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Thread ID: 68521	2006-05-02 01:59:00	windows xp max hard drive size	lance4k (4644)	Press F1

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451314	2006-05-02 01:59:00	is there a limit on the max. hard drive size widows XP with Service Pack2 will support?	lance4k (4644)
451315	2006-05-02 02:01:00	No, but it might be more, if the hdd is formatted in NTFS. BUT, it may also depend on how old your system is. And whether the BIOS detects all of the hdd as well.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
451316	2006-05-02 03:06:00	No, but it might be more, if the hdd is formatted in NTFS. You sure? I mean they have 500Gb HDDs now but what if there were say 500TB drives? bet there would be a problem...	pctek (84)
451317	2006-05-02 22:23:00	The max volume size that NTFS will support is 256TB. By the time 500TB drives are out, XP will be a distant memory for most people. Speedy is quite correct in saying it depends on the age of your system & whether the BIOS supports HDD's greater than 127GB XP SP1 introduced support for drives larger than 137GB, so any problems seeing greater than that after SP2 will be to do with your motherboard BIOS.	autechre (266)
451318	2006-05-03 00:37:00	A RAID volume can be quite large. Nicer new home PC motherboards will often include a RAID chipset. Recently a 750GB home PC hard drive was introduced. When I say "RAID" I mean hardware based RAID solutions, not Microsoft's software-only RAID implementation / volume spanning. So the limits: * 2TB - basic volume * 2TB - dynamic / hardware based RAID The 256TB figure refers to the new GPT extension, which is replacing the current MBR standard. "GUID Partition Table (GPT) is implemented under Microsoft Windows XP x64 edition, Windows Server 2003 (64-bit), Windows Server 2003 SP1 (all versions), and the upcoming Windows Vista and Windows Server codename Longhorn operation systems." www.microsoft.com "Microsoft Storage: Fact and Fiction" www.microsoft.com	kingdragonfly (309)
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