Thanks for the replies-

Computer is a 2001.

Harddrive is 160GB.

It is an IDE drive- normal ribbon cable. Checked this before I bought after hearing about SATA.

It is the only drive for the computer.

I took the jumper pin out (making it single) as per instructions.

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Maybe HD to large or new?

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'90 300SE 298k
-300K and it gets put into retirement.
'80 300D 255k Purchased new by family in 1980.

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1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E