Re: Urgent Question re Limitations on Hard Disk Size

Two things: older computers' BIOS's cannot recognize larger than 137GB
harddrives. Also, XP without SP1 or SP2 included on the CD cannot recognize
larger than 137 GB.

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--DaveW
"Jim" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have purchased a 320GB HDD (SATA 2.0) and when installing Win XP the
setup program reports that the Disk is only 128Gb.
I am sure that I have seen references to this problem before but cannot
recall what the solution was.

If I continue to install windows will I be able to regain the 'lost' space
?

Regards & TIA




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