buy or not? compact flash to ide 2.5 converter

http://www.amazon.com/Syba-SY-IDE2CF-NB25-Compact-Adapter-2-5-Inch/dp/B001B19HGA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1259315513&sr=1-3

my question is that my laptop is old. made to run win95. it has a 5400rpm hdd 2gig. would this product be a good idea and will a CF card read/write faster than the old hard drive?

this is a 266mhx pentium 1 mmx with 144mb ram, it runs windows 2k heavily modded using nlite. the current hdd is full. only other option is a larger 5400rpm replacement.

 

i believe it's higher than that. but i did forget to consider it wearing out.

 

I'd prehaps consider just buying a new laptop/pc.

The sad fact is everything wears out, and with laptops it leaves you limited with options.

I'd dredd the day when my laptop becomes an outdated brick


I was about to say get an external hard drive but I don't think the ones they make today would work with windows 95...

 

well, it runs win2k and once was running tiny XP monster edition.
it is a dell inspiron 3000. and i've had hard drives last more than 13years before. electronic components wear out, but not often, normally breaking due to factors other than "it's old".

i got the laptop and another similar for $35-total-, a year ago. even broken laptops are selling for well over $100 and this is set up for lan gaming things like age of empires1, total annihilation, dark reign, diablo, knights & merchants. it also plays caesar 3 and mordor and lemonade tycoon. yes i forgot probably 2 games but that is it's entire 2gig hdd.

for $170 im getting a barebones desktop this holiday season, to replace my aging dimension 2400.
Edit: an external hdd on a laptop is bad idea, unless it's being used like a desktop. mine usually sits on something that disperses heat. baking pan, cooling rack or table. it only has 1 usb port as well.

 

they offer hdd's over 80gig saying they are for the inspiron 3000 but they are also retailers.

here is some specs and crap for the laptop itself.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ptwist/harddisk.htm
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ptwist/specs.htm

unfortunatly i cannot update the bios or anything because all drivers require floppy's and i only have a cd and usb. generally im not so stupid with computers.

Edit: quick google search. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=%22inspiron+3000%22+maximum+hard+drive+size&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=%22inspiron+3000%22+maximum+hard+drive+size&fp=281c1ccb2828077e

 

so if i did switch, what kind of lifespan should i expect from a cf card? week, month, year? the pc doesn't have files transferring around all the time. only new files being added would be a few more games due to the extra space and then just the saves they make. right now i have 90mb free space.

 

ok. thank you. i am aware of turning paging file off if you have more than a bit of ram. like over 1gig. that pc i am looking to build, turn paging file off? 2 gigs ram... also, please recheck those parts. i'm looking to buy it by december 1st.

 

i was aware of that equation as well. oh well, stupid windows crap program. xp is as far as i go anyway. gah im stupid, above post. i only asked you to recheck because i "double posted" a new list of links. all the way bottom post.