2nd hard drive packard bell ixtreme help! please!

hi, i have a packard bell ixtreme 9100 i pc and want to fit a 2nd hard drive. the problem is that im not sure what ones are compatible with it. i opened up my comp the other day and the hard drive in their at the moment is a maxtor diamondmax vl 30.7gb hard drive.
any help much appreciated on how to find out and/or if anyone has the sam PC.. or even any help at all.

 

You can buy any 3.5" IDE hard drives. It does not need to be the same one.

 

but how would i connect it if they use diff cables or does this my old hard drive use an IDE?

 

Just don't buy a SATA hard drive. The IDE cable on your current hard drive should have a secondary connector (slave). Use that to connect your new hard drive to it. Just make sure you select slave on your new hard drive.

 

ok ill try this thanks alot