R rb Feb 6, 2009 #1 What tells you how big a hard drive your computer will let you install? Is it the motherboard?
1 1PW Feb 6, 2009 #2 What tells you how big a hard drive your computer will let you install? Is it the motherboard? Click to expand... Try Googling "Hard Disk Drives Capacity Limits". Pete
What tells you how big a hard drive your computer will let you install? Is it the motherboard? Click to expand... Try Googling "Hard Disk Drives Capacity Limits". Pete
K Ken Blake, MVP Feb 6, 2009 #3 What tells you how big a hard drive your computer will let you install? Is it the motherboard? Click to expand... You need two things to support a drive over 137GB: 1. A motherboard with a BIOS and controller that supports 48-bit LBA (or alternatively, an add-in controller card that does). 2. At least SP1 of Windows XP.
What tells you how big a hard drive your computer will let you install? Is it the motherboard? Click to expand... You need two things to support a drive over 137GB: 1. A motherboard with a BIOS and controller that supports 48-bit LBA (or alternatively, an add-in controller card that does). 2. At least SP1 of Windows XP.
