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seagate - change sector size
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Download SeaChest_Lite here: | |
https://www.seagate.com/support/software/seachest/ | |
In an elevated (admin) Command Prompt window, scan for your drive with the command: | |
Code: | |
SeaChest_Lite --scan | |
You should see your drive ID something like "PD1" for example. | |
Check to see if the drive supports changing the sector size using Fast Format: | |
Code: | |
SeaChest_Lite -d /dev/sg1 --showSupportedFormats | |
Change the format from 512e to 4Kn: | |
Code: | |
SeaChest_Lite -d /dev/sg1 --setSectorSize 4096 --confirm this-will-erase-data |
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