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"Advanced Format" hard drives
I'm thinking of adding a WD 10EZEX 1TB hard drive to my system so I can eventually get rid of my two IDE drives - either they will eventually break down at some point (one is 11 years old) or my next mobo won't have an IDE port.
This new WD drive has what's called "Advanced Format".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format
None of my other drives have 4KB sectors or 512 byte sector emulation; they're all old school 512 bytes per sector.
Windows 7 will format the new drive to work with the OS with no problems. That's fine. MY question is how compatible will this new AF drive be with programs like Defraggler, Recuva, EaseUS Partition Manager or MiniTool Partition Wizard, and most importantly, Macrium Reflect Free, that deal with data on a sector by sector basis?
Any Googling of this shows very little info; certainly not enough for me to come to any firm conclusions. Has anyone had any problems or issues with these AF drives?