Putting W7 image on a SSD.

[mikerr]

It's always worth checking the alignment given it takes a few seconds and will have a massive affect on the SSD if it's wrong

Here's my 64GB M4 when it was misaligned on XP:



After running Paragon Align tool (got it when it was free)

[teppic]

For ideal alignment you need the partition to start on a multiple of the erase block size (usually 512kb) as well as the page size (usually 4kb). So Linux and Windows 7 just start at 1mb, which is fine. The old HDD size of multiples of 512 bytes means it meets neither of these. Modern HDDs use 4kb sectors, and so these have to be aligned the same way.

If the boundaries are misaligned you can end up with two cells being erased instead of one, which would seriously reduce the drive's life.

[Zak33]

So assuming my Intel drive has a starting offset of 105906176 which divided by 4096 gives a mammoth number... what do I do?

[teppic]

So assuming my Intel drive has a starting offset of 105906176 which divided by 4096 gives a mammoth number... what do I do?

I'm guessing Windows has created a hidden system drive before your C drive, as 105906176 is 101mb exactly. But as a multiple of 1mb it divides by 512kb and 4kb, so it's absolutely fine.

[Zak33]

thats good.. cos it flies and always has

[MrNeil]

Ok i will give a bash !!!
The SSD image that is

many thanks mateys