On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > I can't help but note that both this one and also my new Seagate 2.5" portable > external 1TB drive are pre-partitioned with one partition that in both cases > starts at sector 2048. I suppose that it is no coincidence that 2048 * 512B == > 1 megabyte, exactly. Told ya.