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Bigger Hard Drive

Jul 14, 2006 4:59AM PDT

I have a rebuilt PC. Have a 30 GB H.D. Needing more room due to music and pics.From a previous question, I noted that if I go over a certain amt than it will not work due to the age of the Board.Mine was built in 2000 I believe.Board is Sis 730. I would like to go to at least 120 BG HD. Is there any particulars I need to consider? Are all HD compatible?
Any, All input will be appreciated....Skye

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Here's the page to read.
Jul 14, 2006 5:11AM PDT
http://www.48bitlba.com covers almost all the bases we need here. If you can connect with USB 2.0 then the BIOS limit vanishes.

Bob
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Thank you and another question
Jul 14, 2006 5:19AM PDT

1st Thank you for this valuable info.2nd..So as long as I stay below that alotted amount I sould be alright.So getting ..lets say an 80GB HD should be fine..I'm I correct on this?.Skye

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Sorry, no.
Jul 14, 2006 5:24AM PDT

Some older BIOSes had lower numbers. And then we have OS limits. The stock Windows 98/ME FDISK misbehaved with drives over 64GB.

If I recall some test tools are at the 48bitlba site to see if your machine can handle such drives.

Bob

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You can also add a secondary HDD controller to your system
Jul 15, 2006 12:17PM PDT

which has it's own BIOS. This overcomes the older system MB BIOS limitation issue.

I've had a number of systems with 'Promise' controllers and they worked well for me. Lost opf options here.

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