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

I think I know what you meant. 4k has been used on hard drives about the same time achi became a thing. In around 2010 or something. Even before SSD became mainstream. The thing is, I don't think it is a thing for flashdrives and and sd cards. When you plug those the OS automatically knows they're not hard drives or SSD. So I don't know if they will make a 4k aligned partition for them. I never heard there was a need for 4k alignment for flash drives or sd cards. I think that 4k in combination with sata achi provided a slight speed boost. I could be wrong but that's how I see it.

 

Well, the best way to find out is to simply try.

I will do a small test soon,
both on a non 4k-Aligned, and on a 4k-Aligned,
by writing a large file,
and seeing if there's a difference in the duration it takes.

 

But how do you check if they're 4k aligned ? I mean how do you even set them to be 4k aligned ?There was a free tool by acronis that checked that but it was only for hard drives or ssd. I remember it could be downloaded from Western Digital website.

 

I use "AS SSD Benchmark".
Tho originally it's for checking Speed,
it also tells you if the drive (any drive, not just SSD like in its name) is 4K Aligned.

Please note,
it seems that AS SSD is no longer available for download from the original developer.,
only from spooky sites,
so don't download it,
there should be alternatives to it..
Maybe other people here can recommend

 

Here´s some info on Advanced format Hard drives(4K aligned):
1- https://datarecovery.com/rd/what-is-an-advanced-format-hard-drive/
2- https://www.seagate.com/ca/en/blog/advanced-format-4k-sector-hard-drives-master-ti/

I haven´t seen the term being used for flash drives or sd cards.

 

disk alignment test 1.0.10
freeware , no install needed , test only.
https://download.cnet.com/Disk-Alignment-Test/3000-18512_4-75795945.html

 

Did you ever test?

 

No, I don't have a free microSD card right now..