Buying Hard Drive - Don't Know Which One - HELP

I have a compaq SR1820NX. It came with a 160GB IDE Ultra ATA hard drive which has now crashed on me. Currently im typing on my desktop keyboard and viewing my desktop monitor while moving mouse on my laptop pad since i cant use my desktop and this is the only way i can get on line to ask u guys this. I want to buy a new hard drive but i dont know which type to get. There is 100 and 133. Im baffled. thank you in advance for your help because I've always received an answer on here when my computer troubles me.

You'll want an ATA133 hard drive... which is a type of IDE. Anything IDE that you buy new today should be ATA133, I'd check Newegg, you could get another 160GB for probably around $60.

You don't need to post the same thing twice.

ok im sorry Kornowski. I just wasnt getting responses here and i figured well my pc crashed so it cud be in desktops also..but i apologize.



So I defintely need 133 if i have a SR1820NX? some one the other thread said I cud use SATA

It's Ok man, I wasn't like telling you off



I don't know if you can use a SATA, you may be able to, depends on if your motherboard has the connectors on it?

ok so now i believe my motherboard is an A8N-LA



so cud i use SATA on this?

I couldn't find that on ASUS's website... are you sure that is the right model number?

yes that is the right one



here is a link i found to it



http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...roduct=3319080



it says i have 2 SATA connectors so then I am in the clear to use SATA harddrives?

Huh... the board in the picture is not the same described in the specs. The board in the picture has 4 SATA and 2 IDE, while the board described has 2 SATA and 1 IDE. Either way, you should be fine.

ok thank you so much everyone. Also one more thing could you point out to me which ones are the SATA connectors for when I am installing the new one i will buy.