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artzelda	Jun 29 2004, 12:42 PM Post #1
The MAN Group: Private Member Posts: 455 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 26	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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Back2goode	Jul 1 2004, 12:13 AM Post #2
nFm [ not leaving ] Group: Full Member Posts: 45 Joined: 3-June 04 Member No.: 110	The hard drive must also be NTFS.

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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

boxcrash yeah I am with dInferno herem BIOS should see it n... Jun 30 2004, 05:49 AM

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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