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Ok Punkster then they are both aligned. One more reading on size -- Bios say 115G
I used the Tute to alingn the disk and then layed down a saved image. I didn't improve anything. This thread got out of hand for chill out. When I post back I better move it to hardware.
The first partition (System Reserved) has 1024 KB of offset, right?
The C: partition has 101MB of offset, you can't divide MB by KB, it's like dividing Kilograms by Grams.. so you have to take those MB into KB, you multiply 101MB by 1024KB so they can be in the same unit
The result is 103424KB, when you divide 103424KB by 4, it's 25856KB, since there are no decimals in that number, it means the number it's divisible by 4, hence, the SSD is aligned :)
Hmm i didn't see that one coming.. but probably he meant the C: partition, usually when you install windows 7 (without alignning the SSD/HDD) it'll do it itself, the system reserved is automatically aligned so the other partitions are aligned too..
I guess we'll have to suggest the OP to upload a diskpart picture similar to mine on the attachment (check the offsets, wolfgang, that's why i deduced immediately that he was talking about the C: partition) :)
Punkster, he did not install Windows7 on the SSD but he cloned it from an image. I have done that a few times myself and if you do not align the SSD beforehand, it most likely gets srewed up - unless you use the Paragon cloning program that is designed for moving the OS to an SSD and does proper alignment.
It's OK. You were trying to help. I just wanted to make sure that the OP did not think that everything was fine and dandy.
Ohhh snap! i didn't know that he cloned from an image.. wasn't posted on the original post my bad...
Yeah it's probably not aligned then... i just read that he cloned it with acronis.. so, wolfgang, you say that the only reliable program to do the cloning is Paragon?? (without worrying that the SSD won't be aligned and stuff) that way i'll have it for future references hehe
Yes, that particular Paragon program works very well. I have tested it in real life. But it costs $19.95 - was offered for free from a German computer mag a couple of months ago. But you can, of course, do it manually. But with the 100MB active partition in the way, you have to jump thru quite a few hops. Here is a little tutorial I once made that you can download from here. It is a PDF document.
I have a small hunch, it could be that your page file(virtual memory) is huge and is taking memory off that SSD. :) I had the same issue with mine, I had 4GB free after a windows isntall and knew that wasn't right. turned out I had a 12GB page file. Bigger than needed I set it to 2GB and got all my space back.