I was told windows xp can only support up to 130 gb or only show 130 gb of ram is this true and how many hard drive can I run on windows on xp? Would it be possible to run two hard drives with 160 gb each and would windows be able to detech 130 gigs on each hard drive or can I only run 130 gb max? Or what is the size hard drive I can use for windows xp ? And is there a way to use the full amount of hard drive on xp ?
2006-10-04 16:19:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Volume limits for 32-bit Windows ( Windows XP) is 2 terabytes.
( Yes terabytes )
Ok after reading the other responses i need to edit this, you can have as many as your PC will accept, on a nice rig you can run , say 2 WD Raptor X 150gb set in RAID 0 as a boot drive and 3 Seagate Barracuda 750gb set in RAID 5 for 1.5 terabytes of redundant storage, youll lose one of the drive's capacity to parity, but the final config is nice.
2006-10-04 16:24:23 · answer #1 · answered by hakawau 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This depends on the version of windows xp you have. The first release only supports up to 130. neaning if you have two 160 gigs it will find 2 130 gig drives. The newer version (the last 3 or so years) have fixed this. Also if you have the old version and it does not find the full 160gig (give or take like 10 gigs) you need to instal the service packs. You may need to slipstream the windows installation cd and the sp1 and 2 onto one install disc.
So if your windows xp cd has sp1 on it already like most due then dont worry .I got my cd the first month it came out and so mine doesnt have it.
I had to do http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp1_cd.htm
its a bit rough but works nicely
2006-10-04 23:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by RichUnclePennybags 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question may be related to BIOS settings, but likely a limitation of XP. Windows can handle big drives, I have a 250 S2, a 160 S2, and an 80 IDE all in the same unit.
You can run as many as your system supports, it may be up to six if you remove optical drives. Yes, it's possible.
You need to upgrade XP to SP2 to get proper support for things like NCQ and big partitions, or at least SP1. The 127 GB partition limit was removed with SP1.
2006-10-04 23:25:02 · answer #3 · answered by metallhd62 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i run more then that have a a 3x boot up hard drive not all at the same time coz they have windows on all 3 and they are all 300 gb hdd ,drives
drive 1,master , 300gb ,hdd drive , windows xp.pro
drive 2 slave , 300 gb windows media edtion
drive 3slave . 300 gb windows xp home
you can run windows xp pro on a 160 gb easy but you cant boot the 2 hard drives as master 1 has to be slave boot up
2006-10-04 23:25:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I never heard of this limit of 130gb hard drive on windows XP...
You could have multiple hard drives. My friend has over 10 hard drives zz.
2006-10-04 23:24:24 · answer #5 · answered by Robin C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as i know, if the system bios can recognize the drive, so can windows. and you can have up to four harddrives on any PC, two on the primary controller and two on the secondary controller. the only thing is you won't have a cdrom, because a cdrom takes one of those four spots.
2006-10-04 23:22:45 · answer #6 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows can support as many HDs as you can physically connect. This number depends on your motherboard, and how many ports it has. Many computers can have four although some, like mine, can have six.
2006-10-04 23:26:13 · answer #7 · answered by Goffik 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
plug em in they'll be fine
2006-10-04 23:22:35 · answer #8 · answered by lonesomewalks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