOA drives or early failures. I've got a mix of WD, Maxtor, and Seagate drives myself though and it's been about a decade since I've had any drive go bad (and the RMA replacement for that one still works).