Installation for Advanced Format Hard Drives?

whs said:

1. On your cmd picture, disk0 and disk1 are not aligned. Disk2 is aligned.

2. I am not sure whether all imaging programs will maintain the original alignment. Macrium does if you recover the image a certain way. See here under Advanced Topics > Partition Alignment

Oops, I edited my post before I saw your reply (the page hadn't been refreshed).

Thanks for that Macrium link.
It seems that as long as you use "Drag and Drop", the target disc alignment will be maintained.
It's a pity there is no indication of that fact in the GUI.

It makes sense that disk0 and disk1 are not aligned, as they pre-date "Advanced Format" (i.e. the 2 TB HDD was the first one that mentioned it).

So the minimum offset must be 64 KB?

It seems that as long as you use "Drag and Drop", the target disc alignment will be maintained

So the minimum offset must be 64 KB?

Both statements are correct. Except it works only on disks, not on discs, LOL

whs said:

It seems that as long as you use "Drag and Drop", the target disc alignment will be maintained

So the minimum offset must be 64 KB?

Both statements are correct. Except it works only on disks, not on discs, LOL

Thanks for the clarifications whs.

Unfortunately, I'm not currently allowed to Rep you.

BTW, in Australia, disc = disk. :)

BTW, in Australia, disc = disk

Hmm, the way I learned it is a disc is e.g. a CD and a disk is the storage device in the computer. In French it is even more confusing because a disque can be both but also a music record (e.g. vinyl)