ide hdd

[Hash]

Hello

The motherboard ide controller of my system supports maximum 120gb ide hdd.

If for example I purchase a 320gb ide hdd and install it in my system.
Would my system first read that hdd and second would it only read and write
upto 120gb data ?

Getting a larger capacity disk will enable me to install it in a new pc when
I change to one. Thank you.

Regards
Hash

 

[Smoker~]

Hello

The motherboard ide controller of my system supports maximum 120gb ide
hdd.

If for example I purchase a 320gb ide hdd and install it in my system.
Would my system first read that hdd and second would it only read and
write upto 120gb data ?

Getting a larger capacity disk will enable me to install it in a new pc
when I change to one. Thank you.

Regards
Hash

Most likely it will only recognize 120GB. You're overdue for a mobo upgrade.

 

[Mistoffolees]

Most likely it will only recognize 120GB. You're overdue for a mobo upgrade.

Before writing off the motherboard, a bios upgrade might take
care of it.

 

[Al Dykes]

Before writing off the motherboard, a bios upgrade might take
care of it.

Once the XP system is booted it can use the entire disk but you'll
have to make a second partition and format it.

 

[BINZA@]

Surely XP can only use what the BIOS gives XP.

Once the XP system is booted it can use the entire disk but you'll
have to make a second partition and format it.

 

[Al Dykes]

Surely XP can only use what the BIOS gives XP.

Nope. Once the OS is booted it can see a disk up to the limits of
NTFS, which is in the terrabytes. When the OS is up and running you
aren't going through the BISO for I/O.

 

[philo]

Nope. Once the OS is booted it can see a disk up to the limits of
NTFS, which is in the terrabytes. When the OS is up and running you
aren't going through the BISO for I/O.

That's quite true...
I recently added a large 2nd harddrive to an older machine.

When I set the bios to "auto" the machine just froze.
I then disabled the drive in the bios...
and XP saw it just fine.

If an unsupported (in the bios) drive is to be used as the boot drive
however...a PCI controller card should do the trick

 

[BINZA@]

Thanks for that, now i know.
This XP is getting far too smart,i just hope they dont do away with the
mains lead.

 

[Hash]

Thank you all for your replies.

Philo I intend to use the 320gb hdd as a second drive and not to be used as
a boot drive (ie. not as C:\ with XP home operating system on it ). How do
I then adjust my BIOS ? Thank you.

Regards
Hash

 

[Mistoffolees]

Thanks for that, now i know.
This XP is getting far too smart,i just hope they dont do away with the
mains lead.

That might be sometime in the near future. It is rumored
that Microsoft will control the PSU, based on whether or
not the daily subscription fee has been paid to use the
Windows OS. <:-}}

 

[Mistoffolees]

Thank you all for your replies.

Philo I intend to use the 320gb hdd as a second drive and not to be used as
a boot drive (ie. not as C:\ with XP home operating system on it ). How do
I then adjust my BIOS ? Thank you.

No need to adjust the bios. Install the 320 GB HD as a
slave to the master HD on the primary IDE controller. Let
the bios autodetect it.

Start Windows. Go to Disk Management and partition the
320 GB HD as an extended partition with logical drives.
Divide it into 3 equal (or whatever partitions) of 108
GB each. Format each partition and the entire HD is ready
for use, although not as a single logical drive.

 

[Hash]

Thank you mistoffolees.

Well I only hope Microsoft do not introduce subscriptions to use
msnews.microsoft.com newsgroups. It'll spell disaster for those who cannot
afford technical support fees. Thank you.

Regards
Hash