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    Opinions on "partition misalignment"?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Bullit, Jun 1, 2010.

  1. Bullit

    Bullit Notebook Deity

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    What to make of this? just PR stunt?


    White Paper: Partition Alignment Dramatically Increases System Performance

    White Paper: Partition Alignment Dramatically Increases System Performance
     
    Bullit, Jun 1, 2010
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  2. csinth

    csinth Snitch?

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    This looks stupid...
     
    csinth, Jun 1, 2010
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  3. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's only 'stupid' if you are uninformed about the relationships between disk sectors, sector offset, partition offset, filesystem tables and how most disk controllers work.

    The magic numbers are (often) 4kb, 23kb (yes, 23kb) and 16 bit math.
     
    newsposter, Jun 1, 2010
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