Creating multiple aligned partitions on SSD with system reserved part

You don't need to have the System Reserved partition. I don't and it simplifies my life a bit.

If you don't want it, these would be the commands, with only the SSD connected:

list disk (to show the ID number of the hard disk to partition, normally Disk 0)

select disk 0 (change 0 to another number if applicable)

clean (this wipes the drive of anything on it; not needed on a brand new drive)

create partition primary size=80000

select partition 1 (this selects the partition you just made)

active (this marks that partition active)

format fs=ntfs quick (this formats that partition)

exit (this quits the diskpart program)

exit (this closes the command prompt window)

Continue Windows 7 installation as usual. Remember to highlight and select the partition just created when you come to the partition screen asking you "where do you want to install Windows?”.

I didn't use "align" and my alignment was perfect. But you can use it.

If you do want System Reserved, I think your commands are correct. I don't recall seeing that System Reserved has to be formatted. I think it's done automatically as needed.

I'd probably insert a list part command after you created the primary so you can confirm that it is in fact partition 1 and the one you will then be formatting.