Nate, it's part of the IFW install or you can download it free from... http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads-free-software.htm Run partinfg.exe Partinfo will show sector size too. If you have 4096 byte sectors your partition is aligned.
PARTINFG, Version 1.02 Copyright (c) 2009,2013 TeraByte, Inc. All Rights Reseverd Run Date: 3/5/2016 2:46 PM =============================================================================== MBR Partition Information (HD0 - 0x000176D3) (CHS: 1023/254/63) (WCHS: 608001/255/63) +====+====+=============+====+=============+=============+=============+ | 0: | 0 | 0 0 2 | ee | 1023 255 63 | 1 | 4294967295 | | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | +====+====+=============+====+=============+=============+=============+ =============================================================================== GPT Found (HD0) {B9360368-7A63-4F3E-B46C-924667352047} ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revision: 10000 Hdr Size: 92 Max Entries: 128 PE Size: 128 PE LBA: 2 Primary LBA: 1 Backup LBA: 9767541167 FAvail LBA: 34 LAvail LBA: 9767541134 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Num Name Attr Start End GUID Type GUID ----- ----------------------- ---------------- --------------- --------------- -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- 0 0 40 1575541127 {EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7} {60254E6F-CB85-4CD6-B0AA-3D0220B39630} 1 0 1575541128 9767541127 {EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7} {C2AB9141-1670-456A-99A5-12C2F3C6A694} =============================================================================== BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 40 Total Sectors: 1575541088 Jump: EB 52 90 OEM Name: NTFS Bytes Per Sec: 512 Sec Per Clust: 8 Res Sectors: 0 Zero 1: 0x0 Zero 2: 0x0 NA 1: 0x0 Media: 0xF8 Zero 3: 0x0 Sec Per Track: 63 Heads: 240 Hidden Secs: 0 NA 2: 0x0 NA 3: 0x800080 Total Sectors: 0x5DE8D95F MFT LCN: 0xC0000 MFT Mirr LCN: 0x2 Clust Per FRS: 0xF6 Clust Per IBlock: 0x1 Volume SN: 0x74848D54848D1A2E Checksum: 0x0 Boot Flag: 0xAA55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 1575541128 Total Sectors: 8192000000 ID: 0x1 Jump: EB 52 90 OEM Name: NTFS Bytes Per Sec: 512 Sec Per Clust: 8 Res Sectors: 0 Zero 1: 0x0 Zero 2: 0x0 NA 1: 0x0 Media: 0xF8 Zero 3: 0x0 Sec Per Track: 63 Heads: 240 Hidden Secs: 0 NA 2: 0x0 NA 3: 0x800080 Total Sectors: 0x1E847FFFF MFT LCN: 0xC0000 MFT Mirr LCN: 0x2 Clust Per FRS: 0xF6 Clust Per IBlock: 0x1 Volume SN: 0x9CAA98E5AA98BD68 Checksum: 0x0 Boot Flag: 0xAA55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== MBR Partition Information (HD1 - 0x0006F150) (CHS: 1023/254/63) (WCHS: 14593/255/63) +====+====+=============+====+=============+=============+=============+ | 0: | 80 | 0 154 16 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 9717 | 175741383 | | 1: | 0 | 1023 156 13 | 83 | 1023 254 63 | 187392000 | 20480000 | | 2: | 0 | 1023 110 36 | 83 | 1023 254 63 | 207872000 | 20480000 | | 3: | 0 | 1023 64 59 | 82 | 1023 254 63 | 228352000 | 6088704 | +====+====+=============+====+=============+=============+=============+ =============================================================================== BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 9717 Total Sectors: 175741383 ID: 0x1 Jump: EB 52 90 OEM Name: NTFS Bytes Per Sec: 512 Sec Per Clust: 8 Res Sectors: 0 Zero 1: 0x0 Zero 2: 0x0 NA 1: 0x0 Media: 0xF8 Zero 3: 0x0 Sec Per Track: 63 Heads: 255 Hidden Secs: 9717 NA 2: 0x0 NA 3: 0x800080 Total Sectors: 0xA7999C6 MFT LCN: 0x6E612 MFT Mirr LCN: 0x7 Clust Per FRS: 0xF6 Clust Per IBlock: 0x1 Volume SN: 0x1CCC4D7A8773860 Checksum: 0x0 Boot Flag: 0xAA55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== MBR Partition Information (HD2 - 0xA39EF86B) (CHS: 1023/254/63) (WCHS: 15599/255/63) +====+====+=============+====+=============+=============+=============+ | 0: | 80 | 0 32 33 | c | 1023 254 63 | 2048 | 41984000 | | 1: | 0 | 1023 254 63 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 41986048 | 30720000 | | 2: | 0 | 1023 254 63 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 72706048 | 177903615 | | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | +====+====+=============+====+=============+=============+=============+ =============================================================================== BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File System ID: 0xC LBA: 2048 Total Sectors: 41984000 ID: 0x1 Jump: EB 58 90 (EB 58 90) OEM Name: SYSLINUX (SYSLINUX) Bytes Per Sec: 512 (512) Sec Per Clust: 32 (32) Res Sectors: 4086 (4086) Num FATs: 2 (2) Root Dir Ents: 0 (0) Sectors: 0 (0) Media: 0xF8 (0xF Secs Per FAT: 0 (0) Sec Per Track: 63 (63) Heads: 255 (255) Hidden Secs: 2048 (204 