The only important point to the drive, performance wise, is that the main partition begin on a 4k boundary. Windows 7 will make sure that happens, and format the filesystem with 4K block sizes, leaving it safe for Windows XP to use. Even if XP addresses the drive in 512-byte sectors, it will still be doing so in 4K chunks, and the drive will do the translation itself.
- Alex -- Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wise is knowing better than to put one in a fruit salad. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Scott Matthews <[email protected]>wrote: > > You could attach the USB drive to a Windows 7 machine, format > > (initialize?) it there, then move it for use next to your XP machine. > > Out of curiosity, why doesn't it then "just work" (don't they come > formatted)? ie, is formatting it on Windows 7 somehow changing it from > 4k to 512 sectors? > > So all I have to do is attach a 4k sector drive via a USB enclosure to > a Win7 box, Quick Format it there, and then it'll be fine back over on > the XP box? > _______________________________________________ > 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
