How to Enable Large Drive Support in Windows XP?

Windows XP was released in a time when there were a lot of limitations in the hardware. Even though there were limitations in hardware, Windows XP platform was designed to perform well, and the features built in it were very higher considering the hardware limitations. The basic version of Windows XP supported hard drives up to 137 GB only. This was a lot more than enough at that time. But hardware advancements are so fast and this necessitates an upgrade for Windows XP limitations in hard drive size.
Microsoft understood the problems with the limitations in Hard disk size and soon uplifted the curtain by releasing the Service Pack 1 update for Windows XP. Windows Online Support reduced the stress on Windows XP users by providing support for the Service Pack 1 update. Microsoft included the higher hard drive support in the security update that came in the Windows XP service pack 1. This was also included in the later updates like Service pack 2 and service pack 3. The predecessors of Windows XP didn’t have any problem like this as Microsoft removed the Hard disk limitations.
If you want to remove the Hard disk limitations the only way is to install Service pack 1 or higher. To remove the hard disk limitation of 137 GB I will help you install Service pack 1 update in your Windows XP. Following are some instruction for installing Service pack 1 in Windows XP.
Instructions
 Power ON your PC. Log into Windows XP using the administrator account and wait for desktop to load.
 After the desktop is loaded, open your Internet Explorer and navigate to Microsoft Webpage. (Internet connection is necessary)
 In the Microsoft website search for Windows Service Pack 1 and download it.
 Now click on Download prompt or double click on the installation package for installing update.
 Now give permissions for the prompts during the installation wizard. Accept EULA (End Users License Agreement) and click on the install button in the window.
 The installation process will complete in some time depending on your system configuration. After the installation is complete you will need to restart your system to complete the update process.
After restarting system check you system properties to check the OS version. You can see that it is Service pack 1. Now you will have no limitations on Hard disk space by Windows XP. If any problem occurs during or due to Service pack 1 update, you can get from Microsoft professionals via Windows online support.