I am looking for an SATA 150 Internal Hard Drive that is 120GB or larger in size.

I took a look around a bit and found a Retail Hard Drive Kit, but I wasn't sure what is meant by "Kit".

Anyone familiar with this?

Are you looking for a regular ATA or a SATA drive?

SATA 150

I assume the kit refers to being in a retail box, usually with some kind of software, mounting rails (for mounting in a 5 1/4" drive bay) and screws. At least that is what they usually refer to.

Thanks for clearing that up for me :)

Something like this:

http://www.buy.com/prod/Maxtor_SATA_Ultra_Hard_Drive_Kit_hard_drive_250_GB_SATA_150/q/loc/450/10348872.html

But maybe with a little less $ :P

Or... $185 http://www.computerhq.com/Maxtor_250GB_SATA_150_L01M250_75192102829/hardware/partinfo-id-178868.html

new only or would you be interested in used?

New only. This will be a drive that contains secure files, so I would not want to have any chance of having a used hard drive (and then having that crash on me).

What is the difference between:

Hard Drive: http://westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=59
Hard Drive Kit: http://westerndigital.com/en/products/productkit2.asp?DriveID=59

From the site: "For easy installation, kit includes installation and management software, hardware and step-by-step illustrated instructions."

Like I said before, you get mounting hardware, probably a SATA cable, software and manual. With the bare drive you get the bare drive - usually nothing else.

ZipZoomFly has the bare drive for $162 with free 2nd day shipping:

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101220

It also says it has a 3 year warranty, which is nice.

Nice hard drive, but it is ATA/100, I want SATA/150

oops. i thought it had the same model as the ones in the links you posted.

It's ok Brad, just one last messup before RossMan removes your admin and gives it to me.

LOL. I'm not scared of RossMAN. :rotflol:

He removes my admin and I go on strike - there would be no more deals posted on the site ever again :evil: :tongue1:

:chairshot is for Brad - RossMAN :rant:

BobbyD... this should do you right.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10375374&loc=101&sp=1
Seagate 120 GB SATA 150MBps 8MB Cache 8.5ms for $110 Shipped.
:bump:

Oh, its the retail version too so you get all the cables and junk not to mention the 3 year warranty.

Actually that is the one I am using right now that is sometimes messing up on me. ST3120026AS-RK is the one.

I got it for $87 shipped about 5 months ago. I would rather wait for a week or so and find a good Western Digital deal. If I am going to spend over $100 to get a good hard drive, I might as well make it around $175 and get a WD 250GB SATA/150 -_-

If the drive isnt working properly, then why not RMA it to seagate and have them ship you a new one?

Because I can't have my computer down for that long.

I can't say 100% that the hard drive is bad, all I know is that it is causing a few problems, but it could be a problem with the cable, not the HD.