Simple Format Drive (Seagate Green 2TB)

[ssmacc]

Hello,

I've have just bought a:

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-244-SE).

I've read a few things about formatting the newer drives (4k alignment?) and am a bit concerned (I've always just plugged in formatted as NTFS and then used the drive).

How should i set the drive up? (Windows 7) The drive will be used in a HTPC (Video's etc)

Cheers

 

[rpstewart]

Win7 is aware of Advance Format drives (4K sectors) and deals with them accordingly. Simply partition and format as normal.

 

[ssmacc]

Thanks!