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I just got a new SSD drive (OCZ Vertex 2) and installed Windows 7 on it. Problem is, now I need to install XP also for some legacy applications that I run. I read here, among others, that XP has partition alignment issues when creating a new partition, that can lead to huge performance drops and increase the wear of the drive. The suggested remedy involves tuning the partitions with DISKPART. I was just wondering, will it be OK if I create a new partition from Win7 (which supposedly doesn't suffer from this issue) and then install XP on that?

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Formatting has nothing to do with sector alignment, you still need a 4k aware OS. See this....superuser.com/questions/291978/… – Moab Jun 6 '11 at 22:02
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Yes, that will work fine. Windows 7 will automatically align the partition properly, and the partition will remain aligned when you install XP onto it.

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