is partition alignment just for ssd? if not, is there any advantage for non-ssd? i've heard of the paragon alignment tool..doing it.. though prob not free and don't know if it's good. Only plain old ...

It seems more and more likely I may end up with an advanced format drive the next time I add space to my WHS. It sounds like I should be able to create the partitions on a Windows 7 machine first and ...

With the advent of Advanced Format drives and their new 4K low-level sectoring scheme a new, performance-robbing phenomenon known as misaligned partitions has shown up. Paragon Software’s $30 Paragon ...

Addresses Increase in Partition Alignment Problems Associated with Virtualization, 4K Advance Format HDDs and SSDs IRVINE, Calif., April 21st 2011 - Data storage software developer Paragon Software ...