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>> 1. fdisk won't let me specify a start block before 2048 even though I |
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>> deleted all partitions. |
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> That's normal. It's a long story, but Windows Vista and Windows 7 expects |
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> the first partition to start at sector 2048. |
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> You can force a lower number by toggling "DOS compatibility"; this should |
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> let you start the first partition as low as sector 63. |
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> HOWEVER, make sure that all partitions begin at multiples of 8 (e.g., 64, |
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> 72, 80, and so on); this will save you a lot of grief if it happens that the |
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> hard disk you're using has 4KiB-sectors. |
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I just looked up the start block for my other systems and they're all |
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on 63. Is performance impacted on all of these systems since they |
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aren't started on 64? |
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- Grant |
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