AS SSD says "31 K - Bad" Offset/Alignment @ 4K Bad

[jjmIII]

AS SSD says "31 K - Bad" Offset/Alignment @ 4K Bad :hmm:

I'm running the Kingston SSD in my Signature below.
Is there an alignment tool I can run? My drive does not support TRIM.

Thanks for any help (and links!).

- Jim

 

[Old Hippie]

AFAIK you can only align a raw drive with no partitions and no file structure.

I used Diskpar and this alignment procedure when I was running XP.

Vista and W7 made manual alignment a thing of the past.

 

[jjmIII]

Thanks for the reply

Vista and W7 made manual alignment a thing of the past.

I am running Win7....
Do I really have to wipe to realign?

 

[Old Hippie]

Do I really have to wipe to realign?

I wouldn't have told you unless it was true.

Vista and w7 will automatically align correctly on a fresh install.

 

[Old Hippie]

Jim, I'm assuming you used an image for your SSD install and now the alignment is incorrect?

Unfortunately there's no way I know to correct that.

I'm not even sure which backup/imaging program saves the correct alignment but I know that some newer versions claim to do the job.

I haven't been much help here but if ya need any more info just give a holler!

 

[kevinqian]

Unless of course you run Paragon Alignment Tool: http://www.paragon-software.com/landing-pages/WhitePapers/paragon_alignment_tool.html

Fixes it in a pinch.

 

[Old Hippie]

Unless of course you run Paragon Alignment Tool: http://www.paragon-software.com/landing-pages/WhitePapers/paragon_alignment_tool.html

Fixes it in a pinch.

Interesting....have you used it?

 

[kevinqian]

yup, used on my Intel 80gb G2.

 

[Old Hippie]

yup, used on my Intel 80gb G2.

I've never seen it before.

Did you do that "white Paper" thing and get a copy of the software?

If you did, how 'bout sending me a copy? File sharing service or whatever will do.

 

[Old Hippie]

Never mind....I signed-up and got all the goodies.

Thanks for the "Head's-Up" Kevin!

 

[Old Hippie]

To whom it may concern.....

I've installed the alignment program and it seems very nice.

Since my disc is already aligned correctly I can't comment on how well that works but I can say that it recognized my alignment was correct and refused to do anything else.

I'm very familiar with Paragon software and have always been satisfied with their products.

Jim, I'm voting you try it.

The worst it could do would be trashing your OS install and that's no biggie.

Go for it!

 

[jjmIII]

I haven't been much help here but if ya need any more info just give a holler!

Your always a help in these forums.... :thumbsup:

Jim, I'm voting you try it.

The worst it could do would be trashing your OS install and that's no biggie.

Go for it!

I will! I'll be sure to report back!

Thanks to both of you.

 

[jjmIII]

WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!

Thanks

 

[Old Hippie]

WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!

Thanks

COOL! :thumbsup:

I was hoping it didn't screw ya up!

Was this alignment problem because you restored from an image?

 

[jjmIII]

I did an image from my 640 Black when I set this SSD up 8-ish months ago...

While the alignment is reading OK now in AS SSD, the scores are very bad.
I plan to get a new TRIMable SSD soon and will do everything fresh then.

EDIT: looking at this new SSD

 

[jjmIII]

Can I use wiper.exe on this drive?

 

[perdomot]

Thanks for the heads up on Paragon. I used the program and found my Agility SSD was indeed out of alignment since I did an upgrade from XP.

 

[Old Hippie]

Can I use wiper.exe on this drive?

I dunno about wiper but I used Tony-Trim on my Intel G1s.

All it does is consolidate your data to one area of the drive and clean the remaining blocks.

It's no miracle worker but it kept performance acceptable.

 

[Old Hippie]

Thanks for the heads up on Paragon. I used the program and found my Agility SSD was indeed out of alignment since I did an upgrade from XP.

That's 2....Nice!

 

[skid00skid00]

Tony trim did NOT help my G1's. Only secure erase did the trick. FYI.

 

[kmmatney]

I was able to re-align without data loss, by using GParted, and following these instructions:

http://www.forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/Re-alignment-without-data-loss/m-p/7296

You basically create a tiny partition at the fron of the drive, and then delete it. However after I did this, AS SSD would crash, to I could never find out if it was aligned correctly or not.

Will try the Paragon software

 

[Old Hippie]

I was able to re-align without data loss, by using GParted, and following these instructions:

http://www.forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/Re-alignment-without-data-loss/m-p/7296

I guess people would do just about anything except a new install?

 

[jjmIII]

I'm getting ready to do a reinstall .

 

[Old Hippie]

I'm getting ready to do a reinstall .

Cool!

 

[kmmatney]

I guess people would do just about anything except a new install?

Well, it was Windows XP, so I a new install would still wouldn't fix it. It is also my wife's computer - and she wanted everything exactly the same as it was. It was a bit or work to get the alignment completed without data loss, and it didn't make the SSD any faster either (at least in real-life use).

Her motherboard fried about 2 weeks ago in her system, so I ended up re-installing anyways (WIndows XP) so now it is bad again. Going to try the Paragon tools tonight after I backup.