DeanFKirk

The following 1tb SATA HD has a two year warranty:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD2AE3298

I installed three HD's in my 530 MT, by removing a 5.25" DVD drive, to free up a SATA port on the motherboard and installed the drive in the optical drive bay using a 5.25' x 3.5" bracket. The few times when a second DVD drive is needed, I use an USB external DVD drive.

Bev. 

DeanFKirk

I already posted the following link to a Western Digital 1tb SATA hard drive, that compatible with the Inspiron 530:-

The following 1tb SATA HD has a two year warranty:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD2AE3298

Bev.

Thanks for the reply

I use the two DVD drives together and I have 2 x 500 GB HDDS - I am guessing the easiest way will be to just put a new 1TB in and then copy all the data from the original disk to it.

Any recommendation as to a 1 TB disk as the machine is really a dinosaur by todays standards and I don't want to buy a disk that is incompatible

sorry I missed that - thanks for your help

DeanFKirk

Glad to have helped.

Bev.

If I was to change out one of the existing HDD's for a new one - can anybody recomend a 1TB disk as a replacement?

My favorite solution is an SSD boot drive and a laptop hard drive (for data) mounted over and under in a Silverstone 2.5-to-3.5-inch adapter.

Just sayin'.