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HI,
        An easy way to check is to start the BIOS.  Go to where you
define the hard drives.  If your bios will accept four hard drives, it
will accept over 528.  If it only as spots for two, then it can't.   I
always use this method when having to upgrade a computer at work.

Donald Gaither

> ,
> 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.
>

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