Questions tagged [advanced-format]
Advanced Format refers to hard drives that use sector sizes of greater than 512 bytes. Most AF drives use 4096 byte sectors.
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HDD showing up in Windows via USB, but not via SATA
Possible sector size issue? Leftover QNAP/EXT4 format weirdness?
I have been migrating drives from a QNAP NAS to a new Windows 11 Pro based server. The two drives giving me problems are the 10TB ...
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How can I filter multiple numbers using Advanced Filter option?
Please help me understand how do I filter multiple numbers using Advanced Filter option?
Filtering text works for me, but not the numbers. Is there any format required?
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What is the minimum size of a 4k native partition when formatted with FAT32?
According to Microsoft:
For Advanced Format 4K Native drives (4-KB-per-sector) drives, the minimum size is 260 MB, due to a limitation of the FAT32 file format. The minimum partition size of FAT32 ...
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Linux and Windows report different physical sector size for Intel Optane SSD DC P4801X Series
I have a Intel Optane P4801X. It is a NVMe storage device.
In Linux, the physical sector size reported is 512 bytes:
$ sgdisk -p /dev/nvme0n1
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 195371568 sectors, 93.2 GiB
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2160p HEVC 4K video not playing
This video is not playing in pc
I have tried vlc 3.0016, Media Player classic and pot player but did not able to figure out the correct configuration to run the video.
Any suggestion of any other ...
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Hugo utility changes HGST drive firmware through USB3?
I got a WD Elements external drive. And from the looks of it it seems to have a HGST helium filled 8TB drive inside (SMART says it has the code 022). It is possible to change the firmware of this ...
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How to convert the Western Digital "Ultrastar® DC HC530 14TB HDD" from 512e to 4Kn sector size? (In Windows 10)
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The Western Digital "Ultrastar® DC HC530 14TB HDD" (Model number: WUH721414ALE6L4)(SATA Interface) comes only in a 512e sector size by default.
According to the 2 Western Digital ...
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Read data from Advanced Format disk over USB adapter
I have a WD Green 6TB HDD with data on it. When I plug it into either macOS or Windows, it always shows as 18TB empty.
I'm using a SATA to USB 3 adapter to connect it, and it seems that it's lacking ...
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How to remove files and personal information from computer?
I'm about to give my computer to a lab for repair. I'd like first to remove personal info like browsing history, software installed, various files.
Some of the files I want removed, I accidently ...
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Unable to read contents on an Advanced Format disk when using some USB docking stations
I have Linux Mint 17.3 (based on Ubuntu 14.04) with 4.4.0 kernel.
I own a Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARX hard drive with 1TB capacity. The label on this drive says it is an "Advanced Format" ...
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Is it possible for the filesystem's logical block size to be less than the physical sector size?
Let's say we have a block device (eg. Hard Drive) with 4096 bytes sector size and no 512 bytes emulation is available (The hard drive only understands units of 4096 bytes size).
Is is possible to ...
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Trouble figuring out optimal alignment of multiple partitions on a 931.5 GiB external Advanced Format HDD while in Linux
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I have a Dell Inspiron 17-5767 laptop with a 1TB internal disk I've allowed the originally shipped Windows 10 to continue to have and dominate all to itself (it's my gaming OS). Additionally ...
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Determining the bs value for dd
I am using an external 1 TB WD hard drive with Advanced Format (4096 bytes sector size). What is the recommended value for the bs option in dd? Should I use dd bs=4096? And if I get this value "wrong" ...
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Office 2010: Customizing keyboard shortcuts for advanced find options
I repeatedly do the following to find text with a certain color in Word 2010:
Navigation > Advanced find > More > Find "Format" > Font > Font color > Custom
and then type the color ...
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1-byte file takes up 2 MB (yes, megabytes) on 6 TB exFAT Veracrypt volume. Why?
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File properties of file that takes up 2MB of disk space for 1 byte of data:
The drive is a 6TB single partition, mounted via Veracrypt and formatted as exFAT. The sector size on my 2TB ...
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