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Xeno Chauvin

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Since: Jun 15, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:55 pm
Post subject: Hard drive size and BIOS?
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How does one tell how large a hard drive any specific BIOS
will handle ?
What is winXPpro maximum hard drive size for partitioning and formatting?
Thanks
Xeno

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Rod Speed

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:55 pm
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Xeno Chauvin <arfulbrank.RemoveThis@houston.rr.com> wrote:

> How does one tell how large a hard drive any specific BIOS will handle ?

There is no easy way, the only real way is to try it.

> What is winXPpro maximum hard drive
> size for partitioning and formatting?

There is no maximum that matters.

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Peter3

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:55 pm
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> Xeno Chauvin <arfulbrank.TakeThisOut@houston.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > How does one tell how large a hard drive any specific BIOS will handle ?
>
> There is no easy way, the only real way is to try it.

Some stores allow you to return unwanted merchandise...
And might carry 400GB disks too.

> > What is winXPpro maximum hard drive
> > size for partitioning and formatting?
>
> There is no maximum that matters.

Slipstream XP with SP2 though.
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tod

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:55 pm
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Around mid 2003 is when bios started supporting 48-bit (larger then 137GB
hard drives)
Some programs out there test bios for 48 bit support.

"Xeno Chauvin" <arfulbrank.DeleteThis@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
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> How does one tell how large a hard drive any specific BIOS
> will handle ?
> What is winXPpro maximum hard drive size for partitioning and formatting?
> Thanks
> Xeno
>
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