Where do I get new Hard Drive???

I currently have 160gb but would like to upgrade, I have read my system can only handle up to 500gb. I can not seem to find anywhere to buy it so that I can add it myself? is ultimately the price will be the determining factor
What is the story with external hard drives? pro's and con's?
This is my first posting, am new to mac's but LOVING them! :):)
Thanks for any help in advance
Tim
17-inch iMac 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2gb RAM, 160gb HD

Hello, I'm back
Have been doing some investigating, found quite a bit, and sort of knuckled it down to a few. I am going to try and put a few links in with this, I know it's asking a lot but if you have a chance and want to advise me at all, plese feel free :-D
I am hoping they come up as web-links:
www.excaliberpc.com/SeagateBarracuda_7200.10Hard/ST3500630AS/partinfo-id-566654.html
www.streetwise.com.au/productinfo.php?cPath=28_50_187_221&productsid=5539
www.streetwise.com.au/productinfo.php?cPath=28_50_187_221&productsid=4711
Thanks for your time & expertise
17-inch iMac 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2gb RAM, 160gb HD

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I called HP support....this time was told that the retail version of Windows 7 OS should have worked and that I didn't need the HP brand recovery discs when installing new replacement HD. They offered me to pay $199 and send them my desktop to fix it....all inclusive fix.
Very confused. I have never encountered anything like this before...I've had mulitple hard drives die over the years and have replaced them myself and installed all the software including OS myself w/o any problems like this.
Memory checked out ok when utilizing the diagnostics f9 key .... it did show problems with HD during one of my many diagnostic attempts
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Not sure if its worth paying $200 to fix this or go and buy a new one for around the same price.
any suggestions or help is appreciated
thanks
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1) A retail OS should have worked. That particular motherboard's NVidia Sata controller chip had a bad batch. You need to make sure the hard drive is recognized in the BIOS. If not, nothing can be done.
2) Their brand of recovery disks was wrong, and was acknowledged. What about your $17 ??
If you had either a retail OS, or the recovery Disks that you made, these are acceptable.
The HP version when used with a new hard drive require conditioning "CyberLink Recovery Discs utility resolves an issue where Recovery Discs sent from HP do not work on a new hard drive".
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http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware/m8530f-desktop-PC-with-a-m2n78-la-mother-board-doesn-....
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a6720y
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