Seagate 3tb hard drive not recognized

Guy_K wrote:

if it’s formatted for use with Windows XP, it’ll have 4k logical sectors.

If it’s formatted for Vista or Win 7 and has 512 byte logical sectors.


Please answer the original question.

Mr. K. I thought that 512 bytes format type was by default for windows Xp and 4k is by default performed by Windows Vista and 7?

Also, you say that WD Advanced Format Utility does NOT handle 3TB drives correctly. Then why is this drive WD30EZRSDTL listed with the ADV format if it’s unable to handle it?

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