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XP SP2 largest disk size supported

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by griff500, 2008/10/09.

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    griff500

    griff500 Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi,

    Have an early XP Home disk which only appears to support HDD's of about 132Gb.

    Apparently XP SP2 will support larger than this (I have a 500Gb disk to install on) but what is the largest disk size SP2 will support?


    Cheers.
     
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    XP Home and Pro will both support 2 Terra Bytes of drive space.

    To get one large partition larger then the 137 gig limit, you have to have either a XP cd with SP2 or sliptstream SP2 into your current cd. You can search here or Google slipstreaming.

    Or, your C drive can be 137 gigs and you can create additional partitions to use the rest of the drive space.
     
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    griff500

    griff500 Inactive Thread Starter

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    Thanks for that Steve.
     
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