Does 48-bit LBA requirement apply to external hard drives?

Does 48-bit LBA requirement apply to external hard drives?

Does it?

I want a 300GB hard disk, just going to get an external Seagate Barracuda.....

My PC is quite old so i doubt that it will have 48-bit LBA support, but I presume thats a hardware/motherboard issue in relation to hard drive controller as opposed to plugging in an external device via usb?

Ta!

obviously too geeky for you

It doesn't apply by the way.

i never saw it

1) no it doesn't

2) it'll be piss poor.

3) try again wannabe

what will be piss poor?

i decided against it anyway, not worth it, gona get a 120gb internal, only £55

For an extra £30 you could get a 320..

I could, but I would also need to but a new HDD controller with 48 bit LBA.

My machine is old so doesn't have it, so can only address a hard drive up to 137GB.

Having said that I have just seen a raid controller on ebuyer for a tenner....

you are still talking £100 quid though, at which point I 'might aswell' spend an extra £20 and get an external 300GB job.