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Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 16:13:46 -0700
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Subject: Re: New hard drive
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From: Peter Shkabara <[log in to unmask]>
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As I recall, Win2k is the reason for your limit. Win XP with SP1 fixed that
problem and will recognize drives larger than 130GB. Your best solution
would be to partition it into two logical drives with each under 130GB. Or,
you could upgrade to Win XP SP1.

Peter
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The NoSpin Group
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> -----Original Message-----
> I recently purchased a Western Digital 160 GB hard drive. It only
> shows up as 136 GB in the BIOS? It only shows 131 GB that is
> formatable as expected. Am I running into a bios limit of 136GB?
> Richard F. Bolha

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