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HDD Storage Capacity supported bu Intel Board

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techtronic
techtronic Original post #1
Aug 7, 2006 at 10:43 AM
What is the highest single HDD capacity supported by INTEL 915 GAV Desktop Board.Currently i own a
80 GB IDE + 40 GB IDE + 80 GB SATA 1

Am planning to buy a 160 GB IDE/120 GB IDE.
My OS is Windows XP SP 2.

Will the board support ?
shashank4u
Aug 7, 2006 at 10:54 AM
it will support 160 and even 200 and 250 gb, dunno the maximum size.
eddie
eddie #3
Aug 7, 2006 at 11:23 AM
techtronic said:
What is the highest single HDD capacity supported by INTEL 915 GAV Desktop Board.
144 Petabytes (1 Petabyte = 1,000,000 gigabytes)

The maximum XP SP2 will support is 2.2 Terabytes (1 Terabyte = 1000 GB)
techtronic
Aug 10, 2006 at 6:41 PM
eddie said:
144 Petabytes (1 Petabyte = 1,000,000 gigabytes)

The maximum XP SP2 will support is 2.2 Terabytes (1 Terabyte = 1000 GB)

Is there any website that supports your claims ?
~Phenom~
Aug 10, 2006 at 8:38 PM
The max. I have tested successfully is 400 GB with XP SP2 on INTEL 915 GAV Desktop Board.How much do u wanna use??
M
magnet #6
Aug 10, 2006 at 9:02 PM
dun worry i know ppl running 1tb on your setup....so neednot worry......
deathvirus_me
Aug 10, 2006 at 11:09 PM
Tried some 400 GB drives and works fine ..
eddie
eddie #8
Aug 11, 2006 at 1:39 AM
techtronic said:
Is there any website that supports your claims ?
*www.48bitlba.com/overview.htm
techtronic
Aug 12, 2006 at 1:35 AM
~Phenom~ said:
The max. I have tested successfully is 400 GB with XP SP2 on INTEL 915 GAV Desktop Board.How much do u wanna use??

I just want to connect the 160 GB IDE HDD as primary master and the 80 GB IDE HDD as primary slave
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #10
Aug 12, 2006 at 11:20 AM
go ahead , there will not be any problems
M
magnet #11
Aug 12, 2006 at 11:36 AM
dude go ahead..........problem arises only with the bit system.........if u have 64 bit os..u neednot worry u go far as 2000tb i guess......but 32 bit has some restritcions ard in couple tbs only and since u way below that neednot worry.........i better suggest go 4 250gb disc...not much difference btw 160 and 250 one........instead ull b mor relaxed with spaces.....
techtronic
Aug 13, 2006 at 10:51 PM
magnet said:
dude go ahead..........problem arises only with the bit system.........if u have 64 bit os..u neednot worry u go far as 2000tb i guess......but 32 bit has some restritcions ard in couple tbs only and since u way below that neednot worry.........i better suggest go 4 250gb disc...not much difference btw 160 and 250 one........instead ull b mor relaxed with spaces.....

Thanks a lot buddy:)