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Storage: External Harddrive Support
by JakeChance - 7/22/05 6:40 AM
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External Harddrive Support
by JakeChance - 7/22/05 6:40 AMI know some motherboards have problems supporting drives of large sizes. I was thinking of buying a 200 GB harddrive and throwing it in a USB 2.0 enclosure. I was wondering if it will be supported no matter what since it's coming in through the USB ports or will it still depend on my motherboard?
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The OS and USB version matters.
by R. Proffitt
- 7/22/05 6:52 AM
In reply to: External Harddrive Support by JakeChance
For example, all Windows 2000 CDs as well as most XP (Pro/Home) CDs will not install and support your 200GB USB 2.0 drive until patches, updates and in the case of Windows 2000, a registry change is made.
USB 1.1 support may be problematic since many USB drive cases omitted USB 1.1 support.
http://www.48bitlba.com notes part of the issues as well so you can get a complete picture of the problems.
Cheers,
Bob
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