I don't have Windows 7, but that sounds like a great utility.
> Joel Said: I have a 5.9 -- and that's due to the HD data transfer rate (which surprises me a bit because it's a Raptor 10K RPM with a clean install). Everything else is 7.7 or 7.4 -- and the top possible is 7.9? Maybe the default disk setups done by the OS installers are letting us down. It looks like a lot of attention needs to be paid to disk sector alignment. I found a couple URL's about it: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jimmymay/archive/2009/05/08/disk-partition-alignment-sector-alignment-make-the-case-with-this-template.aspx http://spiralofhope.com/partition-alignment.html In my Linux world, the disk utility gparted will take alignment into consideration. The "Round to cylinders" opiton is checked by default. Specifying Partition Alignment * GParted Manual * Working with Partitions * Intermediate Partition Actions * Specifying Partition Details *To specify the alignment of the partition, use the Round to cylinders check box.* * To enable, select the Round to cylinders check box. * To disable, deselect the Round to cylinders check box. There's also disk manufacturer disk alignment utilities. But it surprises me that this isn't always all worked out under the hood, for fresh system installs. Rich / ICN-RTC7 Champaign
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