Advanced Format drives / 4K are supported as RDM?

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• Pavilion m81897c: Advanced Format Drive

  My 8 year hard drive seems to have died. I love HP and particularly in this case and the mobo to work well for me, so I plan to replace my Vista 32 bit w / 64 bit W7 and install a 1 TB WD HD that has a warning on the label that it is a format disc advanced.  It means the Web of WD site for more information.  This whole process looks like defusing a bomb for me so any advice to avoid the traps will be appreciated!

  Webbww, welcome to the forum.

  Advanced Format drives don't work with old HP computers.  I suggest buying a standard SATA, 7200 RPM.  You can use disks to 6 Gbit/s because they are backward compatible.  Also, here is a good guide to help you to restore the system after replacing the drive.  It will help to defuse the bomb.

  Here are the upgrades are advised by Crucial memory for your computer.  You can try one of them to increase the performance of the SSD.  You will have to buy one at least 128 GB to work with recovery disks.

  Please click on the Thumbs up button '+' if I helped you and click on "Accept as Solution" If your problem is resolved.

• "Re: Toshiba M10: replacement 7 k 200 with Advanced Format HARD drive" 7 K 750 HDD

  Can we see problems with the replacement of the original Hitachi TravelStar 7 K 200 (200 GB) HDD, that went into my two year old Toshiba Tecra M10 - 11 X, with a so-called 'Advanced Format' 7 K 750 (750 GB or maybe 640 GB) hard drive?

  Like the original, I want to dual-boot the new disk using three partitions:
  * Windows 7 32-bit
  * Data
  * Windows XP
  and would probably clone one disk to another (by increasing the size of the partition!) with the v5 of Macrium Reflect.

  I read up on top of the TravelStar 7 K 750 form, the alignment tool from Hitachi, Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 982018 "an update that improves the compatibility of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Advanced Format drives is available" Bit-tech http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/sto...t-hard-disks/1and so forth, but wonder if anyone has actually replaced the HDD with all original Advanced Format drives and could therefore have a certain experience to share?

  Thank you!

  Hello

  "I put t have experience using this advanced Format ' 7 K 750 HARD drive but in my opinion he should not a problem using this HARD drive.
  The laptop supports the SATA interface and if this HARD drive would also support the SATA controller, the HARD drive should be recognized too

  But of course, it is my personal opinion...

• Virtual machine XP on advanced format HDD

  Hello:

  I will soon replace it the hard drive of my MacBook Pro with a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 640 GB drive. This player has WD 4 sector k 'advanced format technology. Western Digital says to use their software "alignment" XP on one of their advanced format drives. Anyone know if a virtual XP machine requires performance of this alignment?

  Thank you

  Bryan

  Windows XP running on a virtual machine on a virtual hard disk has no knowledge of what is disk hard physics of the host, is not relevant.

• Satellite A210 - 17l BIos update to take care of advanced format HARD drive problem

  Hi all

  Really hoping someone can help me with this.

  My old HDD not was not so I cloned the entire disc before it failed. -Just in time, too.

  I ordered a new drive - it's a WD scorpio black - Advanced format.

  Unfortunately I can't get my picture on this new album.

  Also, I am unable to do a reinstall with the original restore also cd because it doesn't have service pack 1 and that means that it can't recognize the HD.

  In any case id prefer to be able to restore my image and not make a re-install when even if possible.

  So my question is this:

  Y at - it an update of the bios I can ask my another pc version 2.00 is available which will include options to change the options of ide drive - ahci?

  It's the only solution I can think of-bearing in mind I do not have an operating system installed, so the alignment tools are not an option as another fix. -Fast technology of storage Intel drivers do not work, because I have an AMD athlon processor.

  So is there any BIOS I can Flash my computer with to activate the options mentioned?

  I have a method to Flash the bios with a BONE, so this isn't a problem.

  Also other suggestions for workaround on this more than welcome.

  Thanks :))

  The_red_pill.

  Hello

  Update BIOS don t help you. To my knowledge, it does not add additional options such as a switch between AHCI and compatible mode.
  In addition, you can use ANY BIOS. You must use the BIOS that came out for the model of laptop. But as I said, this isn't a solution.

  In addition, the image of Toshiba already contains all the drivers in order to install the system. It s any SP1 isn t the image part.

