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hard drives for Microsoft Windows installations on HP Business Notebook PCs and Desktop PCs Technical white paper Table of contents Executive summary drives in a RAID configuration 7 Using third-party deployment tools ...7 Replacing a drive on a Windows 2000 platform 7 Enhancing performance with - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 2
instructions for preparing an Advanced Format hard drive for a Microsoft® Windows® installation on an HP Business Notebook or Desktop PC to manufacture and able to support higher capacities. First-generation or not it is an Advanced Format drive Reviewing the label on the HDD to determine if the - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 3
1 and 2 outline a number of scenarios involving the use of Advanced Format-aware drives and recommends actions you should take to optimize the performance of your HP Business Notebook or Desktop PC, or Retail POS system. 3 - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 4
article 982018. Note: If you are upgrading your PC to Windows Vista SP1 or later or Windows 7, Format-aware. B This scenario is not supported by HP. C For WinPE installations prior to 3.0, upgrade to the latest version of the AMD SATA AHCI Driver. Note: When a Linux image is being installed, - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 5
are aligned. Note: If you are downgrading your PC to Windows XP or Windows Vista, you are Using third-party deployment tool Replacing a drive on a Windows 2000 platform align and re-encrypt the drive using the instructions provided with your encryption software. Installing Windows Vista - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 6
- if you grow the partition incorrectly, you will receive a blue screen of death (BSOD). Options for extending the partition include: Force ; furthermore, depending on the amount of patching employed in the image, other problems may occur. Thus, if you are using ImageX, rely on Diskpart to - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 7
048 sectors. Since a starting offset of 2,048 supports most stripe-unit sizes, Replacing a drive on a Windows 2000 platform If you are replacing an older drive on a Windows 2000 platform, you may need to update the appropriate hotfix to your HP Business Notebook or Desktop PC, or Retail POS system, - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 8
to your c: drive from the Microsoft Support site at http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=982018 Windows6.1-KB982018-x86.MSU -f:*.* c:\ 4. Select StartAll ProgramsWindows OPK or Windows AIK. PE image by mounting boot.wim to be updated into a location by entering the following: - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 9
2. Run diskext from the Windows command line. 3. Identify the Partition Starting Offset value of each partition and divide by 4096. If the value 3.0 RAM media. 2. Execute the Diskpart utility to display information about specific system partitions. For example, use the following script is to display - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 10
four partitions. All eight values must be divisible by 4,096. Table 3. Validating the alignment of four sample partitions Partition 0 Partition size 208,666,624 B Starting offset 1,048,576 B 208,666,624 ÷ 4,096 = 50,944 1,048,576 ÷ 4,096 = 256 1 732,388,392,960 B 209,715,200 B 732,388,392 - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 11
Phase-in of Advanced Format drives There is no set cut-over date for the introduction of Advanced Format drives into new HP Business Notebook or Desktop PCs, or Retail POS systems; instead, drives will be phased in, as shown in Table 4. Note the following caveats: While Advanced Format drives are - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 12
MS-DOS-compatible partitions. The RedFlag Linux (kernel version 2.6.31 and above) shipped by HP is Advanced Format-aware. For information on partition alignment for SUSE Linux, refer to http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7007193&sliceId=1. What happens if I am running an older - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 13
been vast; for example, a BIOS update would be required for every system. Moreover, some operating systems do not support booting to 4-KB native drives. Older applications and games would not be able to run, while there would be no performance advantage for a customer. Thus, HP elected to not pursue - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 14
tree for managed IT applies to 2011 models: Notes 1. WinPE: Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment 2. For more information on creating the image (including driver requirements), refer to this white paper. You can create the image on a drive with 512 byte or 4 KB sectors. 3. Use the Windows - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 15
small sector size constrains storage capacity and has also caused manufacturing capabilities to reach a limit. Under the sponsorship and support of the International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association (IDEMA), manufacturers of industry-standard HDDs are transitioning from 512-byte - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 16
lengths are in multiples of 4 KB, then new data can completely replace old data; the drive does not have to perform any extra steps for operation. Newer operating systems like Windows Vista SP1 or later and Windows 7 start the partition on logical block address 2048, which is divisible by eight. - HP G60-231WM | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows insta - Page 17
technet.microsoft.com/enus/sysinternals/bb896648.aspx Getting Started Guide for Windows Deployment http://technet.microsoft.com/en- Services us/library/cc771670(WS.10).aspx Partition alignment for SUSE Linux http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?exte rnalId=7007193&sliceId=1 Intel RST
Preparing Advanced Format hard drives
for Microsoft Windows installations on HP
Business Notebook PCs and Desktop PCs
Technical white paper
Table of contents
Executive summary
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Identifying an Advanced Format drive
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What does the Advanced Format drive mean to you?
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Important tips
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Encrypting drives
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Installing Windows Vista (prior to SP1), Windows XP or Windows 2000 images
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Creating a 1 MB-aligned partition
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Extending the partition during a Windows XP image deployment
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Aligning drives in a RAID configuration
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Using third-party deployment tools
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Replacing a drive on a Windows 2000 platform
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Enhancing performance with many small writes (as with ImageX)
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Validating partition alignment
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Using DiskExt
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Using WMIC
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Using Diskpart
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Sample validation
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Phase-in of Advanced Format drives
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Frequently asked questions
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Hard drive deployment decision tree for managed IT
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Appendix A: Technical background
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Partition alignment
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Why alignment helps
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For more information
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