Replace gateway 500s hard drive

mytagz

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Can I buy any hard drive to replace my bad one? This is an old system, and can't seem to find the same hard drive.
 
Open it up and take a look inside, there is no need to match your old hard drive, a newer one will be significantly faster, if its a wide flat cable, then you need a PATA drive
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If its skinny and red you need a SATA drive
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