Hello, I would like to buy a new HDD for my PC (WinXP), but I don't know, how can I know which will work in my pc (will be recognized or something..)

So, hope u will help ,
System: (pasted from everest->storage (menu)

--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------

Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage Lavalys - Comprehensive IT Security and Management
Report Type Quick Report
Computer REDPEPPER007
Generator Richy
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2008-03-08
Time 08:28


--------[ Windows Storage ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ ST320414A ]

Device Properties:
Driver Description ST320414A
Driver Date 2001.07.01.
Driver Version 5.1.2535.0
Driver Provider Microsoft
INF File disk.inf

Disk Device Physical Info:
Manufacturer Seagate
Hard Disk Name Barracuda ATA III 20414
Form Factor 3.5"
Formatted Capacity 20480 million bytes
Disks 1
Recording Surfaces 2
Physical Dimensions 147 x 101.85 x 26.1 mm
Max. Weight 544 g
Average Rotational Latency 4.16 ms
Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Max. Internal Data Rate 500 Mbit/s
Average Seek 8.9 ms
Interface Ultra-ATA/100
Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 100 MB/s
Buffer Size 2 MB

Device Manufacturer:
Company Name Seagate Technology LLC
Product Information Redirect

[ Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B ]

Device Properties:
Driver Description Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B
Driver Date 2001.07.01.
Driver Version 5.1.2600.2180
Driver Provider Microsoft
INF File mshdc.inf

Device Resources:
Port F000-F00F

[ Primary IDE Channel ]

Device Properties:
Driver Description Primary IDE Channel
Driver Date 2001.07.01.
Driver Version 5.1.2600.2180
Driver Provider Microsoft
INF File mshdc.inf

Device Resources:
IRQ 14
Port 01F0-01F7
Port 03F6-03F6

[ Secondary IDE Channel ]

Device Properties:
Driver Description Secondary IDE Channel
Driver Date 2001.07.01.
Driver Version 5.1.2600.2180
Driver Provider Microsoft
INF File mshdc.inf

Device Resources:
IRQ 15
Port 0170-0177
Port 0376-0376


--------[ Logical Drives ]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A: Removable Disk
C: Local Disk NTFS 18002 MB 11298 MB 6704 MB 37 % 2CF2-C672
D: Local Disk NTFS 1082 MB 969 MB 112 MB 10 % ECE4-C829
E: Optical Drive
F: Optical Drive


--------[ Physical Drives ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ Drive #1 - ST320414A (18 GB) ]

#1 (Active) NTFS C: 0 MB 18002 MB
#2 NTFS D: 18002 MB 1082 MB


--------[ ASPI ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

00 00 00 Disk Drive ST320414 A
00 07 00 Host Adapter atapi
01 00 00 Optical Drive _NEC DV- 5700B
01 07 00 Host Adapter atapi
02 00 00 Optical Drive MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM 1.0A
02 07 00 Host Adapter mcdbus


--------[ ATA ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ ST320414A (3EC0MM02) ]

ATA Device Properties:
Model ID ST320414A
Serial Number 3EC0MM02
Revision 3.28
Parameters 38792 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track, 512 bytes per sector
LBA Sectors 39102336
Buffer 2 MB
Multiple Sectors 16
ECC Bytes 0
Max. PIO Transfer Mode PIO 4
Max. UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 5 (ATA-100)
Active UDMA Transfer Mode UDMA 5 (ATA-100)
Unformatted Capacity 19093 MB

ATA Device Features:
SMART Supported
Security Mode Supported
Power Management Supported
Advanced Power Management Not Supported
Write Cache Supported
Host Protected Area Not Supported
Power-Up In Standby Not Supported
Automatic Acoustic Management Supported
48-bit LBA Not Supported
Device Configuration Overlay Not Supported

ATA Device Physical Info:
Manufacturer Seagate
Hard Disk Name Barracuda ATA III 20414
Form Factor 3.5"
Formatted Capacity 20480 million bytes
Disks 1
Recording Surfaces 2
Physical Dimensions 147 x 101.85 x 26.1 mm
Max. Weight 544 g
Average Rotational Latency 4.16 ms
Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Max. Internal Data Rate 500 Mbit/s
Average Seek 8.9 ms
Interface Ultra-ATA/100
Buffer-to-Host Data Rate 100 MB/s
Buffer Size 2 MB

ATA Device Manufacturer:
Company Name Seagate Technology LLC
Product Information Redirect


--------[ SMART ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ ST320414A (3EC0MM02) ]

--------[ Debug - PCI ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B00 D00 F00: Intel 82815(EP) Chipset - Host-Hub Bridge [A-2]
B00 D01 F00: Intel 82815(EP) Chipset - AGP Controller [A-2]
B00 D1E F00: Intel 82801BA I/O Controller Hub 2X (ICH2X) [B-0]
B00 D1F F00: Intel 82801BA ICH2X - LPC Bridge [B-0]
B00 D1F F01: Intel 82801BA ICH2X - ATA-100 IDE Controller [B-0]
B00 D1F F02: Intel 82801BA ICH2X - USB Controller 1 [B-0]
B00 D1F F03: Intel 82801BA ICH2X - SMBus Controller [B-0]
B00 D1F F04: Intel 82801BA ICH2X - USB Controller 2 [B-0]
B00 D1F F05: Intel 82801BA ICH2X - AC'97 Audio Controller [B-0]
B01 D00 F00: nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 Video Adapter

I would like to buy that: (but will this work on my pc?)

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