Hi, my hard drive is dead on my dell dimension 2400. I wanted to know what I have to know when buying a new one. I know nothing about computer hardware. Are internal hard drives a one-size-fits-all kind of deal or is there some specific kind I have to buy? Thanks ahead of time!
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Specifications for Dell Dimension 2400 Hard Drive
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You'll want to buy a 3-1/2 inch internal IDE drive (also known as EIDE or PATA). I think the 2400 is about three years old so you should not have a BIOS drive capacity limitation, so buy something 100GB or larger (depending on what you plan to use the PC for and cost).
Dell uses standard hard drives so you do not have to buy it from them (and I would not). Checkout places like newegg.com, tigerdirect.com, zipzoomfly.com.
Dell uses standard hard drives so you do not have to buy it from them (and I would not). Checkout places like newegg.com, tigerdirect.com, zipzoomfly.com.
Standard 3.5inch IDE hard drive, something like this should be perfect:
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