Hw do I find out if my hard drive uses 4k sectors

MikeHunt79 · 13 Mar 2012 at 17:21

As title really, I've just put a new hard drive in my laptop and I'm struggling to install a boot loader on to it.

Is there some software I can run on the machine in order to find out if it uses 4k sectors?

Thanks

wazza300 · 13 Mar 2012 at 17:33

as ssd benchmark should tell you,it will say "1024 K ok" next to it

http://downloads.guru3d.com/AS-SSD-Benchmark-download-2569.html

PistolPete · 13 Mar 2012 at 18:24

What model is it??

MikeHunt79 · 13 Mar 2012 at 19:24

wazza300 said:
as ssd benchmark should tell you,it will say "1024 K ok" next to it

http://downloads.guru3d.com/AS-SSD-Benchmark-download-2569.html

Ok, I need to reinstall windows, but once I have I'll install that and see what it says.

PistolPete said:
What model is it??

It's a western digital black 500gb 2.5" sata drive.

I'm on my phone now, but I can look up the exact model number the next time I'm on my laptop.

PistolPete · 13 Mar 2012 at 19:45

If it's the WD5000BEKT then it's a no, if it's the WD5000BPKT then yes.