I would like to upgrade my hard drive from 160GB to 320GB or higher. Would there be any problems with the computer (Windows Xp) recognizing the new hard drives 320GB capacity? Appreciate any replies.

I put a 1.3TB in mine no prob, but you need to know what kind of interface you have. If you need IDE, I'm not sure what the biggest is you'll find, maybe 750GB. More likely you use SATA. At one time if your computer provided SATA 1.5 you might need to set a jumper on the drive since I think all current drives are SATA 3.0, though the drives are supposed to adjust themselves to using 1.5 without you having to do anything.scott s..

Depending what you are doing: I can't recognize from your post if you are replacing your system drive or your 2nd drive. With windows, you would have to be careful to image the drive and then back the image on the new drive, simply copy won't do.But, if you are using your computer for simming obviously, and replacing that drive, you will have potential registration problems with some addons (new hardware ID usually requires new registration).If you are just replacing some drive that has either to do with Windows nor FS, then you will have no problem whatsoever.I went through both scenarios, both are doable, yet can be a little nerving...

I will be replacing the single internal hard drive (SATA). My focus is strictly on hard drive replacement and capacity recognition. I understand about the flightsim related problems. Thank you.

I will be replacing the single internal hard drive (SATA). My focus is strictly on hard drive replacement and capacity recognition. I understand about the flightsim related problems. Thank you.

How will you copy the data? You shouldn't have any problem with capacity recognition.

I have all my data backed up on discs (CD-ROM or DVD). In the past, I've changed hard drives (same storage capacity) and never had problems reinstalling data.

No need to go through a reload for a simple drive change. Do the following and you'll be able to move everything to the new drive without having to reinstall a single application or change even one setting.Download Hiren's boot CD (google it), burn the iso to a disk, shut your machine down, install the new hard drive, run Norton Ghost (menu sequence: 2, 2, 8, auto, no to any additional prompts), clone your old hard drive to the new one by choosing menu options image, disk, to disk. Choose the smaller disk as the source drive and the larger disk as the destination. Let it run until it's done. Remove the CD. Remove the old hard drive or change your boot order in the BIOS so that the new drive is the first bootable hard drive and you're all done.