JennyW

Hi!

I need to install a hard drive on one of my computers, but need some help!

Here’s some info:
- I have Windows 98 on one of my computers.
- I want to make this computer in to an mp3 PC.


However, I heard that 137 GBs of internal Hard Drive space is the Maximum that Windows 98 allows. Is this true?


If so, I am HIGHLY considering installing Windows XP on that PC.


Does anyone know what the max internal Hard Drive space allowed on Windows XP is?



Thanks for reading.
Jenny

elmarcorulz

my god thats alot of room for mp3's

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Cromewell

provided your BIOS supports big HDDs the max HD size for XP + SP2 is rediculously big. For a windows 98 machine the size limit per HD is probably BIOS imposed to ~30GB (common to pre y2k machines).

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JennyW

Hiee!


Cromewell wrote:

I am looking for what XP offers…

How can I find out if my BIOS supports large HDDs?
Is there any info I can give you…or can you direct me how to find this info out?


Thanks. See ya!
Jenny

dave597

give more specs on the computer you want to install the hard drive on. e.g bios version and make etc. winXP has a v. high limit, not worth looking at that as a factor for not buying a new hdd.

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JennyW

Hi


dave597 wrote:
Here are the specs of the PC I want to put the Hard Drive in to:
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System:
Windows 98 (Second Edition) – This is the PRESENT Operating System (XP will replace it)
4.10.2222 A

Computer:
AuthenticAMD
AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
448.0MB RAM
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Let me know if you need more info!
Jenny

Cromewell

Do you have a model number for your computer or a motherboard model? (failing that your BIOS version (should be displayed when your computer boots up, if not enter the BIOS you can find it there))
XP supports a bigger HDD than you need (in theory a single hard drive could be 144 petabytes (144,000,000 gigabytes)).

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Yeti

I thought that NTFS file systems could only support up to 2 TB. Or does volume size mean partitions?

Cromewell

thats the limit on 48bit LBA, NTFS itself has been limited to 2^32 clusters, but 2^64 is the theoretical limit.

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JennyW

Hi there!

How do I find that info. out?


I booted my PC…here’s what I found:
AMIBIOS 1999 American Megatrends Inc.


What should I do from here?


Thanks.
Jenny