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Do I need to do something about partition alignment when installing Windows XP on a SSD drive?
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Mar 15, 20261264 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I just got a new SSD drive (OCZ Vertex 2) and installed Windows 7 on it. Problem is, now I need to install XP also for some legacy applications that I run. I read here, among others, that XP has partition alignment issues when creating a new partition, that can lead to huge performance drops and in…
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Yes, that will work fine. Windows 7 will automatically align the partition properly, and the partition will remain aligned when you install XP onto it.
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