I want to thank everybody who has responded. I've learned quite a lot.
Most importantly, I am relieved that I don't have to "flash the BIOS"
(whatever that is). I do have XP SP2, and a partition program. Tomorrow
morning I will attempt to install the HD, after a good breakfast and a
relaxing walk. I have set aside 4 hours to do this.

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"*rain*drops*" wrote in message
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I bought a new hard drive and am getting ready to install it. The machine
has XP Home SP2 on it now. Will it recognize a HD with 160 gig?

How do I find out if my motherboard will allow a HD that size?

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