I NEED A NEW 5.75INCH EIDE HARD DRIVE FOR AN OLD DELL DIMENSION XPS T600R

[Guest]

I cannot find a Western Digital EIDE 5.75inch hard drive to replace my old one which has now crashed and is unrecoverable to install in a Dell Dimension XPS T600r model. Can I use another hard drive size or model somehow?

Kearny...........

 

[Emerald]

use any IDE hard drive and a bracket

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811993004&cm_re=bracket_3.5-_-11-993-004-_-Product

 

[ko888]

What is the capacity of the old hard disk drive, 20.4 GB?

With a 10 year old system you will have to worry about the maximum hard disk drive capacity that the BIOS will support. The BIOS probably only supports 28-bit LBA which means a maximum hard disk drive capacity of 137 GB (128 GiB).

No point in buying a PATA (IDE Ultra ATA100/ATA-6) 3.5" hard disk drive greater than 137 GB.

You can get a mounting kit that allows a 3.5" HDD to fit into a standard 5.25" drive bay of the PC case.

 

[marcellis22]

Buy a $13 SATA controller from NewEgg, then buy a SATA drive...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124009