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Advanced format partition alignment

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Mar 15, 20267486 views
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Problem

I cloned a non Advanced Format drive (W7 64bit) to a new hard drive (Seagate) that was AF, the software I used supposedly does not support 4k very well (Todo Backup Free 3.5). Is there a Windows utility to check alignment? I know of the Western Digital tool but not sure if it works on Seagate brand…

Error Output

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Pri…

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Fix for: Advanced format partition alignment

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You can use . Use an elevated command prompt and . Then or whatever disk it is. . The last column should be the partition offsets. edit I've added a different method for more accuracy. In general, the diskpart method will work if you see 1024 in the…

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