Hard drive speed for an imac core duo 2006

I have an imac core duo 17in from 2006, 1.83 ghz. The hd is about to die. Did a routine verify disk, well tried and their was a message that the disk was infected and such and that it needed to be replaced.
The hd is 7200rpm. Would a 5400rpm hd harm the computer? Would any SATA desktop hd work for this?

Hello;
What, exactly, was the message you received about the disk. I have never heard of any message like the one you describe.
Barry

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