Windows 7 pro sp1 backup to MyBook Essentials 3TB failing - 4KB logical sector size

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  • Windows 7 Pro SP1
  • WD MyBook 3 TB

When i ran the “Fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo” i see:

Bytes Per Sector  :               4096

Bytes Per Physical Sector :       4096

Bytes Per Cluster :               4096

Bytes Per FileRecord Segment    : 4096

So this appears to be an AFD disk using a 4k native format.

It seems that windows 7 doesn’t support 4KB logical sector sizes -

based on  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982018 and http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-AU/itprovistaapps/thread/7b64e871-71be-4c5d-a4a3-502744da978b 

How can i reformat the drive to comply with the logical sector size limits that windows imposes?

thank you

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Maybe you should try contacting WD’s Technical Support about this. You can do so either by phone or email.

To Contact WD for Technical Support
http://support.wdc.com/contact/index.asp?lang=en