A new hard drive

[21Cfox]

I think I need a new hard drive. The last time I upgraded my computer, I kept the old hard drive. It's a 80GB Seagate. Now I need more space to save those virtual-dust collecting files. Any suggestion?

[Micah]

You should check what kind of PIN your motherboard can support. There are 2 general pins for hard drives today, the IDE and the SATAI/II.

You buy a hard disk drive depending on which brand you are comfortable with. There is no "best" hard drive because the performance varies depending on the usage of the hard drive.

[Charlie]

Go for an external hard drive. That way you don't have to worry about whether or not it works with your mother board, just plug it in via the USB port.

[Micah]

You can do what Charlie had advised if you only need a hard for backups and storage. But if you need a hard disk that runs programs then you still need an internal hard disk. You can ask the help of a computer technician about the type of internal hard disk you have.

[21Cfox]

An external hard drive is a good option for backup, and I will keep it in mind. Still, I need more space to run programs so I will still need an internal hard drive with larger space. I am not well informed in the hard drive things. The only brand I can think of is Seagate. Is it a good and reliable brand?

[Charlie]

Really-80GB is MORE than enough for running programs. With windows 7 and a LOT installed I only have about 25GB used! The rest is likely to be documents and media that you have on the drive..... and that can be moved to the external drive :P Keep the internal only for programs and 80GB is plenty.

[Micah]

Charlie is right on this one. 80 Gigabyte is quite large but I don't know what kind of softwares you are currently using. I know that games really eat up space to run them and 80GB will easily be used up.

Seagate is one of the leading companies that makes hard disk drives. Trial and error applies on which kind of hard disk works for you.