Exrernal hard drive

[BUDDY HOLLY]

I recently bought a 40gig external hard drive, i wanted 100 or more but i was told that my pc would only recognise up to 40, is this true? and why would it only recognise up to 40 and not more? Thanks

[Bosleigh]

It may be something to do with your motherboard or your processor. I cant say much without noing the spec of your Pc. Regards, Bos

[dodgyshirt]

The limitation on the recognition of hard drive size is dependant upon your Operating System, not your hardware; you must be running 98SE to have been told this. Even so,this applies to a HDD fitted internally via an IDE cable, I would not have thought that this would have applied to an external USB hard drive.