  I guess you're talking about Vista OS, given that the laptop came with pre-installed Vista OS. http://www.Toshiba.co.UK/discontinued-products/Equium-A210-17I/

  I recommend you format the HARD drive first.
  Use a tool called Gparted. You can create a bootable USB key containing this tool.
  This allows to start Notepad in order to format the HARD drive.

  The installation of the system using the recovery disk

• HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC: HP Envy 15 with SATA USB adapter 512th Advanced Format HARD drive

  Hello:

  I want to clone the HARD drive in my system via a USB to SATA Adapter for an identical external HARD drive - this record could then be used to get back in the quick business failure of internal drive. Internal and external drives are the types of advanced Format.  The drive is: HGST HTS541010A9E680. I see the 4 areas of native k when the disk is connecetd via a USB adapter?  So far, my older USB/SATA Adapter shows the areas 4096 bytes, not he emulated disk 512 byte sectors.

  Thank you

  Hi @teranz

  Thanks for the reply.

  Unfortunately the adapters can be hit or miss, not always reliable. You could talk to the manufacturer of the adapter for advice.

  Regarding booting from a USB key, it looks like you want to install the OS on a USB device. It is possible with some advanced configuration, but it is out of the reach of these forums. You may find help by searching for «portable Windows installation»

  Good luck

• E521 with advanced format ST500DM002 Player - do I need a SATA driver separated during the installation of Windows 7?

  Hello

  I have an E521 with 2 GB of Ram and X 2 processor. I want to install Windows 7 on a record nine of ST500DM002 (= native 4K advanced format). It will work without hassle, or will I have to install a SATA driver during installation? If Yes, which? I can't find the necessary information for the main card.

  Thank you, Andre

  Hi Andre,

  As you would expect, you will need the Windows 7 drivers RAID so that the installer of Windows recognize the drive. Our buddy rdunnill forum explains how to do this HERE. He included a link to NVIDIA support site where you can download the driver.

• Problem upgrading to 4K Advanced Format hard drive (Windows Update)

  I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, on a Lenovo ThinkPad W500 laptop. I am trying to upgrade my Seagate 320 GB hard drive for Western Digital WD-Blue 1 TB. The new drive has 4K (Advanced Format) sectors, as opposed to the sectors of 512 bytes, which seems to be the cause of some problems with Windows. The operating system loads, however, Windows Update will not work, and various programs give strange guests.
  The old drive was cloned to the new using Acronis True Image WD Edition. Alignment has been checked using Acronis WD Align. I clone the old drive. cleaning Windows installation is not an option.
  Microsoft has this article for what seems to be my problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982018. I have already run this file (before the cloning), but the problem remains.
  Online, I've read that it might help to install Intel RST 9.6 or later version. My Device Manager lists currently Intel ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller (under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers); This is the version of the driver 8.9.2.1002. I tried updating the driver, but without success: I just got the message, "Windows has determined the software driver for your device is up-to-date.»
  Help is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, on a Lenovo ThinkPad W500 laptop. I am trying to upgrade my Seagate 320 GB hard drive for Western Digital WD-Blue 1 TB. The new drive has 4K (Advanced Format) sectors, as opposed to the sectors of 512 bytes, which seems to be the cause of some problems with Windows. The operating system loads, however, Windows Update will not work, and various programs give strange guests.
  The old drive was cloned to the new using Acronis True Image WD Edition. Alignment has been checked using Acronis WD Align. I clone the old drive. cleaning Windows installation is not an option.
  Microsoft has this article for what seems to be my problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982018. I have already run this file (before the cloning), but the problem remains.
  Online, I've read that it might help to install Intel RST 9.6 or later version. My Device Manager lists currently Intel ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller (under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers); This is the version of the driver 8.9.2.1002. I tried updating the driver, but without success: I just got the message, "Windows has determined the software driver for your device is up-to-date.»
  Help is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
  I believe that the problem has been resolved, I downloaded Intel RST 9.6.0.1014. The latest version could not be installed on my machine and slightly older than more recent knocked out of my DVD player. Older than 9.6 had the problem with allowing a training of 4K, but 9.6 seems to have been appropriate.

• Satellite A200-1N2 what HARD drive are supported?

  Hello

  I have an A200-1N2, with the original 120GB hard drive.
  I would like to upgraded to a larger capacity HARD internal disk.
  Can you please me, whose internal hard disk capacities and types (only IDE?) are supported?

