Question Are these two format type compatible ?

[dan99t]

Hi,

My Dell Precision 5820 workstation came with following 4TB HDD

Toshiba 3.5" 4TB SATA Enterprise HDD Part No : MG08ADA400NY

with Format Type 512n

What is available in the market now is :


Toshiba 3.5" 4TB SATA Enterprise HDD Part No : MG08ADA400E

with Format Type 512e

The HDD with Format Type 512n does work in my 12 year old Legacy Dell Precision workstation 3500.

Will the HDD that is now available in the market with Format Type 512e

work in my 12 year old Legacy Dell Precision workstation 3500 too ?

Meaning are Format Type 512n & Format Type 512e compatible & would my Legacy Dell Precision workstation 3500 be able to format the new drive with Format type 512e & if yes what do I need to do when I try to Format it with Format Type 512e in Legacy workstation ?

Thank You.

 

[helpstar]

which operating system are you using?

why not getting 512n from a different company?

 

[fzabkar]

Any 512e drive should work. They are the most common HDDs. 512n are rare nowadays.

You don't need to do anything special when you format a 512e drive under a modern OS. Partitions will be automatically aligned to 4KB physical sector boundaries.