Large Hard Drive Support?

[ADAM]

I have a Windows XP Professional system that is not hooked
up to the interent. I have never run any updates on it so
it's not even SP1. I want to buy a 250GB Hard drive but
I'm not sure if my computer will support that big of a
drive. I am not planning on upgrading this version of
Windows so is there any way to get my PC to see a 250 gigs
on one partition? Is there anything I should be aware of
before I make this purchase?

Thanks

 

[Alvin Brown]

Hello

See both links below and also your pc will also have to be
able to suppor that larger drive

Why can I only see 127 to 137 GBytes of my 160 GB drive in Windows XP
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_winxp.html


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

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013

Alvin

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Adam.

You might want to start by reading this KB article:
How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013

RC

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You will need to install SP1 in order to get Windows to recognise the Large
Drive.

 

[Chris Catt]

Hi, you might still find SP1 on many PC magazine cover CD's/DVD's......
Chris C

 

[RAVENSBAALZ]

YES WINDOWS NEEDS A PATCH FOR IT TOO SEE THAT SIZE OF
HARD DRIVE SO GO ON INTERNET AND GET UPDATE OR DONT BUY
IT OK