How to switch your Seagate Exos X16 to 4KN Advanced Format on Windows

WARNING: Currently this is broken, issue reported to Seagate. 1 – Download Seachest Lite from here. 2 – Open Computer Management and delete the existing partition on the drive you want to convert from 512 to 4KN Advanced Format 3 – Open a command prompt with Admin rights, and run the seachest lite with the… Continue reading How to switch your Seagate Exos X16 to 4KN Advanced Format on Windows

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512E vs 4KN NVME Performance

I have been using 4K native sector size on my Exos disks, and recently came across a way to convert NVME SSDs to run in native 4K sector size as well. If you have a Sabrent drive, there is an easy way to do it within Windows with their SSC Tool. If your drive does… Continue reading 512E vs 4KN NVME Performance

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How to Flash the Seagate Exos X16 from the SN02 to SN03 or SN04 Firmware

I recently purchased some of these Seagate Enterprise drives, and looks like they shipped with the SN02 Firmware. Upgrading on Windows is quite easy. Just be aware I tested with the drives still clean, while not in RAID. If you were to run this on a live array, I strongly recommend doing one disk at… Continue reading How to Flash the Seagate Exos X16 from the SN02 to SN03 or SN04 Firmware

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Porting out to Bell: “The number you requested cannot be transferred to Bell at this time. Please call 1 888 466-2453 for more information”

The issue If you check redflagdeals, there are a lot of Koodo deals from time to time. They also suggest “porting out” the number to Bell with a prepaid SIM. I tried that, but got interrupted in the middle of the process, and when I tried to continue, I got the error: “The number you… Continue reading Porting out to Bell: “The number you requested cannot be transferred to Bell at this time. Please call 1 888 466-2453 for more information”

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