What is the maximum hard drive capacity that can be supported by the Acer Aspire 3624 WXCI? Will a 320gb hdd work in it?

The BIOS in the ACER determines the maximum size of the hard drive it can support.
Check the laptop's specification to see the max size you can install in this model laptop.
It appears that the max size your laptop can support is 140 Gb (unformatted). 137Gb formatted.

I suggest you install a hard drive up to 140 Gb capacity in your laptop and place the 320 Gb hard drive in an USB hard drive adapter case and when you attach this hard drive to the USB port in your ACER laptop then you will be able to get the full 320 Gb capacity after you delete the partition and create a 320 Gb partition and format the hard drive.

OK look any drive, that's is the format, ie: STA or IDE? and that will fit will work, that 320GB will be OK. Simply install the HDD in the bay, and then use a windows installation disk, or similar to format it, just format it as ONE big partition, that should be fine, IF you find that it will not "See" the HDD, then partition it into smaller partitions. However you should be OK. You need to FIRST test to see if the actual PC is OK, try a HDD before you buy a new one, make sure that it is actually working.

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The maximum is 500GB. For compatibility reasons you should get a 320GB one.

You cannot get the full 320Gb capacity because the BIOS can only support a maximum of 127Gb.
You only hope is a BIOS firmware upgrade that can support 320Gb. Check out the Acer WEB site to see if a BIOS upgrade will solve your problem.
OTHERWISE
Install a 127Gb hard drive in your Acer and put the 320Gb hard drive in an USB hard drive adapter case and use it as an external USB hard drive because it is not affected by the BIOS limitation.

It looks like there's a 500GB drive out there for it, so I'm going to guess you can at least go to 500.

Take a look at this. They guarantee 100% compatibility it seems:
http://www.comptick.com/500gb-hard-drive-acer-aspire-4520-4530-4530z-4535-4540.html

The windows has to be reinstalled ( Formatting the Hard Disk with DATA LOSS) Select models have the ability to have the operating system reinstalled from a hidden drive built into the computer.
To start the system recovery:

1. Restart the netbook.
2. When the Acer logo appears on the screen, press the Alt and F10 keys repeatedly.
3. If you are prompted with a Microsoft Windows boot screen, press the Enter key.
4. After the system recovery program has loaded, follow the prompts to reinstall the Operating System.
5. Select ' completely restore to factory defaults

250gb

ive had a look on the acer website and there is a replacement bios available , but theres no mention if it would enable large Hd support , rather than flashing your bios and potentially destroying your laptop i would purchase a external drive , you can get the enclosures for 10-20 pounds and fit a decent size HD in this

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159438/show_product_reviews

Yes you can install a 20 Gb hard drive but I doubt you can buy a new one with that small capacity. The smallest capacity hard drives are approx. 80 to 100 Gb or greater.
You most likely can buy a 2nd hand drive but you don't know its quality, it may have had a hard working life and you don't know how long it will last, but then, if is very cheap that may not be a problem.