Hard Drives

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What is the maximum hard drive capacity that XP allows for its operating
system. I'm considering changing my OS from Windows 98se to XP and want to
get a new hard drive preferably the Maximum that XP allows.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Byte]

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137 GB

"Marilyn" wrote:

> What is the maximum hard drive capacity that XP allows for its operating
> system. I'm considering changing my OS from Windows 98se to XP and want to
> get a new hard drive preferably the Maximum that XP allows.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>

 

[Jerry]

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The 137Gb is the limit of most motherboards, not the operating system.

"Byte" <Byte@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 137 GB
>
> "Marilyn" wrote:
>
>> What is the maximum hard drive capacity that XP allows for its operating
>> system. I'm considering changing my OS from Windows 98se to XP and want
>> to
>> get a new hard drive preferably the Maximum that XP allows.
>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>

 

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Marilyn wrote:
> What is the maximum hard drive capacity that XP allows for its
> operating system. I'm considering changing my OS from Windows 98se to
> XP and want to get a new hard drive preferably the Maximum that XP
> allows.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I believe that normally the figure is 137GB; however, that usually can be
increased if you install SP1. Maxtor Corp [a big maker of Hard Drives]
provides a free utility program to increase that size limitation here:
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/?epi_menuItemID=3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068&epi_menuID=976d37cd478c5826433f226075b46068&epi_baseMenuID=976d37cd478c5826433f226075b46068&channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/ATA%20Hard%20Drives&downloadID=11
.. There are also references to a couple of Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles
which will probably tell you much more than anyone here.
--
Gene K

 

[Jax]

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The maximum HD for XP is somewhere in the terabyte range. The limiting
factor will be your motherboard.

LOL, JAX

"Marilyn" <Marilyn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is the maximum hard drive capacity that XP allows for its operating
> system. I'm considering changing my OS from Windows 98se to XP and want to
> get a new hard drive preferably the Maximum that XP allows.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>