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Leon,
Adding to what Peter has said:
Does the drive work enough for the boot process to identify it?
Does it start trying to load windows and that fails? If it does it may be possible to save the data on it by configuring it as a secondary or slave drive once you have Windows set up on the new disk. Explaining that process can wait until later.
If it is IDE you should check the external label on the disk for the size as really old computers may not handle the newish large drives.
IDE drives have some switches implemented as pins and jumpers close to the cable sockets. You have to ensure the jumpers are set the same way, but they may not be in the same order so check the layout diagram on the label.
SATA don't have any jumpers. Just ensure you plug the new drive into the same motherboard socket.
You can order online but any computer shop should have drives. You might have a limited choice on IDE, and they tend to be more expensive than equivalent size SATA.
Be warned that due to the floods in Thailand the price of drives has skyrocketed.
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