Re: Old Dimension 8200 BIOS Question

"Brian K" <bjk444_remove_@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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"Larry" <Larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I did the partitiion on the left over GB.Would be nice to have the
whole deal .




If the BIOS doesn't see the HD as greater than 137 GB then any
partition you create in Windows (which can see beyond 128 GiB) will be
unstable and have the potential for data loss.




Don't you love MS,they don't bother to tell you this in there faqs. Stuck
a 500GB WD passport elite on the dell saw the 465 GB. THought it would
make me partition it to.TOT confused. Wonder if i should get a 500gb
internal drive later and see what happens(my luck it would see the whole
drive).
Thanks
.

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