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drives for Microsoft Windows installations on HP Business Notebook PCs, Workstations, and Desktop PCs Technical white paper Table of contents 10 Using third-party deployment tools 10 Enhancing performance with many small writes (as with ImageX 10 Validating partition alignment ...10 Using - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 2
instructions for preparing an Advanced Format hard drive for a Microsoft® Windows® installation on an HP Business Notebook PC, Desktop PC manufacture and able to support higher capacities. First-generation performance. If you are using an Advanced Format driver with an OS that is not Advanced Format- - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 3
Figure 1. HDD label featuring the Advanced Format logo What does the Advanced Format drive mean to you? This section outlines a range of scenarios involving the use of Advanced Format drives and describes actions that should be taken to optimize performance in each case. These actions typically - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 4
actions you should take to optimize the performance of your HP system. Table 1. Links to information on optimizing performance POSReady 2009 or WEPOS Scenario You are installing a preinstalled image you received directly from HP A A A A A You are installing your own image using WinPE C C - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 5
upgrade to Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) 9.6 or later. For AMD platforms, upgrade to the latest version of the AMD Serial ATA (SATA) Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) Driver. Note: The Intel and AMD drivers are supported on Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. With Windows Vista - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 6
tool Enhancing performance with many small writes (as with ImageX) Encrypting Format drive, install the vendor's latest driver that is tuned for Advanced Format drives decrypt, align and re-encrypt the drive using the instructions provided with your encryption software. Installing Windows Vista ( - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 7
install Windows XP successfully after you use Windows Vista or Windows PE 2.0 to create partitions on a hard disk." This problem, which only occurs with certain BIOS firmware, happens because Windows XP and Windows PE 2.0 create disk partitions differently than Windows XP. According to the article - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 8
partition size. Do not use the KB931760 WinPE registry patch on an HP system. In MDT and SCCM, ZTIDiskPart.wsf should be edited to prevent BIOS compatibility fix (see KB 931760 and KB 931761)", LogTypeInfo On Error Resume Next oShell.RegWrite "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 9
Using DiskPart to force a 1 MB-aligned partition If desired, DiskPart can be used as follows to force a 1 MB-aligned partition: Important The clean command removes all partition information from the selected disk. DiskPart select disk 0 clean create partition primary align=1024 exit where command - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 10
sectors. Since a starting offset of 2,048 supports most stripe-unit sizes, performance would be Windows 7 or WinPE 3.0 system performing many small writes to an Advanced Format drive. For performance, you should apply the KB982018 hotfix to your HP system, as described in the article. For WinPE - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 11
their current SoftPaq numbers, see Summary of HP Advanced Format tools. For any updates, check the HP website or SoftPaq Download Manager. Download and extract the contents of the SoftPaq. Run either AF-Check.cmd or AF-Check.vbs and review the output for 4 KB and 1 MB alignment. The sample excerpt - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 12
, the partition is aligned. Using DiskPart 1. Boot the system to WinPE 2.1 or later. 2. Execute the DiskPart utility to display information about specific system partitions. For example, use the following script is to display information about Disk 0, Partition 1 (as shown in Figure 4): diskpart - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 13
Sample validation The example shown in Table 3 shows the sizes and offsets associated with four partitions. All eight values must be evenly 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 - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 14
key features of HP Desktop/POS sp55117(2) sp51011 Workstation sp55117(2) sp51011 Notebook sp56211(2) sp52575(3) Key features Unattended X No installation required X Detect AF disk X X Detect SSD X Report 4 KB alignment X Report 1 MB alignment X X Sample scripts X Supported - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 15
running a program that reports disk information on the screen and then forces a reboot after you press the Enter key. (4) SoftPaq sp53121 was released for notebooks where Linux is preinstalled and supported (5) 32-bit programs may work in 32-bit mode (that is, WoW64) with a 64-bit OS. However, since - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 16
partitions. The Red Flag 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 operating - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 17
a greater risk of data loss. Why did HP choose to support emulation rather than drives with 4-KB native sector device. The resources needed to update the environment would have been vast; for example, a BIOS update would be required for every system. Moreover, some operating systems do not support - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 18
small sector size constrains storage capacity and has also caused manufacturing capabilities to reach a limit. Under the sponsorship and support , first-generation Advanced Format drives maintain backwards-compatibility with current computers. Thus, these drives - sometimes referred to as 512e drives - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 19
sector. In this case, the drive must read both physical sectors to drive memory, modify both data sets, and then rewrite the new data to the media. not impacted; the drive reads the whole 4 KB of data into drive memory and only sends out the data sector(s) needed. Why alignment helps Alignment issues - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 20
The following procedure is intended for the IT professional. Perform the following steps: 1. Download the Windows PE hotfix to your c: drive from http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=982018&kbln=en-us. 2. Unzip the download file by double-clicking on it. 3. The Windows6.1-KB982018 - HP Pro 6305 | Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows instal - Page 21
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
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Preparing Advanced Format hard drives
for Microsoft Windows installations on HP
Business Notebook PCs, Workstations,
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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Partition alignment
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Performance optimization
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Important tips
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Encrypting drives
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Installing Windows Vista (prior to SP1) or Windows XP images
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Avoiding a potential error associated with a Windows Vista deployment
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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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Enhancing performance with many small writes (as with ImageX)
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Validating partition alignment
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Using the Unattended Advanced Format Hard Disk Information Tool
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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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Summary of HP Advanced Format tools
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Frequently asked questions
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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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Appendix B: Procedure for installing KB982018 into WinPE 3.0
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For more information
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