Convert a harddisk between 512e and 4Kn sector size

Requirements:

  1. OpenSeaChest installed and unpacked
  2. Empty harddisk

    Identify drive by scanning

openSeaChest_Info --scan

Show if it supports both 512 and 4096 byte sector sizes

openSeaChest_Format -d FD7 --showSupportedFormats

And swap to 4096 or 512

openSeaChest_Format -d FD7 --setSectorSize=4096 --confirm this-will-erase-data

or

openSeaChest_Format -d FD7 --setSectorSize=512 --confirm this-will-erase-data

Power cycle the device

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