what is a modern replacement for Western Digital WD1200AB ?

[bill7183]

My hard drive in my 2001 cerca Compaq 6450NX with Windows XP is dying and needs replacement. The installed drive is Western Digitial WD1200AB.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/legacy/Legacy.asp?Model=WD1200AB

What would a reasonably priced (sub 125 bucks) replacement be for this ?

Thank You

 

[Compman55]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136112

This one.

160GB vs 120GB
7200 RPM vs yours at 5400RPM
8MB Cache vs yours at 2MB
$79 vs your price point.

I have used these blue drives and they perform much better than the old AB/BB/JB drives of the past. You will also like the quiet fluid bearing motor over the loud ball bearing motor your drive had.

 

[Cerb]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136112

Any PATA (AKA IDE) drive will do, and that's the cheapest new one at Newegg, right now.

Edit: ninjad! Argh! D:

 

[Compman55]

But you are still right....*any* PATA IDE drive will do.

On the old ATA100/133 interface, getting the largest capacity size and not filling it up much is the best way to get max performance out of an antiquated interface type.

 

[piasabird]

Might want to say what size the HD should be?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136112

This is a Western Digital 100 ATA 160Gig EIDE Hard drive.

Not much is available in EIDE hard drives any more. The link you gave goes to a lower speed 5400 rpm drive. Going to a 7200 rpm drive might be a significant improvement.

You might consider just getting a new computer. The older a computer gets the more likely that something else will break down and the money you spend on it will not be worth it. All the new motherboards use SATA hard drives. This would not work with most new motherboards.

You could just go to the dumpster and find old hard drives that would work. Lots of old computers that bit the dust might have a hard drive that would work. Maybe a friend has an old hard drive sitting around in some old computer they dont use anymore.