Big hard disk in Win XP

Sims · January 24th, 2004

Hi, are there any size limit for hard drives in XP?
Heard somthing about 137Gb.
:confused:

**SPeedY_B** · January 24th, 2004

Depends on your hardware rather than the operating system (although I think there may be a limit.. somewhere up in the Terrabytes though, nothing to worry about yet

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Most likely that if you have a system capable of running XP well then you have a system that will support >137GB.
However, check with your Motherboard manufacturer, or post what mobo you have and see if anyone knows of any limitations

**ming** · January 24th, 2004

Does the limits count as per partition or hardware as a whole?
A bit confused with this area.

Personally, I would split my HD up into several paritions for backups and games just incase the OS flops. Besides, I remove and copy an image of Windows every 6 months or so.

**SPeedY_B** · January 24th, 2004

Hmm, appears with early XP versions it is also a software limitation..

Take a read here: http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/di...137_winxp.html

**ming** · January 24th, 2004

OK, that answers my question.
I'm guessing that a majority of users here are using the older version of XP, well I am anyway.
I don't have a HD that big, and even if I do get one, I doubt I'll have a partition bigger than 120GB.

**j79zlr** · January 24th, 2004

SP1 fixes the issue

Tweakfiend · January 25th, 2004

As mentioned SP1 supports large hdrives. also manufacturers such as Maxtor do show patch downloads on their website for the largest drive support, to 250 Mb

**Hipster Doofus** · January 25th, 2004

Currently [a year or so ago] only Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 supports partitions larger than 137gb but not by default. You have to make a very minor change to the registry.

Microsoft

Sims · February 15th, 2004

Thanks for all advice.
Very Usefull link speedy_b.

A bit slow replay, 'cause I'm chillin' down in Dubai

nice to know it's -4 celsius at home

**SPeedY_B** · February 15th, 2004

Heh, no problem, glad to be of use

**Kush** · February 15th, 2004

haha so what if i was to buy a new 300gb hdd and was just installing windows xp w/ service pack 1 would i have to partition it first before installing? i dont know exactly how to make more than one partition using fdisk i usualy do it through partition magic.

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Sims I'm WoW'ed... Joined: January 2004 Location: Norway, Stavanger Posts: 16 Reputation: 0 Power: 99	Bid hard disk in Win XP Hi, are there any size limit for hard drives in XP? Heard somthing about 137Gb. :confused:

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 307	Depends on your hardware rather than the operating system (although I think there may be a limit.. somewhere up in the Terrabytes though, nothing to worry about yet ) Most likely that if you have a system capable of running XP well then you have a system that will support >137GB. However, check with your Motherboard manufacturer, or post what mobo you have and see if anyone knows of any limitations 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 159	Does the limits count as per partition or hardware as a whole? A bit confused with this area. Personally, I would split my HD up into several paritions for backups and games just incase the OS flops. Besides, I remove and copy an image of Windows every 6 months or so. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

January 24th, 2004	Top \| #4
SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 307	Hmm, appears with early XP versions it is also a software limitation.. Take a read here: http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/di...137_winxp.html 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 159	OK, that answers my question. I'm guessing that a majority of users here are using the older version of XP, well I am anyway. I don't have a HD that big, and even if I do get one, I doubt I'll have a partition bigger than 120GB. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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j79zlr Glaanies script monkey Joined: February 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,725 Reputation: 1520 Power: 152	SP1 fixes the issue http://www.j79zlr.com

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Tweakfiend OSNN Senior Addict Joined: January 2004 Location: UK Posts: 340 Reputation: 202 Power: 104	As mentioned SP1 supports large hdrives. also manufacturers such as Maxtor do show patch downloads on their website for the largest drive support, to 250 Mb

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Hipster Doofus Good grief Charlie Brown Joined: May 2002 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 5,920 Reputation: 560 Power: 183	Currently [a year or so ago] only Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 supports partitions larger than 137gb but not by default. You have to make a very minor change to the registry. Microsoft

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Sims I'm WoW'ed... Joined: January 2004 Location: Norway, Stavanger Posts: 16 Reputation: 0 Power: 99	Thanks for all advice. Very Usefull link speedy_b. A bit slow replay, 'cause I'm chillin' down in Dubai nice to know it's -4 celsius at home

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 307	Heh, no problem, glad to be of use 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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Kush High On Life! Joined: January 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 4,590 Reputation: 1300 Power: 181	haha so what if i was to buy a new 300gb hdd and was just installing windows xp w/ service pack 1 would i have to partition it first before installing? i dont know exactly how to make more than one partition using fdisk i usualy do it through partition magic.

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