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Replacement Hard Drive for Dell Dimension L600cx
I need to put a bigger hard drive in a Dell Dimension L600cx. It has an Intel Celeron and the Intel 810e chip set. My question is, will the the bios see more than 32 GB?
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I would rather not use something like Ontrack DiskManager or Seagate's DiscWizard. There will be two partitions, one for WinXP and one for WinME.
They were shipped with up to 30GB HDDs - which is just a little short of answering the question. I have been through Dell's documnetation and I cannot find a maximum specified HDD size anywhere. Given that the systems were PIIIs and are relatively youthful, I suspect that they shouldn't hit the 32GB limit - but I can't absolutley confirm that.
As I said, the easiest workaround is to buy a drive that has the tarnslation software available, install the drive, if it works, say: "You beauty!", if it doesn't, install DiskManager or whatever variant. The say "You beauty!" Don't forget, though, that FAT32 has a 32GB limit...
As I said, the easiest workaround is to buy a drive that has the tarnslation software available, install the drive, if it works, say: "You beauty!", if it doesn't, install DiskManager or whatever variant. The say "You beauty!" Don't forget, though, that FAT32 has a 32GB limit...
And please excuse the carppy spelling... :-)
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Alternatively use Seagate's DiscWizard (http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/discwiz.html) if you have a Seagate drive which does the same thing. From memory, other manufacturers have a similar product. but you might want to check before buying a new disc.