Hi all,
I came across a funky![B)]()
article on the German c't website about the WD Advanced Format being used in the WD 2TB Green Caviar drives. This format seems to store 4,096 bytes per sector instead of the standard 512. Some information from WD can be found here:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/whitepapers/en/2579-771430.pdf
However, it seems that only Vista and Windows 7 are ready to use this advanced format. For Windows XP (and - I assume - also Windows Server 2003 aka WHS) they recommend using a special tool called WD Align before formatting the drives:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/advancedformat/
So my question to everyone out there using WD 2TB Green Caviar drives on their WHS:
teq
(P.S. Yes, I did a search the forums, but didn't find anything - but if there already was a similar posting on this topic, then sorry for this!)
I came across a funky
article on the German c't website about the WD Advanced Format being used in the WD 2TB Green Caviar drives. This format seems to store 4,096 bytes per sector instead of the standard 512. Some information from WD can be found here:http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/whitepapers/en/2579-771430.pdf
However, it seems that only Vista and Windows 7 are ready to use this advanced format. For Windows XP (and - I assume - also Windows Server 2003 aka WHS) they recommend using a special tool called WD Align before formatting the drives:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/advancedformat/
So my question to everyone out there using WD 2TB Green Caviar drives on their WHS:
- Have you heard about this? Is this necessary for WHS as well?
- Have you tried the tool? Did it work? Advantages/disadvantage?
teq
(P.S. Yes, I did a search the forums, but didn't find anything - but if there already was a similar posting on this topic, then sorry for this!)