Need to install large HDD in Dim 4550

My daughter has a Dimension 4550 and its 40 GB HARD drive is filled-up, so WinXP and its applications are run at a snail's pace (even if the 4550 has 1 GB of RAM).  Given that we do not seem to find what to remove in the way of useless stuff, I want to get a new WD 250 GB HARD drive for his Dim 4550.  However, I read here that BIOS of its Dim 4550 (A02) will not be supported that big a car and I need to update (Flash) BIOS A04 or later version.  In this regard, I have the following questions:

1 is there a way to "Fail Safe" to Flash the BIOS, so that I'm not mess (making her useless PC)?

2. instead of updating the BIOS, can I just partition the new disk of 250 GB in two volumes of 125 GB (according to the tastes of Partition Magic)... .and would be its current BIOS and then "see" the two partitions?

Any advice/suggestions would be most appreciated.

Message edited by pvsurfer on 08/10/2008 18:34

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