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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| DutchKid |
Jul 1 2004, 07:00 PM
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Institutionalised Nutcase Group: Admin Posts: 576 Joined: 17-March 04 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 6 |
I'm using FAT32 on 1 drive, which works just fine and NTFS on the other. For a home user the NTFS security doesn't mean much. I tend to use FAT32 over NTFS, coz it's compatibility is broader than the 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 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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