You likely either have a computer with a BIOS made before 2002, or a Windows XP CD from before service pack 1. Before 2002, most BIOSs were limited to addressing a maximum of 127 GBB of space. LBA48 support was added later on to increase the limit to about 144 PB. Windows XP before service pack 1 couldn't query the BIOS correctly, so it was limited to 127 GB even if the BIOS wasn't.
The prices of a Western Digital hard drive of 500 GB can vary greatly depending on where the purchase is made. It can range between $50.00 to $100.00.
The best hard drive manufactured by western digital is the Western Digital Sentinel DX4000, not only does it boast a 3 terabyte capacity, it also works on USB 3.0 but is backwards compatible.
Get an external HDD. Western Digital do 1TB ones with USB and network ports.
As of 2010-01-19, an internal terabyte hard drive costs about $100, so a gigabyte costs about 10 cents USD.2010-10-30 (October 30):For the Western Digital 2 TB My Book Essential Desktop External Hard Drive, per gigabyte:7.5 Canadian cents5 cm3 (which is a 1.7 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm box)1.4 grams(Two TB comes in a 14.1 x 17.5 x 20.2 cm box)
The price range on a SATA II hard drive would be about $40 for 250 GB drive to $70 for a 500 GB drive by Western Digital. The price will increase with larger sizes.
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The PS3 with the largest size harddrive produced by Sony is the 500 GB PS3 Super Slim released late October 2012. There are also new 160 GB 250 GB and 320 GB models sold online and at retail stores. PS3 can be updated with a standard laptop harddrive. Best Buy installed a 1 TB western Digital Laptop harddrive in My PS3 for $50 after I purchased a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1 TB 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive from Amazon for $95. The related link from Playstation Suppport has info about PS3 harddrive upgrades and user installation
Best Western GB's population is 150.
It looks like you have western digital Raptor 37GB. There are some new Raptors on the market which you can use. It's Raptor 74Gb, Raptor 150, Raptor X 150. Also there are new versions of Raptor Velociraptor 150 GB and and 300 Gb. Raptor is a very expensive line and might want to have something more affordable, for instance, WD 640 Gb AAKS and so on. Basically you can use almost any hard drive which has SATA interface (WD is good). PS: Avoid Samsung it might have some problems with the BIOS.
The Western Digital terabyte hard drives should be more than enough for normal users and cost roughly $100.
Technology is ongoing and there is no theoretical limit for hard drive capacity however at present the largest hard drive available to consumers is Western Digital's 2TB Caviar Green drive.
I purchased a TB harddrive from Amazon for the standard Laptop Western Digital at $95 and Best Buy installed it for $50. You can now get a 500 GB PS3 with a game for $299 forget about the external for game play and game storage