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On 19/04/2023 22:26, Dale wrote:
> So for future reference, let it format with the default?  I'm also 
> curious if when it creates the file system it will notice this and 
> adjust automatically. It might.  Maybe?

AFAIK, SSDs will internally convert to 4096 in their firmware even if 
they report a physical sector size of 512 through SMART. Just a 
compatibility thing. So formatting with 4096 is fine and gets rid of the 
internal conversion.

I believe Windows always uses 4096 by default and thus it's reasonable 
to assume that most SSDs are aware of that.