What hard drive would my mac mini early 2009 need if i wanted to upgrade it?

i wanted to upgrade my hard drive will any hardrive fit it or has it got to be something special?
please reply many thanks

I would recommend:
(a) get an external USB case for your new drive (just a few $$/££s),
http://www.amazon.com/eForCity-Portable-External-Enclosure-Aluminum/dp/B003AMGHL Q
(b) put the new drive in that and connect it to your mini as an external USB drive
(c) get SuperDuper (google it)
(d) make a bootable, clone copy of your entire internal drive on the external USB one
(e) make the external USB drive your startup drive
(f) run this way for a few days to make sure the new larger external drive is OK - it will be slower (USB) but it should be OK
(g) then open your mini and swap the drives
(h) restart from your larger internal drive, and put the smaller original drive in the external case
(j) after a few more days, running off your internal larger drive, you can reformat the external drive as a useful backup external drive.
HTH

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