Harddrive is dead!

My hard drive started acting up a few months ago. My husband has successfully backed everything up. We tried to re-install the operating system but it wasn't working properly still. So now we need to purchase a new hard drive. Does anyone have any suggestions about where to get one for a reasonable price? Thanks!

Welcome to Apple Discussions, aahales.
For hard drives, you can take a look at OWC here, who seem to be recommended by a lot of people on here.
Be aware that the kind of drive you need for the PowerBook will be a 2.5" ATA, not SATA (which is incompatible with the PB).
2.0GHz MacBook, 15" 1.25GHz/12" 1GHz PBs, 2xPPC Mac minis, 12" iBook G4,   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Cube, 2xTAMs, iPod 4G & nano 2G, 1G & 2G iPs, AEBS, AX

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