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    SSD - Alignment after Removing Recovery Partition

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sb123, Oct 16, 2012.

  1. sb123

    sb123 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I'm about to remove the Recovery Partition from my Samsung NP900X3C in order to get more space on the SSD.

    However I've heard some stories about the SSD having to be aligned? Is there any specific way to do this?

    Thanks
     
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  2. ExMM

    ExMM Notebook Evangelist

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    As far as I know just performing a fresh installation of windows 7 will automatically realign your SSD.
     
    ExMM, Oct 16, 2012
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  3. JOSEA

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    ^ this is probably the best way to go. Or you could try deleting the recovery , and using disk management to expand the primary partition, then check the alignment http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/Checking_SSD_Alignment. Note, I would suggest a full system image before making any changes
     
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  4. tijo

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    If the recovery is located "after" the windows partition and the SSd is already aligned, then you don't need to do anything aside from deleting and extending.
     
    tijo, Oct 16, 2012
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