New hard Drive

Chef

Get a 160GB. Max I'd get is 200GB or 250GB. Fullstop

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squirtboy197

Thier should be no problem with the size of the hard drive that you buy, what you have to look out for though is if you are upgrading your memory xp only recognizes 3 gigabytes of memory so thier is no real reason to go above that.

testnet

Samsung and dell are the good to use...

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mphilip876

there are multiple drivers on the Internet from different manufacturers. Moreover what you can do is,take your system to get upgrade from some Copmuter Repair Service. I guess it will surely work out for you.

sychial

I have always had a love for Western Digital drives, only because I have never had one fail on me before and have seen so little of them fail after their 5yr warranty is up. Western Digital drives, in my opinion, are the way to go. Western Digital Caviar 250GB IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive is one that I recommend for you, I've had mine for some years now without any problem *knocks on wood*. One thing to note is that Seagate will charge you $20 to RMAing drives while Western Digital will do it free, Seagate has also charged me for RMAing back a dead drive THEY sent me... I also think that Western Digital has better warranty policies than most. But this is a touchy subject to be honest, since everyone has their own preference and experience with drives.

I'd also like to clarify on a previous poster that said "xp only recognizes 3 gigabytes of memory so thier is no real reason to go above that." Windows XP 32bit can see a MAX of 3.6GB out of 4GB, though some have said 3-3.6GB depending on how the system is configured. The hardware and ROMS will take up the rest of the 32bit address space. Either way you look at it the so called "lost memory" is still being used by the system if not by applications, so it is NOT pointless to have all 4GB in your machine.

EDITED: I wouldn't listen to the people who said get a new system, UNLESS YOU REALLY NEED TO. Your machine is still good enough to handle things for some years to come. The only thing I can say is to maybe purchase a new AGP video card (say a 512MB card) while you can, as they have become replaced by PCI-E cards/slots and are becoming harder to find in brick and mortar stores (if you're not the type to order things online like me).