[RESOLVED] Installing Large Internal Drive

I'm running Windows XP (with service pack 1 only - 2 not yet installed) with a 120GB primary hard drive.

I have a secondary drive (40GB) that I use for backup (and music/video storage). I've begun looking at larger drives (80-100GB) to replace this one. I notice that the difference in price in these larger drives is not that much ... and I started thinking about a larger drive still (120GB+).

However, I'm aware that there is a 137GB limit on the size of a drive in XP.

Is there a way to get around this limit. Could I partition a larger drive with XP and have, in effect, three drive partitions? Can this be done in XP?

Thanks in advance,

Terry

You should be fine in WinXP with SP1, it can handle drives larger than 127GB with no problems. If the worst comes to the worst you may need to add a Registry entry is all:

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1115/

np after installing sp2. seems that sp2 will allow me to see larger drives.

i bought a 160G and had no problem.

thx.

SP1 will see any hdd made today .

I was under the impression that that hard drive limit was imposed by the motherboard BIOS, and had nothing to do with the OS. Is that incorrect?

Dex

Edit: Just read that link. I guess I am incorrect.

Normally that is true.

But with the 48-bit in SP1 and 2 that can be gotten around right nicely. But it is the only OS in which that can be done so far. :(