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New Hard Disk....Need Help.......

Asked by robin_alexander in Hard Drives & Storage

Tags: hard, drive, sata

Hi everybody......
i have a dell dimension 8400,P 4 3.6 HT,512 mb,160 GB Seagate Barracuda ST3160023AS 8 MB,Win XP SP2.....ATI X 300 SE,DVD-ROM,DVD-RW
i have only around 4 gigs free space now.....and have decided to buy a new hard disk.....
the following are my questions.....
1.Dell sold me the pc saying i have 160 gigs of space.but right now i have only 145 gigs available.where is the remaining 15 gigs ? the file system is NTFS.and there is only one partition (c)
2.I saw a maxtor 300 gig internal hard disk at a good price here in toronto......the drive has a 16 MB buffer.Will the maxtor drive work properly along with my present seagate since they have different buffer sizes ?
3.If the above answer is positive ,will the difference in buffer size make any significant difference in performance ? i will be using the new drive mainly for movies......
4.Will the new drive require an OS ?
5.i have also seen a Hitachi drive with 250 GB of formatted space......."formatted space"..means the actual usable space....right ?
6.Hitachi....?...have any of you guys heard about hitachi hard drives ?.........
7.maxtor,seagate and WD are the best ......right ?
8.will i be required to buy a new power supply...i have no idea about the present power rating ?
9.How do i find out if my motherboard supports two or more hard disks?.......

Intel Alderwood i925XE
Intel 82801FR ICH6R
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
Intel(R) 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller

can someone please help me ?...............Thank you...........
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