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Hard Drive Limit????

by moranacus Dec 1, 2009 12:44PM PST

Is there a limit to the size of a hard drive that can be put in a lap top????

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Yes.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Dec 1, 2009 10:21PM PST

1. What physical size is given to the internal drive. MECHANICAL LIMIT.

2. What the BIOS supports.

3. What the OS supports.

Today the usual new laptop can support the 500GB drives.
Bob

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Thanks

by moranacus Dec 2, 2009 12:39AM PST

Thanks for the reply!!!!

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well sort of..

by headphonz Dec 13, 2009 5:26AM PST

Per HD, yes 500gb i think is the limit. But many larger(17" or above) laptops, HP comes to mind, have capacity for 2 hdd's, effectively making total storage capacity up to 1TB.

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