Recommendations for new hard drive

It looks like I will have to replace my hard drive--If I want to get one myself does anyone know of a good brand--I have a Gateway laptop that is 1 1/2 yrs old and it has 120 gb--
Thanks for the advice--

You will need to determine which type of drive you have in your Gateway laptop. It's either an "EIDE" or a "Serial ATA" drive. If your drive is crashed, you will not be able to tell from Control Panel/Hardware/Devices which type it is. Typically, laptop hard drives on newer (less than 3 years old) are fairly cumbersome to remove. It may actually require taking the case apart to get to the drive. You will need the manufacturer and model number. It may say EIDE or SATA on the case of the drive.
If you reply here with the model of the laptop, I can look online for you.
When you determine the form factor of the drive (SATA, EIDE) you should look for either a Western Digital, Maxtor or Segate drive. Here are some links to the drives on the BB website.
Western EIDE
Western Digital SATA
Both are around $80.00 and are 250GB.
Good luck and let me know if I can help you with researching the drive.
Hutch

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