is partition alignment just for ssd? if not, is there any advantage for non-ssd? i've heard of the paragon alignment tool..doing it.. though prob not free and don't know if it's good. Only plain old ...

With the advent of Advanced Format drives and their new 4K low-level sectoring scheme a new, performance-robbing phenomenon known as misaligned partitions has shown up. Paragon Software’s $30 Paragon ...

I've read here and there that to get better performance out of SSDs, one method is to align its partitions with diskpar(t). But does this work for all flash-based media? I tried to realign a partition ...

If you moved your operating system from a mechanical hard drive to a solid-state drive (SSD), the partitions may not be aligned properly. If this is the case, you’ll notice slower performance, but ...

Addresses Increase in Partition Alignment Problems Associated with Virtualization, 4K Advance Format HDDs and SSDs IRVINE, Calif., April 21st 2011 - Data storage software developer Paragon Software ...

Planning to shrink a 120 GB Windows OS partition to 80 GB, but struggling to recall any reliable partition managers? We have highlighted the names of some of the best free Partition Manager software ...