config XP PRO ok ?

[Arthur]

I plan to mke the following config :
P4 P800 E Deluxe card
P4 3Go E intel processor
Hard disk Hitachi 160Go 7K250

Question : does Xp Pro able to config 160Go ?
I heard several stories saying that it does not go over 120Go.
How can I do ?
Thanks
Arthur

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

I'd suggest asking in a newsgroup related to Windows XP (try
microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)

This newsgroup is for questions about Access, the database product that's
part of Office Professional.

 

[Mike Labosh]

I plan to mke the following config :

P4 P800 E Deluxe card
P4 3Go E intel processor
Hard disk Hitachi 160Go 7K250

Question : does Xp Pro able to config 160Go ?
I heard several stories saying that it does not go over 120Go.

You would be better off posting this in one of the
microsoft.public.windows.* groups, but here's my take:

I have a machine with a UDMA133 IDE controller with a 250 GB drive running
Windows Server 2003.

There is some kind of hardware limitation about a "137 GB barrier" in IDE
controllers. To be able to use a hard drive bigger than 137 GB, you must
make sure that your IDE controller is a UDMA 133 type. UDMA 100 IDE
controllers will have trouble. Also, check these Microsoft Knoledgebase
articles. I think your Windows will have to be XP Pro SP1 to install it. I
personally don't know about the XP SP1, because my machine with the big
drive doesn't use XP.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;331958
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098

That second link is actually about Windows 2000, but has lots of relevant
notes in it.

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