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WD Elements USB HDDHi! I use a 4 TB WD Elements USB HDD (USB PID: 107C ) Now I bought a 4 TB WD Elements USB HDD (USB PID: 25A3). How can I change logical sector size from 512 Byte to 4096 Byte? Uli The two hard drive looks the same, just formatted differently. You didn't specify what operating system you are using. But if you use Windows, you just have to reformat the hard drive using a different sector size. In Windows, right click on the drive and click on "Format...". Then you can select the "Allocation unit size" as shown in the screen shot below. Mel thanks,I am using linux ubuntu.I want to be able to read and write the drive under Windows XP.Therefore a MBR is required.Windows XP dows not show the 512 Byte drive. WD Elements 107C USB Device (4096 Byte Drive) shows: user@HP-635:~$ df Platte /dev/sdc: 4000.8 GByte, 4000752599040 Byte Ger�t boot. Anfang Ende Bl�cke Id System ---- WD Elements 25A3 USB Device (512 Byte Drive) shows: user@HP-635:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdc'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. Platte /dev/sdc: 4000.8 GByte, 4000752599040 Byte Ger�t boot. Anfang Ende Bl�cke Id System Uli Couldn't you use Windows Disk Management to re-partition the drive? Like delete its existing partitions and then creating a new partition? It sounds like you took the drive out of the enclosure. In some cases, the USB adapter remaps the sectors. There is a thread talking about it here: Toshiba Canvio Desktop External Hard Drive Disassembly Mel
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