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New Hard Drive

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My Hard Drive has died, and I need to purchase a new one. I cant visit crucial.com on the computer or run any hardware compatibility tests. Can I just buy any hard drive and would it fit and work in my computer?

Reply:

That depends on a couple things. I'm assuming you have Windows XP since that's where your posting. You need to check to see if you have a SATA or PATA cable. You can find that information here: http://athena.edenpr.org/~dpariseau... crappy OEM comptuers...

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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: April 1, 2008 at 04:12:07 Pacific

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"Model/Manufacturer: Dell" Another case where it would be a REAL good idea to giive details. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

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