I'm woefully out of date with my knowledge of hard drive technology, and I missed this whole transition. Based on my uninformed researching, Advanced Format 512e drives use 4K sectors, like any other ...

So I bought one of these popular Advanced Format drives to use with WHS. Used Data Life Guard to scan the whole drive while connected via USB, formatted it in NTFS so my RocketRaid 2320 controller ...

Western Digital recently began to ship a new series of Caviar hard drives that included the company's Advanced Format technology. The new Caviar Green models are nearly identical to their standard ...

WD (Western Digital) is starting to use a new hard disk drive format that enables 7-11% greater capacity on hard disk drives. The disk expansion technique is known as Advanced Format. This technique ...

Will it break Windows XP compatibility? Windows XP and other older OSes work by accessing specific disk sectors, not by using 'atomic writes' that work on byte-level data placements that we see in ...

Reminising of the funny ole' DriveSpace' days way back where it would work supposed magic to double the capacity of your hard drive (only for many to find out soon after their data would crumble ...

Starting in Q1 this year, all new hard drive models will contain the "big sector" footprint that Western Digital launched late last year with its "4k advanced format" 'EARS' drives. After dropping ...

Western Digital drives have began incorporating a new type of formatting technology, which will allow them to run faster, support larger capacities and improve overall storage capabilities by using a ...

If you’re installing a new hard drive, or need to wipe your drive clean for that “fresh” feeling, you’ll end up formatting your drive. Formatting will check the drive for errors, and prepare it for ...