Note

Because the Paragon Partition Alignment Tool reports that a correctly aligned 4 KB partition is misaligned, you should use the Unattended Advanced Format Hard Disk Information Tool to verify alignment.

Performance optimization

Tables 1 and 2 outline a number of scenarios involving the use of Advanced Format-aware drives and recommends actions you should take to optimize the performance of your HP system.

Table 1. Links to information on optimizing performance in various scenarios involving the use of an Advanced Format drive

Scenario

You are installing a preinstalled image you received directly from HP

You are installing your own image using WinPE

You are installing your own image; you are not using WinPE

You are installing off-the-shelf (that is, non-HP) media

You are installing HP restore media

You are installing an HP F11 restore image

You are using Symantec Ghost to re- image the drive

Windows 7

Windows Vista SP1 or later

Windows Vista prior to SP1

Windows XP

POSReady 2009 or WEPOS

A

A

A

A

A

C

C

C

C

B

D

D

D

D

D

A

A

B

E

B

A

A

B

E

B

A

A

B

B

B

F

F

F

F

F

4