Ok one of my hard drives on my desk top went out. Half of it is gone and the other half of the partition looks like its about to go. I didn't really lose any data I just need a new hard drive. Now can I just buy any internal hard drive or do I need to buy a particular type? I'm not exactly the best when it comes to this kind of thing.

Any feed back will be very helpful.

GOA.Luke*BK*

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How old is your computer? Most computers now a days use Sata Hard Drives and their relatively cheap, you can get a 250 gig one for about 60-70$, I would store all the valuable stuff asap a couple of disks, once they start to go they go pretty quick.

But yea your best bet is to get a Sata HDD, unless your computer is ancient, you can tell if you have a sata hdd by opening up your case, check the connections coming from the power supply, sata connections are thin and sleek, while the IDE/ 4 pin molar connections are big and bulky and have to be plugged into an 4 prong output.

hope that helps

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Last edited by Strand on Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:05 pm; edited 1 time in total

The computer is about 5 years old or so. I got it when the Nvidia 6800 was the best video card out there. I'll look at it latter tonight o see if it is SATA.

GOA.Luke*BK*

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This is the difference, if it looks like the bottom one you need a Sata Hard Drive, if it looks like the top you need an IDE Hard Drive.

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for a new Drive, check out newegg.com  I got my whole computer from them, built by parts and assembled myself.  they have a wide variety of drives.  Personally, I would recommend something from Seagate or Western Digital, they are the two best companies in the business, IMHO.

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=14&name=Internal-Hard-Drives

basic one will run you about $70.

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dont forget to read Newegg's comments and reviews, and remember that most of the people who wrote them have an excess of bile when they write...

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Dont know if this matters but if you dont want to wait for shipping and what not, I got my Seagate Barracuda1TB SATA Hdd from bestbuy under $100. I think it was like 93 and some change. It was on sale but this was like 2 weeks ago.

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Did you lose any data?
Had that happen to me a wile ago. 2 partitions on a single drive. Lost the mfd or fat table, something like that. Almost lost everything. I bought a nice little recovery program that was able to get most everything back off. If you need to recover anything, let me know. I can pick up the drive and see what I can do.

I have a IDE drive but my mother board can work with a SATA drive. Which one should I get?

GOA.Luke*BK*

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if you set your computer up correctly you should get a sata 2 if your mobo can take it other wise just a sata they are faster than ide

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^That one.  It is the same as my Main drive, had it for 8 months with no problems.  Very fast and reliable, if reviews are to be believed.

$65.00 plus shipping.  Usually takes 1 week to arrive

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Yes i would recommend newegg to anyone needing computer parts. They have great selection, great prices and great customer service. Also i would go with sata or sata2 like mr t said and try to get away from ide if possible.

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