HD Question: Size > 150 GB

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:48 am

Ive heard that some versions of windows have trouble with rive bigger than 150 GB. I'm planning on purchasing a 250 Gig hard drive within the next month and the computer I will install it to is running win2k sp5, all updates installed. Will this install have difficulties with the drive? If so, is there a fix and how can I obtain it?

Thanks in advance guys.

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 7:12 am

IIRC, Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 support drives larger than 132GB, previous versions had a 132GB limit. Dunno what the current limit (if any) is, but the 250GB should work fine.

Plebeian · Post by **Plebeian** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 7:23 am

I believe the normal drive limit these days is around 4TB.

(Though actually, it may be a bit higher, still. I seem to remember seeing some partitions on the servers at work that were, I believe, 10TB or so.)

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:45 pm

Okiedokie. Thats all I wanted to know. Thanks!

SSC BlueFlames · Post by **SSC BlueFlames** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:27 pm

I was looking up articles on NTFS a while back, and I seem to recall that maximum drive space is a function of the file allocation table, not the OS. FAT32 tops out at something like 128GB, while NTFS goes all the way up to 10+TB. You can do a quick search on Microsoft's website for NTFS if you want to double-check those.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 7:40 pm

if the O/S supports the drive ... that is fine and dandy.... You might want check with the specs of the onboard controller or add in card if greater than 127-137GB is supported (older hardware)

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:54 pm

BUBBALOU wrote:if the O/S supports the drive ... that is fine and dandy.... You might want check with the specs of the onboard controller or add in card if greater than 127-137GB is supported (older hardware)

Yeah, I ran into that a while back before I upgraded my system with a new mobo + cpu. Honestly, as long as the system isn't 3+ years old, theres a fair chance that if it doesn't support it outright that there is a BIOS update to allow it. (I know for a fact that the Asus A7V (classic) will support it with the 1011 BIOS.)