[SOLVED] HDD. Windows 10 Home 64-bit. Which file system I should create?

[Konskoo]

I want to buy HDD and External Hard Drive Enclosure. I will connect it to computer via USB. I will write on this HDD system backups, current sound work files backups, sound work files archive. I run Windows 10 Home 64-bit.

When I will buy HDD it will be unformatted?

Which file system I should create?

 

[Math Geek]

ntfs is the way to go. it'll be the default choice since that is pretty much the best one for windows.

 

[USAFRet]

NTFS.

 

[Konskoo]

ntfs is the way to go. it'll be the default choice since that is pretty much the best one for windows.

NTFS.

Math Geek, USAFRet, thank you. I took into consideration.

I will create NTFS.

Which cluster size I should make?

 

[USAFRet]

Math Geek, USAFRet, thank you. I took into consideration.

I will create NTFS.

Which cluster size I should make?

Whatever it says as Default.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I will create NTFS.
Which cluster size I should make?

Default size. Do not worry about that.

 

[Konskoo]

Whatever it says as Default.

Default size. Do not worry about that.

USAFRet, SkyNetRising, thank you. I took into attention.

I saw in specifications there is feature 4 KB sector support.

For example, Toshiba 1 TB HDWD110UZSVA supports 4 KB sector.

Another example. Western Digital WD10EZEX doesn't support 4 KB sector.

I want to make cluster size 4 KB.

If I will use Toshiba 1 TB HDWD110UZSVA will I be able to make cluster size 4 KB when creating NTFS?

If I will use Western Digital WD10EZEX will I be able too to make cluster size 4 KB when creating NTFS?

 

[USAFRet]

Where did you read this?
"Another example. Western Digital WD10EZEX doesn't support 4 KB sector. "

 

[Konskoo]

Where did you read this?
"Another example. Western Digital WD10EZEX doesn't support 4 KB sector. "

USAFRet, I was wrong.

I have read https://documents.westerndigital.co...-sheet-wd-blue-pc-hard-drives-2879-771436.pdf

WD10EZEX Advanced Format - Yes.

Does "Advanced Format - Yes" mean Western Digital WD10EZEX supports 4 KB sector?

 

[USAFRet]

USAFRet, I was wrong.

I have read https://documents.westerndigital.co...-sheet-wd-blue-pc-hard-drives-2879-771436.pdf

WD10EZEX Advanced Format - Yes.

Does "Advanced Format - Yes" mean Western Digital WD10EZEX supports 4 KB sector?

Yes it does.
https://documents.westerndigital.co...l/white-paper/white-paper-advanced-format.pdf

"Advanced Format drives incorporate several changes to optimize the actual data structure on the hard drive, including increasing the physical sector size from 512 bytes to a more efficient 4096 (4K) byte sector size. "

 

[Konskoo]

Yes it does.
https://documents.westerndigital.co...l/white-paper/white-paper-advanced-format.pdf

"Advanced Format drives incorporate several changes to optimize the actual data structure on the hard drive, including increasing the physical sector size from 512 bytes to a more efficient 4096 (4K) byte sector size. "

USAFRet, thank you. I took into attention.