Western Digital Green drive from 512 byte sectors (jumpered) to 4k byte sectors (removal of jumper)
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Mar 15, 20265843 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I was using a WD20EARS drive with pins 7 and 8 jumpered in order to use it on an OS that doesn't support 4k sectors. But now, I want to transfer that hard drive over to an OS that has 4k sector support. I removed the jumper, connected it to Windows Server 2008 R2, and performed a quick format. Howe…
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Fix for: Western Digital Green drive from 512 byte sectors (jumpered) to 4k byte sectors (removal of jumper)
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I think this is correct behavior. 4k disks still report 512-Byte sectors at interface side. Although they internally address the sectors in 4k blocks. The jumper is in most drives just enabling a sector-shift. On most drives it shifts the sector add…
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