Large hard drive problem

External Since: Jan 19, 2004 Posts: 1

Hi. I am going to install a new hard drive in my mom's computer. She has
a BX system with an MSI 6163 Pro motherboard. I have been told that the
BIOS limit is 60 gig with this board. My question is, can I buy an 80
gig drive and use FDISK to partition it into two or three partitions and
use it that way or do I have to use an overlay program to accomplish
this. I am trying to avoid using overlay software if at all possible. I
would use a promise card but she is out of PCI slots in this system. Any
help here would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Bill Hoppy Haupt
Frequency Response Engineering Company
"Audiophile Sound Reproduction"
Microsoft and Intel Certified

External Since: Feb 18, 2004 Posts: 68

On 01 Mar 2004 22:59:54 EST, Bill Hoppy Haupt wrote:

>Hi. I am going to install a new hard drive in my mom's computer. She has
>a BX system with an MSI 6163 Pro motherboard. I have been told that the
>BIOS limit is 60 gig with this board. My question is, can I buy an 80
>gig drive and use FDISK to partition it into two or three partitions and
>use it that way or do I have to use an overlay program to accomplish
>this. I am trying to avoid using overlay software if at all possible. I
>would use a promise card but she is out of PCI slots in this system. Any
>help here would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

The manufacturer of the harddisk (samsung, seagate, ...) might have a
solution for such a problem; a program that helps you see the whole
disk - if your first approach doesn't work.