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Thread ID: 74939 2006-12-10 22:57:00 bought a new pc in the past 2 years?.. lance4k (4644) PC World Chat
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505719 2006-12-10 22:57:00 ok i'm assuming you've bought a new pc in the past 2 years that comes with windows xp. well did the computer you bought already have a bios that supports hard drives larger than 137gb or did u have to upgrade your bios? lance4k (4644)
505720 2006-12-10 23:03:00 Most of the newer systems would support hdds bigger than 137gb, without updating the BIOS. Speedy Gonzales (78)
505721 2006-12-10 23:05:00 ok i'm assuming you've bought a new pc in the past 2 years that comes with windows xp. well did the computer you bought already have a bios that supports hard drives larger than 137gb or did u have to upgrade your bios?

Hi mate, the 137GB limitation is XP O/S, sp1 and up see the lot.....nothing to do with the BIOS
SolMiester (139)
505722 2006-12-10 23:18:00 I have a 160GB HDD, in my less-than-one-year-old PC. pcuser42 (130)
505723 2006-12-11 06:51:00 Hi mate, the 137GB limitation is XP O/S, sp1 and up

SP1 & earlier you mean. It was fixed in Sp2.
Greven (91)
505724 2006-12-11 06:55:00 SP1 & earlier you mean. It was fixed in Sp2.

quite correct sp1 and earlier had the 137Gb limit sp2 removes that limit for most home users unless your planning on using a 20TB sigle partition
Athlonite (11600)
505725 2006-12-11 07:00:00 Speedy.....I've got a upgrade question that mite be right up your alley.....but may bore everyone else senseless......shall I ask it here or can I PM ya?

Cheers
allblack (6574)
505726 2006-12-11 07:20:00 SP1 & earlier you mean. It was fixed in Sp2. What SM meant was XP SP0 and XP SP1 have the 137GB limit, but the versions above that (XP SP2, Vista) realise over 137GB, just not all that clear :p


Speedy.....I've got a upgrade question that mite be right up your alley.....but may bore everyone else senseless......shall I ask it here or can I PM ya? You could create a new thread if you want a few opinions, but if you only require the answer of Speedy then I would say go for a PM :)
The_End_Of_Reality (334)
505727 2006-12-11 08:11:00 my 2 year old pc runs my 320gig sweet with out updating the bios dconline (9267)
505728 2006-12-11 08:17:00 ooo, my bad,sp2 up resolves! SolMiester (139)
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