Maxtor 80 external 1394 drive -- replace HD possible?

Tripster wrote:

 > I have an old 1394 HD, and wanted to replace the meager 80GB HD with a
 > 200GB HD. Is this possible? Do I need to format the drive before the
 > swap? Will the controller recognize the full drive?

You'd be much more likely to have success with a 120GB drive. Once you
go past 137GB, you're in the 48-bit LBA arena and must have specialized
hardware for it.


-WD


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Thanks for your feedback -- I tried pinging Maxtor about this a few
times, but to no avail.


"Eric Gisin" <ericgisin.DeleteThis@graffiti.net> wrote in message news:<bvovvl0i4v.DeleteThis@enews4.newsguy.com>...
 > The enclosure has a bridge board, most likely with Oxford 911. That supports
 > ATA-5, up to 137GB.
 >
 > Only the newer Oxford 911+ and 922 supports ATA-6 and larger drives.
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