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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: daveeb on October 20, 2006, 10:32

Title: 137 gb limit
Post by: daveeb on October 20, 2006, 10:32

I'm off to buy a new slave (ide) drive.  Currently running xp pro SP1 on the pc.  should this be  able to recognise >137gb or is it also down to the individual bios on the machine ?  i can get an oem 250gb for the same price as an 80gb  :D

Title: 137 gb limit
Post by: Sandra on October 20, 2006, 13:05

I think it was SP2 that removed the limit but a 250 gig will still be seen by SP1 but only as 137 gig so I would go for the 250 gig drive so you have the extra capacity when you upgrade to SP2 later.

Title: 137 gb limit
Post by: daveeb on October 20, 2006, 13:39

Thankee  :wink:

Title: 137 gb limit
Post by: Sandra on October 20, 2006, 15:42

I have sent you a pm Dave, I notice that you still havent read one that I sent you on feb 2nd  :shock:

Title: 137 gb limit
Post by: daveeb on October 20, 2006, 17:31

Cheers Sandra  :wink:  :wink:  I must admit that's the first time i've seen that 2nd of Feb message.  sorry  :blush: i haven't actually used pcb yet.