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  1. drakorex
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    drakorex GBAtemp Advanced Maniac

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    I ordered a 2TB sata off Amazon to install in my wii, only to find out that it didn't have 512 byte sectors, meaning no dios mios/devo. Are there any 2TB satas the size of a wii disc drive that are known to have 512 byte sectors? If not, how about a 1.5?
     
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    Originality Chibi-neko

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    Didn't need to make 2 threads about the same drive...

    At first I thought you only had to format a drive and specify the byte sectors you want, but trying it for myself shows that my 3TB drives only support 4096 bytes and above, and only my 1TB drives support 512 bytes. As I have no drives inbetween, I can't say where the cutoff point is. I'm also a little too lazy to look it up on google or wiki where I'm sure the answer can be found.
     
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    trumpet-205 Embrace the darkness within

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    When using separate USB enclosure, some will pass over 512e emulation while others will do native 4K.

    Your best bet is to buy 1 TB external drive.
     
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  4. ILuvGames

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    Here is a partial list to hopefully start you off :-

    Hitachi Deskstar 5K1000 HDS5C1010CLA382 SATA 3G 1TB 512 Bytes
    Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3020ALA632 SATA 6G 2TB 512 Bytes
    Hitachi Deskstar 7k1000.D HDS721010DLE630 SATA 6G 1TB 512 Bytes
    Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723020BLA642 SATA 6G 2TB 512 Bytes
    Hitachi Deskstar7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 SATA 6G 3TB 512 Bytes
    Hitachi Deskstar7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 SATA 6G 3TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS SATA 3G 1.5TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3000DM001 SATA 6G 3TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000524AS SATA 6G 1TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS SATA 3G 1TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS SATA 3G 2TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 SATA 6G 1TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 SATA 6G 2TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Barracuda XT ST4000DX000 SATA 6G 4TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS SATA 3G 2TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Constellation™ ES ST33000650NS SATA 6G 3TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Constellation™ ES ST32000644NS SATA 3G 2TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Constellation™ ES.3 ST4000NM0033 SATA 6G 4TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Pipeline HD ST1000VM002 SATA 6G 1TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate Pipeline HD ST2000VM003 SATA 6G 2TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate SV 35 ST3000VX000 SATA 6G 3TB 512 Bytes
    Seagate SV 35.3 ST31000340SV SATA 3G 1TB 512 Bytes
    Western Digital Caviar Black series WD2002FAEX SATA 6G 2TB 512 Bytes
    Western Digital WD Black WD4001FAEX SATA 6G 4TB 512 Bytes
    Western Digital WD Caviar Blue WD10EALS SATA 3G 1TB 512 Bytes
    Western Digital WD Caviar ®Green WD20EADS SATA 3G 2TB 512 Bytes
    Western Digital WD RE4 WD2003FYYS SATA 3G 1TB 512 Bytes
    Western Digital WD Red WD10EFRX SATA 6G 1TB 512 Bytes
    Western Digital WD Red WD30EFRX SATA 6G 3TB 512 Bytes
    Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX SATA 3G 2TB 512 Bytes
     
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    drakorex GBAtemp Advanced Maniac

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    Where did you find these? o.O
     
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  6. ILuvGames

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    I found them in a forum discussing D-Link NAS enclosures. Someone was kind enough to post up some compatibility lists including the sector sizes.
     
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