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PCs recognising LARGE HDD

  • 16-11-2004 4:32pm
    #1
    humaxf1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 865 ✭✭✭


    A friend of mine has a compaq (4 yr old approx) PC...PIII i think.

    He is big into music and got a 200 GB drive for storage. Do you reckon the PC will recognise it?

    I'm a bit weary if the BIOS will be up to it. But even if it does recognise it, will he get the full storage capacity?

    Will prob set it to slave, and reformat his original 30GB drive for windows and prog files etc etc.

    I dont have the BIOS manf., date or Mobo specs.

    Cheers, Dara.


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  • #2
    hefty_langer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 539 ✭✭✭hefty_langer


    See this article on 48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305098/EN-US/

    basically you need XP SP1/2
    Or the latest W2K SP for the PC to recognise any drive over 137Gigs


  • #3
    Robbo
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,587 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    Chances are the BIOS won't be able for 48 bit addressing, so what I'd do is buy a cheapo IDE controller card and run the new HD off that.

    As previously mentioned Win2k will need to be Service Packed up.


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