Adding bigger hard drives issue

[mikehende]

Winding down on the "Hardware" side of things guys, will be starting on the A+ OS tomorow. Anyway, MM says that there are cheaper and better hardware solutions to DDO [Dynamic Drive Overlays] but does not mention any, what are these solutions he's referring to please? Wish I had known this as just a few months ago, I had called Dell to ask what's the max size HD I could add to the measly 40GB HD that came with this pc and they told me they will only support a max of 160GB, I had wanted to get a much bigger drive but because my pc was under warranty at that time I opted to stay within the rules.

Now that my pc is out of warrany I can add a bigger drive but don't know which max size to get, your ideas guys? Thanks.

[photolady]

Being a newer Dell since it is probably running XP with SP2? There is no limit, except for cash flow. Supposedly XP w/SP2 will see Terrabyte drives but in my opinion that is only theory. But you should be able to use at least a 250gb.

[kelly]

You need DDO if you computer won't recognize a drive larger than a certain size. An alternative to DDO would be to partition a large drive into several partitions, each small enough for the computer to recognize.
-td

[mikehende]

You need DDO if you computer won't recognize a drive larger than a certain size. An alternative to DDO would be to partition a large drive into several partitions, each small enough for the computer to recognize.
-td

I am being told to keep away from DDO but I like the idea of partitioning a very big drive if it will work, if Dell is saying that the max drive they suport should be 160 GB then I could get a 300GB drive and partition it in two, would this work?

[kelly]

yes it would
-td