Need new HD (FAST)

[wonderinguy34]

The one(s) in it are making a clicking sound and pausing,running out of HD space ,yet "My Computer shows 1.54GB free) and I can't run a Scandisk(GUI or SafeMode) as it says its locked by a disk utility .Does this look any good http://www.sneakerscomputers.com/par...cfm?Part_ID=57

Maxtor 250GB 7200RPM Hard Drive, 16MB Cache, IDE

Maxtor 250GB 7200RPM Hard Drive, 16MB Cache, IDE
Part #: SU HD-MA-6L250R0 - 2

$127.00Cdn.

.Any probs with HD size ,I'll probably be going with XP Pro and dumping 98 ,

Comp specs (I know it'll need more RAM)


IwillKK266+(motherboard)
VolcanoII/RadioShack paste
1.2ghz 266DDR T-bird @ 1.4
384 MB PC133
16XDVD
Plextor 712A DVDR-W
Matrox G450 32MB AGP
Viewsonic G90f 19"

Thanks

[DanceMan]

Price seems high. Anitec or NCIX sale price ought to be better. A quick look at Anitec indicated you could get a WD Sata 250G and a cheapo Sata card for the same total.
WD's used to be noisy but SPCR is saying nice things about the recent ones.

[wonderinguy34]

Price seems high. Anitec or NCIX sale price ought to be better. A quick look at Anitec indicated you could get a WD Sata 250G and a cheapo Sata card for the same total.
WD's used to be noisy but SPCR is saying nice things about the recent ones.

Futureshop has a sale on a 300GB 16mb Cache Maxtor for $109Cdn,that seems to be what I'll get .I'm just hoping XP or my mobo ,will having issues with that large a Mobo?I've only ever dealt with sub100gb drives.

Thanks for the help,but rather than buy online I'd prefer brick and mortar.

[DanceMan]

Just be sure to use an install disk with the service pack slipstreamed. The later SP's incorporate support for large disks, both for XP and 2K.