FWIW, I have a Dell Optiplex PII/450MHz sitting right here beside me that is quite happy with a 120GB Western Digital, WE1200JB-00CRA1 (unpartitioned) as a second HD. I have Win XP Pro SP2 installed on a 10GB Maxtor which is the C:/ drive. This old Opti is approximately 7 years old now and has just been remarkably trouble free, no matter what I load it down with.
I certainly don't mean to extrapolate from this that ALL PII's should support larger drives, but had always thought drive size support was more a function of OS and/or BIOS or BIOS settings. In addition to checking the board's specs, if it hasn't already been done, while at the manufacturer's web site it might be a good idea to upgrade to the latest BIOS for the MB, and to check the settings therein after doing so. - Bill Hatcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Button Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 18:06 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WINHOME] Old HD PII motherboard may well be limited to 8.5Gb, - check the manufacturers web site for the specification of the board 'Ontrack'? software used to market software that did that - it's been used on some of the 10Gb drives I have to 'manage' for some users The software I had was specialised for each drive manufacturer, so there may be a generic version -- ---------------------------------------- ALL messages to the list MUST include a descriptive subject. To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
