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It is hard to find small dirves any more. You will likely be looking at
a 10G or larger. Smaller ones can still be found on e-bay, and some may
even be new (surplus stock). If you do get a larger drive, the BIOS may
not properly recognize it. Sometimes this is ok - you just set it for
the largest that your BIOS does recognize. I had to do this with my
wife's old computer. I installed a 20G drive, but could only use a 10G
setting. It was enough for her needs.

Peter
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-----Original Message-----
I have to replace my hard drive (2.1 ST32120A segate) in my older
Packard Bell (M400) computer which after tests show physical damage and
I  need to know how big or small of one I can replace it with or does it
matter? What about capability? (memory is 16 mb and was running win95
upgraded to 98se) Any suggestions on buying use ones?or where?

Dawn Rodgers
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