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Subject: [ale] OT: WD "Advanced Format" and "Green Drives"
From: brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:19:21 -0400

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting a large, slow hard drive [0] for backups and
media storage. I'll be putting it in a USB enclosure. Does anyone have
experience, good or ill, with the latest Western Digital drives that use
4KiB blocks and "intellipark".

[0] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136513

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All the best,
Brian Pitts

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