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More info?)
Yes, I know, but they are not common yet. AMD has one on
the market now and Intel will have soon.
Probably 99%+ of the users are 32 bit systems and it will be
a while before that changes.
And I don't know if anybody has yet designed a hard drive
that can access all that possible increased address space.
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The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3b5a01c4ac26$d35f2820$a501280a@phx.gbl...
| just to correct you... 64-bit processors are already
| out....
| have been for about over a year. amd 64?
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Using NTFS, any commercial hard drive. I think the
| biggest
| >drive now on the market is 400 GB, but that will be a TB
| >before long. And SATA drives will be big too. And when
| 64
| >bit processors come out the limits will be astronomical.
| >
| >
| >--
| >The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| >But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| >news:145a01c4abb4$ba2e0e60$a601280a@phx.gbl...
| >| I'm running 2 120gb drives on XP Pro without a
partition
| >| and it is fine.
| >| As long as your Motherboard and RAM are sufficient
| enough
| >| you should not have a problem. What size is the HDD?
| >|
| >|
| >| >-----Original Message-----
| >| >Does anyone know what the maximum hard disk size I can
| >| use
| >| >on my XP Pro SP2 system?
| >| >
| >| >What is the maximum upper limit I can get away with
| >| without
| >| >having to partition it into seperate drives?
| >| >
| >| >Any help appreciated.
| >| >
| >| >Thanks.
| >| >.
| >| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >
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