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| Thread ID: 59278 | 2005-06-27 01:27:00 | windows xp max hard drive size supported | lance4k (4644) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 367273 | 2005-06-27 01:27:00 | Does anyone know the maximum size hard drive that windows xp will support? I heard it was 160GB. | lance4k (4644) | ||
| 367274 | 2005-06-27 01:34:00 | No its 137 GB without SP1 or 2 . After either one of these have been installed, it can be as big as u want the hdd to be . You can have 200gb/250gb + . . microsoft . com/default . aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013" target="_blank">support . microsoft . com It also depends on how old your system / bios is . The older it is (your system), the less chance of it recognising a big hdd . And formatting in NTFS helps . If u have 2000 or XP + . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 367275 | 2005-06-27 01:44:00 | 144,000,000 gigabytes according to a certain website..... | Metla (12) | ||
| 367276 | 2005-06-27 02:05:00 | I get away with : 4 / 200 gig on RAID 0+1, 4 / 200 gig on JBOD and 1 / 40 gig for my opsys... all on XP-PRO, SP's up to date. (I didn't build it, don't ask how) |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 367277 | 2005-06-27 05:00:00 | Depends on the type of file system you are using... FAT32 supports up to 2 TeraBytes Natively NTFS will support 2 TB and with cluster size tweaking will handle up to 16 ExaBytes |
Myth (110) | ||
| 367278 | 2005-06-27 06:32:00 | Depends on the type of file system you are using . . . FAT32 supports up to 2 TeraBytes Natively NTFS will support 2 TB and with cluster size tweaking will handle up to 16 ExaBytesTrue . . But winXP will not create a FAT32 partion greater than 32GB . It will read them once created, but . . it won't let you create the things . FAT32 is fairly useless on big partitions anyway . See what MS have to say about fat limitations in XP ( . microsoft . com/default . aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314463" target="_blank">support . microsoft . com) -Qyiet |
qyiet (6730) | ||
| 367279 | 2008-01-26 04:23:00 | I have a 500Gb drive, and just installed XP on it, but only see the 137Gb by default. So, how do I now either increase the size of the existing partition, or add a new partition to the drive without messing up my fresh install? Can somebody walk me through the process? | mikrobson (8424) | ||
| 367280 | 2008-01-26 04:58:00 | 144,000,000 gigabytes according to a certain website..... Just enough |
jermsie (6820) | ||
| 367281 | 2008-01-26 05:25:00 | I have a 500Gb drive, and just installed XP on it, but only see the 137Gb by default . So, how do I now either increase the size of the existing partition, or add a new partition to the drive without messing up my fresh install? Can somebody walk me through the process? You'll need something like Gparted or Magic Partition . Is SP1 or 2 installed? Whats the specs of this system? How old is it? Is the BIOS updated on it? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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