hard drive question

[gbp007]

I have a 7 year old compaq presario BW 5000T that i bought brand new back in the year 2000 and it came with a 40GB hard drive and i wanted to know if its possible to replace it with a 160GB and will it be able to handle it ? any help is appreciated...

 

[badge]

I have a 7 year old compaq presario BW 5000T that i bought brand new back in the year 2000 and it came with a 40GB hard drive and i wanted to know if its possible to replace it with a 160GB and will it be able to handle it ? any help is appreciated...

Sure you can substitute a 160 for the 40. I installed a 120 GB WD IDE on my Pentium III 450 mhz. replacing the 12 Gb Maxtor Fireball that the system came with. Still runs great!

 

[ethel]

What OS are you using?

 

[gbp007]

that.s good news thanks....the old pc has windows me..

 

[ethel]

In which case you won't be able to see more than 137GB because 48-bit LBA is not supported by ME.