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Summary of HP Advanced Format tools HP has released a number of SoftPaqs for disk information and partition alignment tools. While these tools are unnecessary if partitions have been 4 KB-aligned during partitioning, they may be useful for diagnosis or remedial action. For example, the Unattended AF Disk Information Tool has a useful feature that allows it to detect solid-state drives (SSDs) based on the Media Rotation Rate flag. Table 4 briefly summarizes the features of these tools. Table 4. Summary the sources for and key features of HP Advanced Format (AF) tools Unattended AF Disk Information Tool AF Disk Information Tool Paragon Partition Alignment Tool Paragon Partition Alignment Tool for Workstations (offline edition for CD) Paragon Partition Alignment Tool for Linux SoftPaqs (1) Desktop/POS sp56815 sp53063 Workstation sp56815 sp53063 Notebook sp56528 sp57093(3) sp52890 Superseded SoftPaqs Desktop/POS sp55117(2) sp51011 Workstation sp55117(2) sp51011 Notebook sp56211(2) sp52575(3) Key features Unattended X No installation required X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 on nonwriteable media X X Aligns partitions X sp55511 sp53121(4) X X X X 14