electricd7
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Need 300GB hard drive in Windows XP Professional. Is this possible?
Hello,
I have an application running on a Windows XP Professional (SP1) machine which creates media files from audio streamed into it. I need to be able to store 60 days worth of this data (which is approximately 220 GB). I currently have a 120 GB drive installed for the media, but would like to replace that with a 300 GB IDE drive. Is this possible with Windows XP Prof, what things should I look out for? I have just never worked with a drive this large, and want to be sure before I buy it. Thanks.
I have an application running on a Windows XP Professional (SP1) machine which creates media files from audio streamed into it. I need to be able to store 60 days worth of this data (which is approximately 220 GB). I currently have a 120 GB drive installed for the media, but would like to replace that with a 300 GB IDE drive. Is this possible with Windows XP Prof, what things should I look out for? I have just never worked with a drive this large, and want to be sure before I buy it. Thanks.
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Callandor
WinXP SP1 can handle drives that large. Since your current hardware is a 120GB drive, the BIOS can probably handle it too, but you may need to check with the motherboard manufacturer. I think there will be no problem.
ASKER
Ok great. I found that my IDE controller is an INTEL 82801BA. Does anyone know what the max disk size is for that controller?
It's not your controller that matters, it's the BIOS. What motherboard and BIOS do you have?
No need to worry about that... really!
All will be supported just fine!
...if you can get your hands on a 300Gb drive that is...
You can also consider creating a "volume" from a couple of say 120Gb drives to make up one logical drive with 480Gb if you use 3 120Gb drive - as an example
Hope this helps!
;)
J
All will be supported just fine!
...if you can get your hands on a 300Gb drive that is...
You can also consider creating a "volume" from a couple of say 120Gb drives to make up one logical drive with 480Gb if you use 3 120Gb drive - as an example
Hope this helps!
;)
J
Dear electricd7,
If you ever consider replacing your board in near future I recommend a board with on-board RAID controller (which are really cheap in these days). This enables you to create a RAID 0 disk set (stripe) using 2 or 3 120Gb disks which virtually gives you twice to thrice speed at once.
If you ever consider replacing your board in near future I recommend a board with on-board RAID controller (which are really cheap in these days). This enables you to create a RAID 0 disk set (stripe) using 2 or 3 120Gb disks which virtually gives you twice to thrice speed at once.
ASKER
Thanks all for your help. I have a 300 GB Maxtor arriving here tomorrow by 10:30AM!