that is what I meant. Remember a simple formula for checking. Tried to load acronis alignment tool but it would not load. was a clean install of w7 64 ultimate.
FWIW the fastest install I ever saw. Some times the speed is evident, other times seems the same as a normal drive. Still evaluating. Love the new GUI bios. Did not think I would. thanks fp At 07:07 AM 2/9/2011, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: >I think he means 4K sectors vs 512b sectors. > >Your SSD has 512b sectors, but the internal arrangement of blocks could be >128KB or more--and a block is the smallest unit that can be written in an >SSD. This makes proper alignment important. If you used Windows Vista or >later to create your partitions, you should be fine--and that goes for SSDs, >striped RAID arrays, or advanced format (4K) magnetic disks. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin >> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:19 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [H] telling advanced format ? >> >> What format are you referring to? NTFS or something else? GPT/MBR? >> >> On 2/8/2011 6:24 PM, FORC5 wrote: >> > Was discussed awhile back and can not find my notes. >> > >> > Just setup w7 64 on a 250gb ssd (crucial) and was wondering how to tell >if >> the format is the new one ? >> > >> > all I can say right now is DAMN this thing is fast. Went ahead and guild >a i5- >> 2500k on a H67 MB. Only complaint is NO fan headers. ??????? >> > >> > fp >> > > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 5858 (20110209) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- I am who I pretend to be at that point in time and space.
