Hard drive compatibility with BIOS and XP
| artzelda |
 Jun 29 2004, 12:42 PM
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I am thinking of getting a second hard drive and an concerned that it may not be compatible with either my BIOS or winXP. I have heard that some BIOS and WINXP home ed may not see hard drives larger than 137G (Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 303013). How can I check out if my BIOS is compatible. I currently have a 120G hard drive and a Gateway 1.7GHz computer (about 3 years old).
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| boxcrash |
Jun 30 2004, 05:49 AM
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 DaddyMan Group: Private Member Posts: 162 Joined: 29-March 04 Member No.: 77 |
yeah I am with dInferno herem BIOS should see it no problem. Know as for Win it won't see it unless it is partitioned into 137gb partitions or less. But if you get the SP1 installed it will see every bit of it if you partition the whole drive.
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artzelda Hard drive compatibility with BIOS and XP Jun 29 2004, 12:42 PM
dInferno Shouldn't be a problem, win xp should see all ... Jun 29 2004, 04:28 PM Back2goode The hard drive must also be NTFS. Jul 1 2004, 12:13 AM boxcrash Yes, true of course FAT 32 only supports aprox 32 ... Jul 1 2004, 07:19 AM DutchKid I'm using FAT32 on 1 drive, which works just f... Jul 1 2004, 07:00 PM amourdevin I do not think Win XP recognizes SATA hard drives ... Jul 2 2004, 01:01 PM artzelda Well, I just found out the largest drive compatibl... Jul 4 2004, 09:29 PM PimpScourge
not even with an ATA controller card? My ooold ma... Jul 5 2004, 06:18 AM artzelda Unfortunately, no room for a card Jul 5 2004, 03:29 PM
boxcrash Not to stray off topic, but yes FAT can be more co... Jul 8 2004, 06:16 AM |
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