usb 2 external hard drive

I have a p3-450, 448MB RAM, usb 1.1 on the motherboard & recently fitted a
usb 2 (via chipset) pci card. My C drive has a capacity of 12.7GB running
Win 2000 pro with all the updates. I would like to know if I buy a usb 2
external hard drive (250 or 160 GB's) will my computer see all the drive or
will I only see part of the external hard drive?

tia

Dee.

The drive is controlled by the controller inside the enclosure; as long
as it supports the drive, the system will as well.



DNA wrote:
I have a p3-450, 448MB RAM, usb 1.1 on the motherboard & recently fitted a
usb 2 (via chipset) pci card. My C drive has a capacity of 12.7GB running
Win 2000 pro with all the updates. I would like to know if I buy a usb 2
external hard drive (250 or 160 GB's) will my computer see all the drive or
will I only see part of the external hard drive?

tia

Dee.

"Edward J. Neth" wrote in message
...
The drive is controlled by the controller inside the enclosure; as long
as it supports the drive, the system will as well.



DNA wrote:
I have a p3-450, 448MB RAM, usb 1.1 on the motherboard & recently fitted
a
usb 2 (via chipset) pci card. My C drive has a capacity of 12.7GB
running
Win 2000 pro with all the updates. I would like to know if I buy a usb 2
external hard drive (250 or 160 GB's) will my computer see all the
drive or
will I only see part of the external hard drive?

tia

Dee.

Mr Neth, I may bit confused so can you elaborate?
I forgot to say that my bios string is 4W4SB0X0.15A.0013.P08

Dee.

But the operating system in use may impose some limitations on hard drive
partition size... Ben Myers

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:11:32 GMT, "Edward J. Neth" wrote:

The drive is controlled by the controller inside the enclosure; as long
as it supports the drive, the system will as well.



DNA wrote:
I have a p3-450, 448MB RAM, usb 1.1 on the motherboard & recently fitted a
usb 2 (via chipset) pci card. My C drive has a capacity of 12.7GB running
Win 2000 pro with all the updates. I would like to know if I buy a usb 2
external hard drive (250 or 160 GB's) will my computer see all the drive or
will I only see part of the external hard drive?

tia

Dee.

But the operating system in use may impose some limitations on hard drive
partition size... Ben Myers

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:11:32 GMT, "Edward J. Neth"
wrote:

The drive is controlled by the controller inside the enclosure; as long
as it supports the drive, the system will as well.



DNA wrote:
I have a p3-450, 448MB RAM, usb 1.1 on the motherboard & recently fitted a
usb 2 (via chipset) pci card. My C drive has a capacity of 12.7GB running
Win 2000 pro with all the updates. I would like to know if I buy a usb 2
external hard drive (250 or 160 GB's) will my computer see all the drive
or will I only see part of the external hard drive?

tia

Dee.


Ben,

Win2k will have hard drive size problems? I thought that was only a
bios not a OS problem?

JR the postman

I've never pushed Win 2K to the limit as far as hard drives are concerned. I
have handled Win 2K systems with 80GB drives, but nothing larger. So I have to
say I do not know for sure.

I DO know that FAT32 partitions as handled by Win 98 are limited to 32GB. Win
ME is another beast, but not worth talking about... Ben Myers

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:01:29 -0700, "Postman delivers"
JR_the_postman@xyzahoo,com wrote:

But the operating system in use may impose some limitations on hard drive
partition size... Ben Myers

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:11:32 GMT, "Edward J. Neth"
wrote:

The drive is controlled by the controller inside the enclosure; as long
as it supports the drive, the system will as well.



DNA wrote:
I have a p3-450, 448MB RAM, usb 1.1 on the motherboard & recently fitted a
usb 2 (via chipset) pci card. My C drive has a capacity of 12.7GB running
Win 2000 pro with all the updates. I would like to know if I buy a usb 2
external hard drive (250 or 160 GB's) will my computer see all the drive
or will I only see part of the external hard drive?

tia

Dee.


Ben,

Win2k will have hard drive size problems? I thought that was only a
bios not a OS problem?

JR the postman

I actually bought a 250GB drive & windows recognised it.

This weekend I purchased a Hitachi 80 gig 7200 internal for $54 with a
$35 rebate... I could not pass up the transaction...

The 250's gig units were beyond my monthly computer budget...

JR the postman

ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote in message
...
I've never pushed Win 2K to the limit as far as hard drives are concerned.
I
have handled Win 2K systems with 80GB drives, but nothing larger. So I
have to
say I do not know for sure.

I DO know that FAT32 partitions as handled by Win 98 are limited to 32GB.
Win
ME is another beast, but not worth talking about... Ben Myers

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:01:29 -0700, "Postman delivers"
JR_the_postman@xyzahoo,com wrote:

But the operating system in use may impose some limitations on hard
drive
partition size... Ben Myers

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:11:32 GMT, "Edward J. Neth"
wrote:

The drive is controlled by the controller inside the enclosure; as
long
as it supports the drive, the system will as well.



DNA wrote:
I have a p3-450, 448MB RAM, usb 1.1 on the motherboard & recently
fitted a
usb 2 (via chipset) pci card. My C drive has a capacity of 12.7GB
running
Win 2000 pro with all the updates. I would like to know if I buy a
usb 2
external hard drive (250 or 160 GB's) will my computer see all the
drive
or will I only see part of the external hard drive?

tia

Dee.


Ben,

Win2k will have hard drive size problems? I thought that was only a
bios not a OS problem?

JR the postman


I actually bought a 250GB drive & windows recognised it.