Huge Sectors: 41984000 (41984000) Huge Secs Per FAT: 10245 (10245) Flags: 0x0 (0x0) Version: 0 (0) Root Dir Clust: 2 (2) FS Info Sec: 1 (1) FS Bkup Sec: 6 (6) Reserved: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drive Num: 0x80 (0x80) Res: 0x0 (0x0) Boot Sig: 0x29 (0x29) Vol ID: 0xCA3C01C2 (0xCA3C01C2) Volume Label: NO NAME (NO NAME ) FS Type: FAT32 (FAT32 ) Boot Flag: 0xAA55 (0xAA55) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 41986048 Total Sectors: 30720000 ID: 0x2 Jump: EB 52 90 OEM Name: NTFS Bytes Per Sec: 512 Sec Per Clust: 8 Res Sectors: 0 Zero 1: 0x0 Zero 2: 0x0 NA 1: 0x0 Media: 0xF8 Zero 3: 0x0 Sec Per Track: 63 Heads: 255 Hidden Secs: 41986048 NA 2: 0x0 NA 3: 0x80 Total Sectors: 0x1D4BFFF MFT LCN: 0x40EC MFT Mirr LCN: 0x2 Clust Per FRS: 0xF6 Clust Per IBlock: 0x1 Volume SN: 0x7EEFFD107EEFFD1 Checksum: 0x0 Boot Flag: 0xAA55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 72706048 Total Sectors: 177903615 ID: 0x3 Jump: EB 52 90 OEM Name: NTFS Bytes Per Sec: 512 Sec Per Clust: 8 Res Sectors: 0 Zero 1: 0x0 Zero 2: 0x0 NA 1: 0x0 Media: 0xF8 Zero 3: 0x0 Sec Per Track: 63 Heads: 255 Hidden Secs: 72706048 NA 2: 0x0 NA 3: 0x80 Total Sectors: 0xA9A97FE MFT LCN: 0x431D MFT Mirr LCN: 0x2 Clust Per FRS: 0xF6 Clust Per IBlock: 0x1 Volume SN: 0x57D28FFA57D28FFA Checksum: 0x0 Boot Flag: 0xAA55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When you restore an image you will get the same alignment as the source drive unless you also select "Align to Target". You need two items selected to change the alignment... Align on 1 MiB Boundaries Align to Target
Nate, which HD? Also, the formatting has been changed by the copy/paste and this makes it hard to read. Can you post a link to the text file?
I still can if you want me to, but that aligning to target and aligning to the 1 MB boundary fixed my problem.
Nate, good news. I'm interested to see what has changed. Can you post a new partinfo. Just copy/paste as you did before.
Ah, HD1. Thank you. All OK now. The first partition wasn't aligned in the first partinfo. But there were no partitions with a 4,975,104 offset in the first partinfo. How did you get that number?
I get it now. Partitinfo said you first partition had an offset of 9717 sectors. Your indicated offset was 4,975,104 bytes. Using 512 byte sectors. 4975104/512= 9717 All OK. We did the right thing.
Glad your problem was resolved. For me, I always fresh install Windows/Ubuntu on my SSD OS drive, so never have any alignment problems even I use the default backup/restore options.
@Brian K This is the PartInfo's results txt file: Spoiler Code: PARTINFG, Version 1.02 Copyright (c) 2009,2013 TeraByte, Inc. All Rights Reseverd Run Date: 12/16/2016 9:38 AM =============================================================================== MBR Partition Information (HD0 - 0xD50696BF) (CHS: 1022/254/63) (WCHS: 14593/255/63) +====+====+=============+====+=============+=============+=============+ | 0: | 80 | 0 32 33 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 2048 | 234432512 | | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | +====+====+=============+====+=============+=============+=============+ =============================================================================== BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 2048 Total Sectors: 234432512 ID: 0x1 Jump: EB 52 90 OEM Name: NTFS Bytes Per Sec: 512 Sec Per Clust: 8 Res Sectors: 0 Zero 1: 0x0 Zero 2: 0x0 NA 1: 0x0 Media: 0xF8 Zero 3: 0x0 Sec Per Track: 63 Heads: 255 Hidden Secs: 2048 NA 2: 0x0 NA 3: 0x800080 Total Sectors: 0xDF927F8 MFT LCN: 0x38B MFT Mirr LCN: 0x38A Clust Per FRS: 0xF6 Clust Per IBlock: 0x1 Volume SN: 0x1D18D23487D5480 Checksum: 0x0 Boot Flag: 0xAA55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I guess my SSD is not aligned, right? Then I run PartitionGuru and here's a screenshots showing aligned partition: Spoiler
Both show the partition to be aligned correctly for an SSD. The "Starting sector" in both displays show it to be 2048, which is one of many proper starting sectors for a properly aligned partition (a 1mB boundary <2048-sectors x 512bytes/sector = 1048576bytes = 1024kB = 1mB>).
That is a dated article and it is not correct for 1 MiB alignment. Win7 to Win10 (msinfo32) report the Partition Starting Offset in bytes. Since 1 MiB is 1048576 bytes you need to divide the Partition Starting Offset by 1048576. Dividing by 4096 can result in an integer (whole number) when the partition isn't 1 MiB aligned. When the Partition Starting Offset is reported in sectors you need to know if it is a 512 (or 512e) byte sector or a native 4 kb sector. In the former case divide the sectors by 2048 and in the latter case divide the sectors by 256. 2048*512= 1048576 bytes (1 MiB) 256*4= 1024 kb (1 MiB)
