XP pro and hard drive

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  1. hogan

    hogan Regular member

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    I was told that windows xp will not detect a hard drive bigger than 120 gigs. I just ordered a 160 gig for my primary drive.Will this be ok in XP pro and if not can I and how do I partition it.
    Thanks in advance for the great advice I always get here.
     
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    I have a seagate 160Gig hard drive and that shows up ok in xp pro
     
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    hogan Regular member

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    Thanks agent-k. Just checking.
     
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    Thanks, running sp1 and two so no problem.
    Thanks Again.
     

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