SSD drive and alignment Win7 64bit

[Mars999]

Hello, I just jumped on the SSD bandwagon and installed Win7 on a OCZ Vertex2 60GB drive. I have TRIM supported ect... but what is bugging me is how can I check I have 4k byte alignment of my sectors?

And if not how can I change it without reinstalling windows?

Also what can I do about that 100meg partition that windows makes when you do a fresh install? From what I can tell that makes my offset alignment not fall on a whole number? Does this matter?

I also have a second HD installed but its a mechanical drive, for storage...

Thanks!

 

[flamenko]

You dont have to with Win7 whatsoever. This is an XP thing. Also do not delete the 100Mb partition as there are required system files within.

 

[mv2devnull]

... how can I check I have 4k byte alignment of my sectors?

msinfo and diskpart look like the tools for that, but as said, the W7 does align better than well.

 

[FishAk]

Also what can I do about that 100meg partition that windows makes when you do a fresh install?

You have to partition the disk before installing Windows to keep the install from making the 100Mb partition. I don't know how to get rid of it after- since Windows puts the boot loader there. It's needed only if you have a MB that supports- and you wish to use BitLocker.