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AF Drive and WinXP

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/af-drive-and-winxp.189737/

patkim
patkim Original post #1
Jan 31, 2015 at 10:05 PM
It's time for me to replace my old HDD (Desktop Internal SATA).
I think most HDDs now are AF (Advanced Format) drives. I am still using & prefer Win XP (SP3) Does anyone know if XP can be installed and works fine on AF HDD?
Thanks.
harshilsharma63
harshilsharma63 #2
Feb 1, 2015 at 6:05 AM
Don't know about this but why still running XP? It's EOL, insecure and really really old.
SaiyanGoku
SaiyanGoku #3
Feb 1, 2015 at 8:18 AM
:+1: switch to Windows 7 or Windows 10 when it launches.
vito scalleta
vito scalleta #4
Feb 1, 2015 at 9:07 AM
AF drives ??? wat are those. ?
topgear
topgear #5
Feb 2, 2015 at 10:04 AM
^^ hard drives with sectors with 4,096 bytes of data. Anyway, you can install and use Xp on that but can't format Af HDD using win xp. So you need to use win 7 setup to partition and format the HDD or better use g-parted for the purpose. Then install xp.