Based on the date of the BIOS (1990) , it can only handle 528 MB
(appx) when fully formatted.
If you use an add on EIDE card or a software driver like Disk Manager,
you can handle a much larger hard disk.
Steven Walley
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> Hello,
> I recently upgraded an older Packard Bell Multi-Media PC and I want to
> replace the 400Mg HD with a larger one but I don't know how large of a drive
> the bios will recognize. Unfortunately, I don't have any manuals or
> documentation that came with the PC. I'm running Win95a; AMD586 /133; 36Mg
> Ram
> ...The Bios are: Phoenix (04/19/90) A486 Version 1.01.E
> Thanks for your help!
>