• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

WD Advanced Format Drive

Y

YueHong

Member
I am using WinXP and I have just get a new WD drive for storing data and it says it is Advanced Format drive. Here are my questions:

1. Do I really need to run WD Align software utility in order to use the drive?
2. If I do not run WD Align software utility and use the drive directly, will it cause harm to the drive or data? Will the performance dramatically slow down?
3. If I have already run WD Align software utility on this PC, do I need to run it again on other PC if I bring this hard drive to another WinXP PC?

Thanks.
 
If the partitions aren't aligned properly performance with legacy systems like XP will be degraded. It shouldn't hurt the data itself, but it'll probably suck. Once the data's aligned you should be able to move it to another system without any problems.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top