When I purchased a second disk, I decided to avoid potential problems and stick with the standard 137 GB limit.  One thing you may wish to consider is that drives improve every year.  The new drive may make a faster primary drive than the old one.   --Anna Summers

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael Wurster 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] 250GB Hard Drive compatibility with an older system? - 48 bit addressing?


Steve, You have a couple options. First, stick the hard drive in the
machine and see what happens. If it only recognizes the first 137 GB or
hangs, you know it won't work with the native interface. Assuming you
really want the hard drive, you can purchase an aftermarket  IDE interface
that will handle the larger drives. I'm familiar with Promise Technologies,
but there are other less expensive alternatives. I think the Promise
Ultra133 sells for about 40 bucks. Hope this helps you out.
Michael

At 20:15 9/9/2005, you wrote:
>Hi PCBuilders,
>
>I have a Dell Dimension 4600 that I purchased in December 2003 that has an 80
>GB Seagate HD (Barracude 7200.7 Model ST380011A - Ultra ATA 100).  Now, I
>would like to purchase a new 250 GB HD as a slave.

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