MSIk7t turbo2: how to buy a new hard drive?

Hi!
My current hard drive is only 20GB large and I want to buy larger. I have updatet my BIOS (I installed amd athlon xp 2400+ t-bred cpu awhile a go). The BIOS version is 3,6 I think. I'm using windows 98SE. So, are there any limitations how large hard drive I can buy? If there are limitations, what they are?
Thank you.

Btw, these are my options:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 40GB   55
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB    63
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120GB    76
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120GB 8MB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160GB 8MB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200GB 8MB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 250GB 8MB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 400GB 8MB
Seagate Barracuda SATA 7200.7 80GB ATA/150 8MB
Seagate Barracuda SATA 7200.7 120GB ATA/150 8MB
Seagate Barracuda SATA 7200.7 160GB ATA/150 8MB
Seagate Barracuda SATA 7200.7 200GB ATA/150 8MB
Seagate Barracuda SATA 7200.7 250GB ATA/150 8MB
Maxtor Fireball3 40GB DMA133
Maxtor Diamondmax+9 80GB DMA133 8Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax+9 120GB DMA133 8Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax+9 160GB DMA133 8Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax10 200GB DMA133 8Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax10 250GB DMA133 16Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax10 300GB DMA133 16Mb
Maxtor Maxline+III 250GB DMA133 16Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax+9 80GB SATA ATA/150 8Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax+9 120GB SATA ATA/150 8Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax+9 160GB SATA ATA/150 8Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax10 200GB SATA ATA/150 8Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax10 250GB SATA ATA/150 16Mb
Maxtor Diamondmax10 300GB SATA ATA/150 16Mb
Samsung P80 80GB 7200rpm
Samsung SP80 120GB 7200rpm
Samsung SP80 160GB 7200rpm
Samsung SP80 80GB 7200rpm 8MB
Samsung SP80 120GB 7200rpm 8MB
Samsung SP80 160GB 7200rpm 8MB
Oh, and one more thing. I've been planning to upgrade 98SE to XP. Are there any known problems?

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