Maximum usable hard disk size?

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Greetings. I have an older IBM Netvista PC (P4/1.8) I am using as a PVR
and would like to increase the disk size. How can I check how large a disk
can be recognized? It has been flashed with the latest BIOS available
(dated 6/17/2004). If there isn't a 137GB limit on it, does that mean it
can go up to, say, 400 gig? Thanks for reading.

Pete
 
Greetings. I have an older IBM Netvista PC (P4/1.8) I am using as a PVR
and would like to increase the disk size. How can I check how large a disk
can be recognized? It has been flashed with the latest BIOS available
(dated 6/17/2004). If there isn't a 137GB limit on it, does that mean it
can go up to, say, 400 gig? Thanks for reading.
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I would get a 400GB disk from a place I could return it, and tested it
myself.
 
Pete said:
Greetings. I have an older IBM Netvista PC (P4/1.8) I am
using as a PVR and would like to increase the disk size.
How can I check how large a disk can be recognized? It has
been flashed with the latest BIOS available (dated 6/17/2004).
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What does the IBM site say about support
for drives over 137G with that bios ?
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/s.../downloadsDriversLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=ibm

If it doesnt say, the only real way is to try it.
http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm
provides a pretty good summary of the issues
and HDINFO from that site allows you to check
if the bios supports drives larger than 137G.
Unfortunately you do need a drive larger than
137G for it to be able to test the bios capability.

Its also got a list of what versions of the OSs you need as well.
If there isn't a 137GB limit on it, does that mean it can go up to, say,
400 gig?
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Yes, if you dont have a 137G limit, you can use any currently buyable ATA
drive.
 
What does the IBM site say about support
for drives over 137G with that bios ?
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?doctypeind=9&temp
late=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FdownloadsDriversLandingPage.v
m&sitestyle=ibm
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Nothing I'm afraid. I'll see if I an scare up a 200 and see what the
boot looks like.
If it doesnt say, the only real way is to try it.
http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm
provides a pretty good summary of the issues
and HDINFO from that site allows you to check
if the bios supports drives larger than 137G.
Click to expand...
Yes, if you dont have a 137G limit, you can use any currently buyable
ATA drive.
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That's what I needed to know, thanks. Thanks for the reply and the util
lead.
 
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