Probably not the most interesting topic for this forum but...

I'm thinking about replacing one of my desktop desktop hard drive. I haven't bought any new signifigant hardware in the last three years and thus haven't really kept up. I'd like to know:

1) At the time of this posting, what are the better brands, or more simply, which ones should I avoid outright?

2) Are there any Partitioning issues with Windows 98 or with my BIOS (which is a little over three years old)? I'm probably going to get the largest capacity that's available as the time of this post like a 120G or 160G. Is that going to be a problem?

3) Are there any other utilities that might be helpful to have around? i.e. Norton Ghost, Drive Image, Partition Magic, etc
I plan to use one of them to backup the partition for my OS to the other hard drive that I am not replacing right nowm and then re-image it to the new drive.

4) Any recommendations on buying online?