More great update for Dimension 8250 desktop hard drive

I have a desktop Dell Dimension 8250, BIOS A01, running Windows XP Home Edition (SP2) with 512 MB of RAM and a 120 GB EIDE internal hard drive.  I would replace this hard drive with a larger one.  Can someone tell me what is the largest disk that can be greeted by my computer?

Thank you!

TAH


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