advanced-format Archives

3TB HDD showing 512 logical sector size when connected via SATA [duplicate]

By JamesPosted on March 27, 2023

QUESTION : This question already has answers here: Why is my USB drive showing corrupted data when plugged as an […]

By JamesPosted on March 2, 2023

QUESTION : This question already has an answer here: Closed 10 years ago. Possible Duplicate: Western Digital Green drive from […]

By JamesPosted on December 27, 2022

QUESTION : I read this in a superuser.com question: The problem is that “Advanced Format” drives that simulate a 512-byte […]

By JamesPosted on December 25, 2022

QUESTION : Windows can tell me the logical and physical sector size of the drive responsible for a partition/volume via […]

By JamesPosted on September 18, 2022

QUESTION : I am having a bit of hard time getting a solid answer from any HP documentation. I have […]

By JamesPosted on August 7, 2022

Problem : I’m using a new Thinkpad and I’m trying to upgrade the drive from a 250GB to a 640GB. […]

By JamesPosted on March 8, 2022

QUESTION : I recently bought a new drive (specifically, a 2TB Samsung Spinpoint) that says on the label that it […]

By JamesPosted on September 2, 2021

QUESTION : I have several 2TB Western Digital EARS hard drives in my WHS 2011 server that suddenly became “not […]