While it may be true, that XP will only recognize FAT32 up to 32GB, the fact is I'm running XP on two different machines and one has 120-GB WD HD, with 4 partitions: and the other machine is running 80GB WD HD with 3-partitions
Win-XP with 120GB HD - Western Digital C: 32.14GB D: 30.67GB E: 28.08GB F: 29.09GB Total 119.98GB My 80GB on another system is also similarly partitioned: Win-XP with 80GB HD - Western Digital C: 26.66GB D: 26.66GB E: 26.66GB Total 79.98GB So, it is very easy to get around the 32GB FAT and XP limitations. MB1- SOYO - SY-K7V DRAGON PLUS 768Megs onboard memory installed MB2 - Microstar K7T TURBO (MS-6330) 768 Megs onboard memory installed Ed -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly Younger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 1:03 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: HDD Dilemma vs. CD-RW Barry Aronson wrote: > > Hello members! A couple of weeks ago i submitted a post about purchasing a > massive storage drive 120 GBs to be exact, external USB 2.0/1.1. I have > been awaiting a response from Soltek the manufacturer of my motherboard to > find out if it would recognize in the most current BIOS a 102 GB drive. I > got my answer this morning. According to them it will ONLY recognize a > drive up to 32 GBs. According to page 4 of the WIN XP "Start Here" booklet that comes with the XP CD, FAT 32 only recognizes hard drives up to 32GB. Perhaps you need to switch to NTFS, which supports up to 2TB. The problem might be with the OS and not the motherboard. -- Kelly Younger ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
