You can also use the vendors software and make multiple partitions under 137GB.  I have a 160GB drive running on a p1 using 2 x 80mb partitions.
It has been there well over a year and no problems.
--
David

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> 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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