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Hardware Limitations?

Is there a limit to the size of the hard drive I can install the XP Firewall on?  I am using an older Dell Dimension 92xx series tower with a 2T drive in it.  The drive shows correctly in the BIOS.

The installer starts throwing " out of range " errors almost immediately upon booting from the install CD.

I tried a 1T drive and it appeared to work, but it sat there at 10% and proceeded to fill my screen up with ..... for almost an hour.  Ended up with a screen full of ... and no idea what percent it made it to.

 So, I dug up an old 160GB drive and tried that.  I was finally able to get this one to install to completion. 

The drives I tried ( 2T, 1T ) first are known good.

Is this a limitation of the software?  The machine seems capable enough.  It least it has been running my UTM9 ( and still is, BTW ) with no problems for the past several years.



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  • Dave,

    I appreciate the response, but I am not sure how that addresses the question. Is there a drive size limitation? I realize there is a processor requirement (not Intel requirement as listed in the hardware specs), but there is no mention of a drive size limitation. In my case, I could not get it to work with a 1T (WD) nor a 2T(Seagate) drive. I ended up putting it on a 160GB just to get the thing to install.
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  • Dave,

    I appreciate the response, but I am not sure how that addresses the question. Is there a drive size limitation? I realize there is a processor requirement (not Intel requirement as listed in the hardware specs), but there is no mention of a drive size limitation. In my case, I could not get it to work with a 1T (WD) nor a 2T(Seagate) drive. I ended up putting it on a 160GB just to get the thing to install.
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