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It really should be starting on sector 2048 (1MiByte boundary).  This ensures that the partitions will be optimal for 4KiByte sector drives and future drives that have sectors sizes all of the way up to 1MiByte.  <br>I believe this is the default for Parted and I know it is the default for gParted.  The menu option is &quot;optimal&quot; in Parted.<br>
<br>Starting on sector 63 causes the alignment of the file-system to be off with the alignment of 4KiByte block size disks, which can cause performance issues if the systems has a lot of files smaller than 4KiByte.  If a small file is changed (modified, deleted, copied), then it will require 2 sectors to be modified instead of just one.<br>
<br>Good source of info:<br>&quot;<a href="http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5655/~/how-to-install-a-wd-advanced-format-drive-on-a-non-windows-operating-system">http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5655/~/how-to-install-a-wd-advanced-format-drive-on-a-non-windows-operating-system</a>&quot;<br>
<br>--Jeff<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:04 AM, isadora <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:isis2000@gmail.com">isis2000@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Doug Lytle &lt;support@...&gt; writes:<br>
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&gt;<br>
&gt; I&#39;ve purchased a Hitachi 3TB drive that uses 4k sectors.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; When trying to partition using the Mageia diskdrake, it wants to start<br>
&gt; off on sector 63, instead of 64.  I don&#39;t see an easy way to do this.<br>
&gt; Any suggestions?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Doug<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>And why not starting at 63? Count is starting at 0!!!<br>
Exactly the same at my machines.<br>
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