Maximum Hard Drive Capacity

[Homohabilis]

I have an older Gateway desktop, Series E-3600. I installed a 500GB IDE hard drive but it would not work. I then set up a partition for 160GB NTFS. The partition was designated C: by Windows XP Pro and works with no problems whatsoever.

However, I'm now left with 340GB of unpartitioned (and unused) disk space. I would like to use some (or all) of the unpartitioned space. It appears my PC will work with at least 160GB, but less than 500GB.

Is there a way to find out the maximum hard drive capacity for my computer or, for that matter, any computer?

I do not have the documentation that came with this Gateway E-3600. And, as far as I know, Windows XP does not include a tool that will identify maximum hard drive capacity.

 

[johnb35]

If you used a pre SP1 XP install cd then thats the reason. You need SP1 or higher for windows to see anything bigger then 137gb. Check your system properties to see if there is a service pack applied to it.

 

[A Cheese Danish]

That as mentioned above, or you can check under disk management. See what the drive is reading total.
Used and unpartitioned space.