Adding a hard drive to a Compaq...
Hello I have a Compaq Presario 4410CA, with a 40GB hard drive running windows XP home. I have thinking of adding another hard drive to the machine. I am thinking of another 40GB or 80 GB. I have been searching the web for models and pricing etc. At the moment I am leaning towards a Western Digital 80GB JB, because of its 8MB buffer. But looking at the specs it says something about 48-bit LBA addressing, and in one article that I read, you will need a separate controller for those motherboards that don't have native LBA support: http://www.storagereview.com/article...D2000xB_1.html The above review is for a 200GB drive, but the specs should be similar for an 80GB drive. I reason that I favour this drive, is because of its price (approx CAN $110), and my needs. So I emailed Compaq support for advice. I got a response from them saying that my PC can only support a total of 60GB, and they provided part numbers for 20GB disk drives. I find this quite strange, as the OS should only care about space on a particular drive, or a drive partition. I don't understand why there should be a limit on the total amount of drive space. I understand LBA is only necessary for OS/MB that don't support a drive larger than 137 GB. Can anyone tell me if I can safely add an 80GB drive to my PC? Thanks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- kwong (at) nbnet (dot) nb (dot) ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
I also have the following response from Compaq. If this is correct, can the BIOS be upgraded? ---- Original Mesage ---- Thank you for writing back to us. The BIOS in the system only first detects the hard drive attached to the motherboard. The system BIOS in the Presario 4410CA is designed to support a maximum of 60 GB. If you install a hard drive with higher capacity there is possibility that the system may not detect the hard drive. "K. Wing Wong" wrote: Hello I have a Compaq Presario 4410CA, with a 40GB hard drive running windows XP home. I have thinking of adding another hard drive to the machine. I am thinking of another 40GB or 80 GB. I have been searching the web for models and pricing etc. At the moment I am leaning towards a Western Digital 80GB JB, because of its 8MB buffer. But looking at the specs it says something about 48-bit LBA addressing, and in one article that I read, you will need a separate controller for those motherboards that don't have native LBA support: http://www.storagereview.com/article...D2000xB_1.html The above review is for a 200GB drive, but the specs should be similar for an 80GB drive. I reason that I favour this drive, is because of its price (approx CAN $110), and my needs. So I emailed Compaq support for advice. I got a response from them saying that my PC can only support a total of 60GB, and they provided part numbers for 20GB disk drives. I find this quite strange, as the OS should only care about space on a particular drive, or a drive partition. I don't understand why there should be a limit on the total amount of drive space. I understand LBA is only necessary for OS/MB that don't support a drive larger than 137 GB. Can anyone tell me if I can safely add an 80GB drive to my PC? Thanks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- kwong (at) nbnet (dot) nb (dot) ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
48-bit LBA applies only to Hard drives larger than 127GB. Even if your
Presario does not support 48-bit LBA, it should accept a 120GB drive just fine. HH "K. Wing Wong" wrote in message ... Hello I have a Compaq Presario 4410CA, with a 40GB hard drive running windows XP home. I have thinking of adding another hard drive to the machine. I am thinking of another 40GB or 80 GB. I have been searching the web for models and pricing etc. At the moment I am leaning towards a Western Digital 80GB JB, because of its 8MB buffer. But looking at the specs it says something about 48-bit LBA addressing, and in one article that I read, you will need a separate controller for those motherboards that don't have native LBA support: http://www.storagereview.com/article...D2000xB_1.html The above review is for a 200GB drive, but the specs should be similar for an 80GB drive. I reason that I favour this drive, is because of its price (approx CAN $110), and my needs. So I emailed Compaq support for advice. I got a response from them saying that my PC can only support a total of 60GB, and they provided part numbers for 20GB disk drives. I find this quite strange, as the OS should only care about space on a particular drive, or a drive partition. I don't understand why there should be a limit on the total amount of drive space. I understand LBA is only necessary for OS/MB that don't support a drive larger than 137 GB. Can anyone tell me if I can safely add an 80GB drive to my PC? Thanks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- kwong (at) nbnet (dot) nb (dot) ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
You will probably need to use NTFS format.
-- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. "HH" wrote in message ... | 48-bit LBA applies only to Hard drives larger than 127GB. Even if your | Presario does not support 48-bit LBA, it should accept a 120GB drive just | fine. | HH | | "K. Wing Wong" wrote in message | ... | | Hello I have a Compaq Presario 4410CA, with a 40GB hard drive running | windows XP home. I have thinking of adding another hard drive to | the machine. I am thinking of another 40GB or 80 GB. I have been | searching the web for models and pricing etc. At the moment I am | leaning towards a Western Digital 80GB JB, because of its 8MB | buffer. But looking at the specs it says something about 48-bit LBA | addressing, and in one article that I read, you will need a | separate controller for those motherboards that don't have native | LBA support: | | http://www.storagereview.com/article...D2000xB_1.html | | The above review is for a 200GB drive, but the specs should be | similar for an 80GB drive. I reason that I favour this drive, is | because of its price (approx CAN $110), and my needs. | | So I emailed Compaq support for advice. I got a response from them | saying that my PC can only support a total of 60GB, and they provided | part numbers for 20GB disk drives. | | I find this quite strange, as the OS should only care about space on | a particular drive, or a drive partition. I don't understand why there | should be a limit on the total amount of drive space. | | I understand LBA is only necessary for OS/MB that don't support a drive | larger than 137 GB. | | Can anyone tell me if I can safely add an 80GB drive to my PC? | | Thanks. | | ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------- | kwong (at) nbnet (dot) nb (dot) ca | ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------- | | | |
Thanks for the info... HH wrote: 48-bit LBA applies only to Hard drives larger than 127GB. Even if your Presario does not support 48-bit LBA, it should accept a 120GB drive just fine. HH "K. Wing Wong" wrote in message ... Hello I have a Compaq Presario 4410CA, with a 40GB hard drive running windows XP home. I have thinking of adding another hard drive to the machine. I am thinking of another 40GB or 80 GB. I have been searching the web for models and pricing etc. At the moment I am leaning towards a Western Digital 80GB JB, because of its 8MB buffer. But looking at the specs it says something about 48-bit LBA addressing, and in one article that I read, you will need a separate controller for those motherboards that don't have native LBA support: http://www.storagereview.com/article...D2000xB_1.html The above review is for a 200GB drive, but the specs should be similar for an 80GB drive. I reason that I favour this drive, is because of its price (approx CAN $110), and my needs. So I emailed Compaq support for advice. I got a response from them saying that my PC can only support a total of 60GB, and they provided part numbers for 20GB disk drives. I find this quite strange, as the OS should only care about space on a particular drive, or a drive partition. I don't understand why there should be a limit on the total amount of drive space. I understand LBA is only necessary for OS/MB that don't support a drive larger than 137 GB. Can anyone tell me if I can safely add an 80GB drive to my PC? Thanks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- kwong (at) nbnet (dot) nb (dot) ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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