What is the maximum Hard Drive size that a G3 B/W will recognize

I have a Disk Utility failed Hard Drive in my B/W G3 Power Mac. The Disk Utility was unable to repair it so I guess I will be in the market to purchase a new one. Is there a maximum size hard Drive that a G3 will recognize? I had an 80 GB drive before.
Power Mac G3 B/W eq w/ Sonnet G4 Proc   Mac OS X (10.2.x)  

The Disk Utility was unable to repair it so I guess I will be in the market to purchase a new one.
If your only problem was that Disk Utility was unable to repair it, that means the software pointers in the Directory are messed up pretty bad. That does NOT mean the Drive has failed, and does NOT mean it needs to be replaced. You have two options:
A) Get a better Disk repair Tool, such as Disk Warrior to apply to the problem. Your directory and all your data may still be saveable. Do NOT install any utilities onto the drive you are trying to save. Run them from a CD or another Drive, if possible.
B) copy what files you can to another drive and reinitialize your Drive. CAUTION: This will erase everything on the Drive. If you choose this path, I recommend using the Write Zeros option at this point. It will take hours, plan accordingly. It will take many more hours to re-install the Mac OS and your Applications.
If you do not have another Drive, and want to get a bigger one, that is fine, but you should do so with the understanding that your old one may not be dead.

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