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My Thermaltake BlacX dock, at least via eSATA, doesn't show my 512e 3 TB WD Green as 4Kn.
– bwDraco
Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 1:50
Thanks for your detailed explanation! I guess off-brand enclosures don't usually do this, don't they? I got an "Intenso" enclosure which (AFAIK) doesn't do this (it included a 2TB Seagate hard drive when bought). BTW, I've added my motherboard model to the original post just in case it's useful.
– OMA
Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 12:13
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By default all USB enclosures don't do this, ones that do (such as the above, bundled with a specific drive) are the exception.
– qasdfdsaq
Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 13:04
I wasn't talking about empty enclosures. Of course those don't mess with the hard drive sectors. I was talking about other external hard drives.
– OMA
Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 18:36
Anyway, what would be the steps to take to properly use the drive outside the Seagate Backup Plus enclosure? Just re-partition and re-format it while plugged to my computer as a SATA drive and then copy everything over again? Is that enough or do I need to do anything extra to avoid any performance penalties when using this AFD drive?
– OMA
Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 19:02

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