From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: March 06, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Is a USB drive affected by my older computer's BIOS limitations?
>
> Leo,
> --------------
> You mentioned in one of your articles that you use external
> hard drives. I have been considering one to back up my laptop
> which has a 40 GB internal hard drive. Do the external
> USB/Firewire drives have the same bios limitations that
> internal drives do? I'm wondering if my two to three year old
> laptop will be able to access all the drive space on one of
> the two to three hundred gigabyte external drives that are
> currently available.
It's more a function of the operating system, but in general
the BIOS isn't involved. It's Window's USB support. WIndows
XP shouldn't be a problem.
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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