What hard drive should I use

SHould I buy a SATA or EIDE Hard Drive? I have been reading problems people have been having with the SATA. I am not going to be using raid. Just one drive. Will I need to do anything special to install windows. Will my window disk do everything such as it does on an EIDE?

...I dont have a floppy drive for those disks ...
...then you'll save a lot of grief if you get a PATA drive...  
...why no floppy drive?..Dell isn't calling the shots on your rig, are they?..  
...it's a small investment...

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