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Just a note for you guys with tiny drives...like me. I switched from a wd400bb to the new wd6400 aaks model and it has been formatting over an hour and only 87 percent ! Don't expect to get up and running as soon as you get it in :) Do it before you go eat or something.


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You could always do a quick format...


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