Replacement hard drive for my dell 1720 inspiron [closed]

"Your 1720 may support 2 drives, it would be worth your while to open the underside and check the bay to see if you can support 2. If so, I would definitely consider getting a second drive to hold your Virtual hard drives, etc.

Beyond that, I like the Western Digital Scorpio Black line, and the Seagate Momentus 7200.4 drives are excellent as well. Pick whatever size and price fits your budget.

Also, if you are doing virtualization - definitely get the additional RAM. To take full advantage of it you will need to have a 64-bit operating system though."