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thomas234 · 11-05-2008, 12:37 PM

You could consider a SATA card for your PC. It plugs into a PCI slot on the motherboard and provides SATA plugs for you. I'm not sure how much Hard Drives go for on eBay.

This is the kind of thing I was thinking of: Buy SATA & IDE PCI Controller Card*NL-SATAPCI from CCL - Online Retailer of the Year 2007 & 2006 for laptops, desktops and computer hardware

You mention your PC runs XP Sp2, are you aware that when you replace a hard drive XP will be lost, along with all your personal files? I'm not sure if Dell provides an XP disc so you can re-install everything or not.

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thomas234 Big Geek Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 16 Male Posts: 753 Times Helpful: 33 My Mood: Bored Status: Offline My Computer	You could consider a SATA card for your PC. It plugs into a PCI slot on the motherboard and provides SATA plugs for you. I'm not sure how much Hard Drives go for on eBay. This is the kind of thing I was thinking of: Buy SATA & IDE PCI Controller Card*NL-SATAPCI from CCL - Online Retailer of the Year 2007 & 2006 for laptops, desktops and computer hardware You mention your PC runs XP Sp2, are you aware that when you replace a hard drive XP will be lost, along with all your personal files? I'm not sure if Dell provides an XP disc so you can re-install everything or not.