What is max. recognisable HD size in Win XP Pro SP2?

[RD]

Does anyone know what the maximum hard disk size I can use
on my XP Pro SP2 system?

What is the maximum upper limit I can get away with without
having to partition it into seperate drives?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[PowerUser90_Italy]

Does anyone know what the maximum hard disk size I can use
on my XP Pro SP2 system?

What is the maximum upper limit I can get away with without
having to partition it into seperate drives?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

2 terabytes
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...oc/en/choosing_between_NTFS_FAT_and_FAT32.asp

 

[Guest]

I'm running 2 120gb drives on XP Pro without a partition
and it is fine.
As long as your Motherboard and RAM are sufficient enough
you should not have a problem. What size is the HDD?

 

[Bob I]

If using NTFS and SP2 the drive size will be limited by the BIOS of your PC.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Using NTFS, any commercial hard drive. I think the biggest
drive now on the market is 400 GB, but that will be a TB
before long. And SATA drives will be big too. And when 64
bit processors come out the limits will be astronomical.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| I'm running 2 120gb drives on XP Pro without a partition
| and it is fine.
| As long as your Motherboard and RAM are sufficient enough
| you should not have a problem. What size is the HDD?
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Does anyone know what the maximum hard disk size I can
| use
| >on my XP Pro SP2 system?
| >
| >What is the maximum upper limit I can get away with
| without
| >having to partition it into seperate drives?
| >
| >Any help appreciated.
| >
| >Thanks.
| >.
| >

 

[Guest]

just to correct you... 64-bit processors are already
out....
have been for about over a year. amd 64?

 

[Jim Macklin]

Yes, I know, but they are not common yet. AMD has one on
the market now and Intel will have soon.

Probably 99%+ of the users are 32 bit systems and it will be
a while before that changes.

And I don't know if anybody has yet designed a hard drive
that can access all that possible increased address space.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| just to correct you... 64-bit processors are already
| out....
| have been for about over a year. amd 64?
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Using NTFS, any commercial hard drive. I think the
| biggest
| >drive now on the market is 400 GB, but that will be a TB
| >before long. And SATA drives will be big too. And when
| 64
| >bit processors come out the limits will be astronomical.
| >
| >
| >--
| >The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| >But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| >| >| I'm running 2 120gb drives on XP Pro without a
partition
| >| and it is fine.
| >| As long as your Motherboard and RAM are sufficient
| enough
| >| you should not have a problem. What size is the HDD?
| >|
| >|
| >| >-----Original Message-----
| >| >Does anyone know what the maximum hard disk size I can
| >| use
| >| >on my XP Pro SP2 system?
| >| >
| >| >What is the maximum upper limit I can get away with
| >| without
| >| >having to partition it into seperate drives?
| >| >
| >| >Any help appreciated.
| >| >
| >| >Thanks.
| >| >.
| >| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >