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  1. whs
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       #11

    DeaconFrost said:
    If I'm understanding the link, I shouldn't have to do the alignment because it is a new drive, never been used. So, if I create the partition during the install as normal, I'd be fine...I think. I guess it wouldn't hurt to create the partition ahead of time, per the instructions...then I'd skip the 100 MB one...which is fine...it is only a 64 GB A-DATA drive, so I need all the free space I can get.
    As far as I know, only a Win7 or Vista installation does a proper alignment by the installer. If you create a partition some other way, you better check the alignment before you install the OS. This has nothing to do with new or used drive - I think.
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  2. Posts : 5,795
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       #12

    Ah, that makes sense. I haven't even taken it out of the packaging yet...so my plan now is to do that, put it right into the laptop, and boot it up with the Windows 7 install flash drive.
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  3. whs
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       #13

    Good luck. Let us know how it went.
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  4. Posts : 5,795
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       #14

    Looks like my install went well this morning. I'm showing a 7.7 for hard disk score in WEI. Since that isn't really a benchmark, what would you suggest for doing a quick test on the drive for actual speeds....just to make sure it is performaning as expected?
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       #15

    DeaconFrost said:
    Looks like my install went well this morning. I'm showing a 7.7 for hard disk score in WEI. Since that isn't really a benchmark, what would you suggest for doing a quick test on the drive for actual speeds....just to make sure it is performaning as expected?



    Hello DF, have a look at this one, it's as good a place as any to start.



    Show us your SSD performance
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  6. Posts : 4,517
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       #16

    I like AS SSD for benchmarking SSDs.
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  7. Posts : 5,795
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       #17

    Hmmm, definitely lower than expect...and much lower than my drive's rated speeds.
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  8. whs
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       #18

    Yeah, that's pretty low. Are you aligned? SSD Alignment
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  9. Posts : 5,795
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       #19

    Sounds like that might be the problem, even though this was a brand new drive, out of the box. My offset is listed at 31 KB.

    If I'm understanding this right, if I were to want to align it...I'd be wiping out the partition?
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       #20

    This was the #3 post by WHS...can't take credit for it.

    Aligning Windows Partitions Without Losing Data - From the Recliner...
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