I want to purchase a 250 GB Hard Drive. I have read some
people have had problems when they surpass 130 GB. I
believe it has something to do with the BIOS and not
Windows XP. How can I check if my system can handle a 250
GB Hard Drive?

Hello

See link below and make sure that you have SP1 installed

How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk
Drives in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;303013


Alvin


Ray wrote:

> I want to purchase a 250 GB Hard Drive. I have read some
> people have had problems when they surpass 130 GB. I
> believe it has something to do with the BIOS and not
> Windows XP. How can I check if my system can handle a 250
> GB Hard Drive?

Check out http://www.48bitlba.com/partitiontools.htm for 48-bit lba info.

- Robert -

"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:289001c3e10a$93e75600$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I want to purchase a 250 GB Hard Drive. I have read some
> people have had problems when they surpass 130 GB. I
> believe it has something to do with the BIOS and not
> Windows XP. How can I check if my system can handle a 250
> GB Hard Drive?
>

I should also mention you can download (free!) Aida32 and it shows in the
Storage->ATA section a checkbox for 48-bit LAB support. This tool will tell
you everything about your system.
http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php

- Robert -

"RobD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Check out http://www.48bitlba.com/partitiontools.htm for 48-bit lba info.
>
> - Robert -
>
> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:289001c3e10a$93e75600$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I want to purchase a 250 GB Hard Drive. I have read some
> > people have had problems when they surpass 130 GB. I
> > believe it has something to do with the BIOS and not
> > Windows XP. How can I check if my system can handle a 250
> > GB Hard Drive?
> >
>
>

Check with the people that made the motherboard for BIOS updates and drive
compatibility.

"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:289001c3e10a$93e75600$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I want to purchase a 250 GB Hard Drive. I have read some
> people have had problems when they surpass 130 GB. I
> believe it has something to do with the BIOS and not
> Windows XP. How can I check if my system can handle a 250
> GB Hard Drive?
>

Check with your Hard Disk mfg. A friend had this same problem call Western
Digital and they have a patch on their website for using a HD over 130mb
with XP

Sorry meant to say 130 GB not MB