The hard drive that I have purchased from you is fine. There was the installation in the computer no problems. The Windos xp I have been playing on this hard drive went to instalieren properly and without errors. The Hard Disk is recommended. Who needs an IDE hard drive for his old computer is well served by this Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160GB 6L 160PO 3.5 ATA133. I recommend you just keep going.