  Thank you very much!!
  Leor

  > Can you please tell me, what capacity internal hard drive and types (only IDE?) are supported?
  First of all, for all IDE HDD is NOT supported, because the laptop supports the SATA HDD controller. Therefore, use of SATA 2.5 hard disks.

  Given that the SATA controller is not limited to any size, you should be able to use any HARD drive 2.5 SATA.

• Are supported for FC connected tape drives?

  Hello

  Just to clarify with you guys, makes vSphere what ESX/ESXi 4 supports connected FC

  tape drives?

  My understanding is that in CF VI3, connected tape drives were not supported, but correct me if I'm wrong.

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  Hello.

  ' ESX/ESXi does not support FC connected. tape devices '-page 29 of the Guide of Fibre Channel SAN Configuration

  Good luck!

• ProBook 470 G3: M2 500 GB (SATA) drives are supported on HP ProBook 470 G3?

  Officially, only 128 GB or 256 m2 TLC (SATA, PCIe) readers are supported on HP ProBook 470 G3. However, Crucial says their M.2 MX200 500 GB TLC works fine on the same laptop. Would Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB m2 also work? It is also based at TLC.

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  HP ProBook 470 G3 Notebook PC - videos to remove/replace

  http://h20464.www2.HP.com/results.htm?SID=7834620 & MEID = 0B3FA391-5D75 - B 49, 1 - B698 - C7F82F88814E

  Click the M.2 SSD Mini-Card video and watch what the size of the m2, they go out and replacement.

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• Satellite P300 - 18 M - HDD to the advanced format?

  The P300 - 18M has two 250 GB HDDs. The Toshiba MQ01ABD laptop drive series 1 TB announced recently has a thickness of 9,5 mm and would fit into the laptop.

  But uses MQ01ABD Advanced Format Technology 4 K sectors, so I'll be able to use a second draw in a P300?

  Hey,.

  Generally 4K drives are no problem for the computer but Windows XP doesn t supports this. So you must use Vista or better Windows 7 with advanced format HDDs.  ;)

• Tecra M7: What types of SD cards are supported?

  Hello

  I just tried a SD Transcend 150 x with 4 GB to read with my Tecra M7.
  The card works find with my MDA and is formatted correctly. It also works well with a card reader.
  My M7 said, it might be not formatted and wanted to format.

  So my question which is: what types of SD cards are supported?

  Thanks in advance and Shine On, Frank

  Hello

  It seems that your laptop card reader would not be able to handle 4 GB SD cards.
  Each computer laptop SD card reader supports a hardware limitation, and it seems that this card is not supported.
  I m not 100% sure on taken supported card formats SD but the SD 256 MB card, 512 MB, 1024MB and 2048MB should work

  A question: have you tried to use the Toshiba SD card format utility? This tool allows you to format a standard SD format SD memory card.

• I get the following error message when trying to format drive C: "Windows cannot format this drive. "Leave all utility disc or other programs that could use this drive.

  Original title: how to format drive C?

  I have Windows XP installed on my C drive, but due to the lack of hard drive space, I installed another Windows XP on drive D. Now when I try to format the C drive of the new installed Windows, I get this error:

  "Windows cannot format this drive. "Leave all utility disc or other programs that could use this drive.

  Hello

  Check if you are able to format drive C in a clean boot state.

  From your computer by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs so that you can determine if a background program is interfering with your game or program. This type of boot is known as a "clean boot".

  Reference:
  How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" State
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353

  When you are finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:
  1. click on start and then click Run.
  2. type msconfig and click OK.

  The System Configuration Utility dialog box appears.

  3. click on the tab general, click Normal Startup - load all services and device drivers and then click OK.
  4. When prompted, click on restart to restart the computer.

  Warning: Formatting the drive will remove or erase all the data on that drive.

• Cannot format drive DVD - Rw with Windows Vista.

  Cannot format drive DVD - Rw with Windows Vista. Download "Windows cannot format... or is unable to complete the format.  Something like that. See a solution with Windows 7, but I use Windows Vista. Help?

  Hello

  ·        What is the model number of your computer?

  ·        Who is the manufacturer of your computer?

  ·        Did you format the disc earlier?

  ·        Are you trying to format the drive using windows Explorer or through third party software?

  I suggest you read the web link, below he provided information related to the formatting of disk.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/930405

  Hope the helps of information. Please post back and we do know.