Hi, My Dell Precision 5820 workstation came with following 4TB HDD Toshiba 3.5" 4TB SATA Enterprise HDD Part No : MG08ADA400NY with Format Type 512n What is available in the market now is : Toshiba 3.5" 4TB SATA Enterprise HDD Part No : MG08ADA400E with Format Type 512e The HDD with Format Type 512n does work in my 12 year old Legacy Dell Precision workstation 3500. Will the HDD that is now available in the market with Format Type 512e work in my 12 year old Legacy Dell Precision workstation 3500 too ? Meaning are Format Type 512n & Format Type 512e compatible & would my Legacy Dell Precision workstation 3500 be able to format the new drive with Format type 512e & if yes what do I need to do when I try to Format it with Format Type 512e in Legacy workstation ? Thank You.
Yes, a 512e format type drive should work in your 12 year old Dell Precision 3500 workstation as it emulates 512 byte logical sectors. You usually don't need to take any additional steps to format the drive, but make sure your system is up to date and configured correctly. If problems occur, try updating your BIOS/UEFI and make sure your operating system supports modern disk formats.
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