Looking for a Partitioning Program for Windows XP, that Creates 4K Aligned Partitions

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spaceman5

Hi all


It is well known that Windows XP's Disk Management (or FDISK) create Partitions that are not 4K Aligned.

Can you please recommend me a good program that can create 4K aligned partitions?

Preferably a Portable one, that does not require installation,
if exists..


Thank you very much
 
Thank you very much tekkaman


AOMEI Partition Assistant unfortunately is not portable..

Windows 7's Install Disk is a nice and portable way,
thank you for that,
I will use this.


If you or anyone else also know a program that runs inside Windows XP (and that created 4K Aligned partitions),
it will be nice to know and use it.


Thank you very much
 
tekkaman said:
You should still keep Aomei Partition Assistant installer as backup somewhere like a flasdrive as it might be one of the last programs that is XP compatible.
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I just downloaded and extracted Aomei Partition Assistant with uniextract to see if I could run it uninstalled and got:
Aomei Partition Assistant.JPG

So I looked it up in the manual (pg 42): "4.12 Create Portable Version..."
I'm uploading the pdf here (see below) A few simple hoops but looks like what you could use Sppaceman5.
 

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Wow this is cool.
Thank you very much TMTGTR.

I must say that what you did is impressive.
(trying to make portable a program that was not advertised as such,
then finding more info about it)
 
It seems the free version can't be portable. Says in the manual:
Note:
This function only available in the Unlimited and Technician editions of AOMEI
Partition Assistant.
 
I'm with you there. Most things now are a subscription. Welcome to the new world order where you won't own anything but you will be happy . :D
 
One trends is towards subscriptions,
where another trend is towards Freeware..

There are probably various freeware options for a Partitioning program..
 
tekkaman said:
There was a hirens bootcd. But I don't know if the partition software there creates the 4k type.
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At the risk of again putting out incomplete info, i believe Hiren boot cd will work. it has mini-tools Partition magic 7 or 8. I use it and I think it can make 4k clusters. I never used 4k.
That said, I believe there are other partition apps as well...
Hiren's Boot CD is the best utility i have. Saved my bacon many times.
There is also an updated version for today's 'puters but I haven't used it yet.
 
TMTGTR said:
I think it can make 4k clusters. I never used 4k.
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One note:
I am not talking about 4K Clusters,
I am talking about 4K Aligned Partitioning..
That's what you need on SSDs (or on Flash in general, e.g. USB Flash Drive, microSD/SD cards, etc),
or else, every cluster that is written, has to be written twice, which is slower and wears your storage device.
 
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