Quick Question Regarding Hard Drives

[Noctaurus]

Are all hard drives compatible with all motherboards, within reason?

I wanted to take advantage of the CompUSA 160GB Seagate Barracuda on sale, and until this summer all I have is a generic Dell desktop.

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?&ref=cj&pfp=cj&product_code=304903

 

[Snugglebear]

In a perfect world. There are still some compatibility issues out there, but there are simply too many possibile combinations of devices, device connections, and software to test for all of them. All you can do is run a quick search to make sure your dell supports the interface, drive size, and that the newsgroups are pretty clean on the combo.