SSD solid-state drives know that if the SSD partitions do not have 4K alignment, the performance will be a discount. But maybe someone with the same encounter this situation, clearly zoning when the choice of 4K alignment, but after the system with as SSD benchmark this tool after detection is extremely depressed, why C disk will show not 4K alignment?
Fortunately, we have Paragon Alignment tool This support enables SSD solid-state drives to achieve lossless 4K alignment artifacts without formatting.
First, see if your SSD has 4K alignment
See SSD 4K Alignment, believe as SSD benchmark this tool is the best choice, whether 4K alignment at a glance.
Software name: As SSD Benchmark (SSD HDD speed tool)
Software version: 1.7.4739.38088
Software Size: 279KB
Software Authorization: Free
Applicable platform: Win9x Win2000 WinXP Win2003 Vista Win7
Download Address: http://www.downkr.com/soft/659.html
The main interface of the as SSD benchmark, with a red bad to indicate that 4K is not aligned
As shown in the figure above, there is no 4K SanDisk 128g,4k write speed of only 44m/s (4K aligned speed almost doubled, but the picture has been lost). Although the speed of mechanical hard disk is still very fast, but can not play the performance of SSD applications.
Mechanical hard drive of the pit daddy speed
SSD non-destructive 4K alignment tutorial
To achieve the goal of SSD lossless 4K alignment, use the powerful features of Paragon alignment tool. At present Paragon Alignment tool The latest version is 3.0, more regrettable is not the Chinese version.
First open after installing Paragon Alignment tool, click Next
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If the hard drive on your computer has 4 K misaligned partitions, the hard drive partition will appear in yellow or red (to the right of the image below). If it's all 4K aligned, it's all green and you don't need to use the software.
Partitions are all green to indicate that all partitions have been 4K aligned
If the partition is yellow, it proves that the partition is not 4K aligned but can be 4K aligned; if it is red, it proves that the partition cannot be 4K aligned and that no lossless 4K alignment is possible.
If there is a yellow partition, tick, then click on the Align Partitons below, will be prompted to restart the computer, and then Paragon Alignment tool will be in DOS without 4K alignment operation.
Note: This lossless 4K alignment process, the time is generally relatively long, 68G SSD C disk partition, took about 15 minutes. If it's a 500G hard drive, 4K alignment may take more than 1 hours.
It'll take about 15 minutes.
After the restart of the computer, Paragon alignment tool will be prompted to your hard drive has been 4K-aligned finished!
How do I align 4K when--SSD partitions?
According to the experience of the small series, using the latest version of the Diskgenius of one-click partitioning function for 4K alignment is the most convenient hard disk 4K alignment method.
Software name: Diskgenius (HDD Repair Tool)
Software version: 4.6.0 official free Edition
Software Size: 12.41MB
Software Authorization: Free
Application platform: WinXP Vista Win8 Win7
Download Address: http://www.downkr.com/soft/17406.html
The latest version of the Diskgenius, has been automatically checked to the partition, the user only need to fill out the C disk with how many g,d disk with how many G on the line, not afraid to forget to check the alignment of the partition, after the re-election.
It's complicated, but it's simple.
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If you have SSDs, it is recommended to check if the BIOS is enabled for AHCI mode and the partition is 4K aligned; if there is no 4K alignment, then decisively use Paragon Alignment tool this artifact to handle 4K alignment. If you want to start over, then use the latest version of Diskgenius (the latest version is 4.6 before the deadline) for one-click Partitioning and 4K alignment!