Can I use a 2 TB Ext HD?

The Question: Using my older Dell desktop*, can I safely buy a 2 TB ext HD and (with no problems) connect using USB ?
*(Dimension 8254, with Pentium 4 CPU 2.8 GHz and 2 GB RAM, running Win XP Pro 2002 version and Service Pack 3. The int HD is Maxtor 6B250RO)
I use the Dell to run PhotoShop CS4 about 4 hours a day generating posters and flyers for charitable events, and have vast collections of huge graphics files that I need to store somewhere and access now and then. I have been using a Western Digital 500 GB ext HD (The Book) and it has served for a year with no problems except it is nearing capacity.
I suspect that 2 TB might be more than my system can keep track of, much less still handle the demands of the PhotoShop program.
Does my system have an upper size limit for hard drives that I should be aware of? I need to know so that I don't buy this expensive hardware and then discover that I can't use it, or that it causes big problems in the future. And if it CAN handle the 2 TB HD, I'm worried that it would slow things down and my PhotoShop program might freeze up, or some other nasty situation develop.
I obviously would benefit from a new computer with Win 7 and 8 GB RAM, with a terrabyte HD, but I'm trying to work with what I have.
Anyone want to offer some insight?
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Walt wrote:
The Question: Using my older Dell desktop*, can I safely buy a 2 TB ext HD and (with no problems) connect using USB ?
*(Dimension 8254, with Pentium 4 CPU 2.8 GHz and 2 GB RAM, running Win XP Pro 2002 version and Service Pack 3. The int HD is Maxtor 6B250RO)
I use the Dell to run PhotoShop CS4 about 4 hours a day generating posters and flyers for charitable events, and have vast collections of huge graphics files that I need to store somewhere and access now and then. I have been using a Western Digital 500 GB ext HD (The Book) and it has served for a year with no problems except it is nearing capacity.
I suspect that 2 TB might be more than my system can keep track of, much less still handle the demands of the PhotoShop program.
Does my system have an upper size limit for hard drives that I should be aware of? I need to know so that I don't buy this expensive hardware and then discover that I can't use it, or that it causes big problems in the future. And if it CAN handle the 2 TB HD, I'm worried that it would slow things down and my PhotoShop program might freeze up, or some other nasty situation develop.
I obviously would benefit from a new computer with Win 7 and 8 GB RAM, with a terrabyte HD, but I'm trying to work with what I have.
Anyone want to offer some insight?
You are using an older IDE drive in your system so it's likely you don't have a SATA port on your board and even if you used an ATA/SATA port adapter, there's a strong possibility that your onboard chipset wouldn't work with a drive as large as 2TB. Your only real option is an add-in SATA 2 PCI card which would allow you to connect a 2TB SATA HDD to your system through the card's onboard SATA chipset.

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