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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 741590" data-attributes="member: 82144"><p>The technical explanation of something like this would be too long for me to write (you can read more at sites like <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/2888" target="_blank">Anandtech</a>). The short answer is that manufacturers provide tools to do it, and some HDD formatting tools can now handle it. I've got a couple of 2TB Samsung F4s, and with them I found that some software that was said to be able to correctly format the drive couldn't do it (Windows 7 included!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />). The other nasty surprise I got with them is that their spin up causes a *huge* break in all HDD access. That break wrecks recordings by starting corruption that can only be fixed by stopping and restarting the recording. I have to keep those drives spinning all the time. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 741590, member: 82144"] The technical explanation of something like this would be too long for me to write (you can read more at sites like [URL="http://www.anandtech.com/show/2888"]Anandtech[/URL]). The short answer is that manufacturers provide tools to do it, and some HDD formatting tools can now handle it. I've got a couple of 2TB Samsung F4s, and with them I found that some software that was said to be able to correctly format the drive couldn't do it (Windows 7 included!!! :o:(). The other nasty surprise I got with them is that their spin up causes a *huge* break in all HDD access. That break wrecks recordings by starting corruption that can only be fixed by stopping and restarting the recording. I have to keep those drives spinning all the time. :( [/QUOTE]

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