fwiw, I'll only be using it for storage, and it'll be attached via USB. I'm also not terribly experienced with formatting, partitioning, etc. -- so I'm hoping to make sure to know exactly what I'll need to do before I purchase anything.
(I don't really get the point of 4k sectors on a 2TB drive -- seems like an unnecessary complication -- seems to make more sense for 2TB+) Thanks again, -Scott On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Alex Austin <[email protected]> wrote: > If I were you, I'd partition the drive using a Linux bootdisk, make sure the > main partition starts at a 4K boundary, then install Windows XP on it as-is. > Start the main partition at sector 1024 and give it a partition ID of 7. > When the partition table is written, reboot, and boot the Windows CD. > > - Alex > -- > It is referred to as the Fibonacci meal. Today's dinner is the sum of > yesterday's leftovers and the day before's leftovers. > > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Scott Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Sorry i am a bit fuzzy on this as its been a while since i installed it >> > but >> > overall i remember thinking it would of been better to get a XP >> > compatible >> > Hitachi drive instead. >> >> Thanks -- yeah, one of the drives I've been looking at is the Hitachi >> Deskstar 5k3000 -- but from what I can tell, it seems people prefer >> the Western Digital Caviar Green or the Samsung EcoGreen, but both of >> those use 4k sectors, so I've been having a bit of trouble figuring >> this one out. >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
