I got a 320GB hard drive back in January but haven't been able to use it since Windows XP only recognises 128GB. I've read all about this on the internet, and tried a bunch of things, but it doesn't seem anything will work on my 2001 computer. And really, I want a new computer. Where online can I buy only the computer and case, no hard drive keyboard monitor et cetera. I'm guessing it'll be cheap? I just want it to be very new and up to date.

That HDD might work with your computer if you put in a PCI/IDE adapter card.

But I'm reaaaally looking to just get something new, I'm tired of this old computer!

Look for barebones computers. Newegg, ZipZoomFly, TigerDirect, etc. Barebones computers do vary in what they contain so you will most likely need to still buy a few additional parts to make it complete. Depending on what parts you currently have and if they are proprietary you may be able to reuse your case and optical drives. At a bare minimum you will need: Case Power Supply Mother Board CPU Memory Video Card (or on-board video) Hard Drive (you have) Optical Drive Also, since this will be a new system, unless you have a retail version of Windows XP, you will need to get a copy of that. Michael J

I recently built a computer using this: http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4532287 The MOBO has onboard display but also supports either AGP or PCIe display. It takes either DDR or DDR2 RAM. I already had a case with a 350 watt PSU that I paid $54 for and a 120GB HDD that I got at Staples for $40. I got 1GB RAM for $90 and a 16X DVD burner for $40. I paid $179 for the CPU/MOBO when I bought it in December so my computer cost about $400.

Do you have SP 1 or SP 2 installed ? 128G was also a Windows XP limiting factor if you did not have any Server Packs installed.

I got a 320GB hard drive back in January but haven't been able to use it since Windows XP only recognises 128GB. I'm running XP Pro SP2 at home and it see's my entire 250 GB SATA drive.