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Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows installations on HP Business Notebook PCs and desktop PCs - White Pa - Page 1
... for Microsoft Windows installations on HP Business Notebook PCs and Desktop PCs
Technical white paper
Table of contents Executive summary...2 What does the Advanced Format drive mean to you 2
Important tips...4 Validating partition alignment ...5
Using DISKEXT...5 Using WMIC ...6 Using DISKPART...6 Sample validation ...7 Enhancing the performance of small writes 8 Frequently asked questions...
Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows installations on HP Business Notebook PCs and desktop PCs - White Pa - Page 2
.../enterprise users and consumers, this white paper provides instructions for preparing an Advanced Format hard drive for a Microsoft® Windows® installation on an HP Business Notebook or Desktop PC. Historically, hard disk drives (HDDs) have used 512-byte sectors; however, this sector size is now limiting HDD capacity. To address this limitation, the industry is moving Advanced Format...
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...is not supported by HP.
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For WinPE installations prior to 3.0, install Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK).
To optimize performance with Windows 7 or WinPE, apply Microsoft Knowledge Base article 982018.
For Intel platforms, 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...
Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows installations on HP Business Notebook PCs and desktop PCs - White Pa - Page 4
... to install Windows Vista (prior to SP1), Windows XP or Windows 2000 on an Advanced Format drive, you should first install the image and then run the Paragon Partition Alignment Tool to align sectors.
Extending the partition in Windows XP mini-setup You may receive errors if you attempt to extend the partition in Windows XP mini-setup (unattend file setting). This...
Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows installations on HP Business Notebook PCs and desktop PCs - White Pa - Page 5
... drive is larger than 137 GB, you must enable 48-bit logical block addressing (LBA) support in the system registry in order to make all of your storage available. Perform the following steps:
1. Start the registry editor (regedt32.exe). 2. Browse to and select the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters
3. From the Edit...
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...system has been installed, run wmic from the Windows command line. 2. At the resulting prompt, type partition list full to display information about ...Windows PE 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 information about Disk 0, Partition 1 (as shown in Figure 1):
diskpart select disk...
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... the following steps apply the hotfix: 1. Download the Windows PE hotfix to your c: drive from the Microsoft Support site at
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-x86.MSU file should appear in your c: drive. Expand this file:
a. Launch the command...
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... data loss.
Why did HP choose to support emulation rather than drives with 4-KB native sector format? While this was considered, the existing system infrastructure has been designed around a logical 512-byte sector - notably the hard disk boot device. The resources needed to update the environment would have been vast; for example, a BIOS update would be required for...
Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows installations on HP Business Notebook PCs and desktop PCs - White Pa - Page 10
... validated, you can create a custom image on either a conventional drive or an Advanced Format drive. Is there any value to using the Paragon Partition Alignment Tool with a solid state drive (SSD)? Many modern SSDs feature an internal memory configuration that corresponds to 4-KB sectors. SSDs memory cells degrade over time, following a large number of write...
Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows installations on HP Business Notebook PCs and desktop PCs - White Pa - Page 11
... 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 to 4KB sectors on HDDs with SATA interfaces, increasing the utilization of storage space and making the newer disks easier to manufacture. HDD manufacturers began shipping these...
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... speed of the drive, this could add 16 - 22 milliseconds to a write. Read performance is not impacted; the drive reads the whole 4 KB of data into drive memory and only sends out... remaining information in the partition information (directories and files) is not aligned to physical addresses on the disk drive. However, if logical writes are aligned to physical sectors and write lengths are in...
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...(WS.10).aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/detai ls.aspx?FamilyID=696dd665-9f76-4177-a81139c26d3b3b34&displaylang=en
Walkthrough: Create a Bootable Microsoft Windows PE RAM Disk on CD-ROM
http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/dd799303(WS.10).aspx
Walkthrough: Create a Bootable Microsoft Windows PE RAM Disk on a USB Flash Disk
http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/dd744530...
HP Notebook Hard Drives & Solid State Drives Identifying, Preventing, Diagnosing and Recovering from Drive Failures Care and Mai - Page 1
... Recovering from Drive Failures 2 Introduction ...2 Symptoms of Hard Drive (HDD) Performance Issues 2 Hard Drive / Solid State Drive Troubleshooting Flowchart 4 Hard Drive & Solid State Drive Diagnostics 5 Advanced Diagnostics - Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI 5 HP 3D Drive Guard ...5 Firmware & Product Updates ...6 Intel Matrix Storage Technology driver 6 Installing SATA drivers...
HP Notebook Hard Drives & Solid State Drives Identifying, Preventing, Diagnosing and Recovering from Drive Failures Care and Mai - Page 2
... measures include enhanced hard drive diagnostics, Intel Storage Matrix Technology, HP 3D drive guard, firmware updates, and more. The following sections explain how to identify and possibly prevent hard drive (HDD) and Solid State Drive (SSD) failures.
Symptoms of Hard Drive Issues
The symptoms of hard drive issues can be traced to connector issues, shock events, software issues, and more. The...
HP Notebook Hard Drives & Solid State Drives Identifying, Preventing, Diagnosing and Recovering from Drive Failures Care and Mai - Page 3
... is also degraded when file fragmentation is not reduced by regular software maintenance. Over time, the hard drive file structure becomes fragmented due to continuous creating, editing, copying, and deleting of files. New data is written to the hard drive on a "first available space" basis. Fragmentation occurs when an entire file or application is not...
HP Notebook Hard Drives & Solid State Drives Identifying, Preventing, Diagnosing and Recovering from Drive Failures Care and Mai - Page 4
... Diagnostics?
YES
Does the drive fail the Diagnostic test?
NO
Extensive/Long Diagnostic Test will run
YES
Does the drive fail the
Diagnostic test?
NO
Verify Intel Matrix Storage and 3D Drive Guard drivers are installed on
image and latest firmware for product model installed
Drive does not need to be Replaced (look to OS,
Software, or other hardware problems...
HP Notebook Hard Drives & Solid State Drives Identifying, Preventing, Diagnosing and Recovering from Drive Failures Care and Mai - Page 5
... not harm or in any way damage an SSD if installed.
Firmware & Product Updates
It is important to check for updates for your product. There are new firmware updates for certain OEM drives and/or special product updates. Download and install any newer HDD firmware updates or other HDD related product drivers for your product and OS: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html
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HP Notebook Hard Drives & Solid State Drives Identifying, Preventing, Diagnosing and Recovering from Drive Failures Care and Mai - Page 6
... Serial ATA hard disk drives. Updates to the Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver are released to address known issues. The latest device driver versions address multiple known issues that could affect hard disk drive performance and reliability. To download the latest version of the Intel Matrix Storage Technology driver: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html
Installing SATA drivers
SATA...
HP Notebook Hard Drives & Solid State Drives Identifying, Preventing, Diagnosing and Recovering from Drive Failures Care and Mai - Page 7
... is important to have the latest BIOS, firmware, and driver enhancements for your computer. Check www.hp.com for the latest releases.
Install and maintain a virus protection program to prevent failures due to viruses. Whenever possible, adjust the power management settings (power schemes) in the Control Panel to
permit the hard drive to turn off when it is unused...
HP Notebook Hard Drives & Solid State Drives Identifying, Preventing, Diagnosing and Recovering from Drive Failures Care and Mai - Page 8
... drive for any errors, bad sectors, and/or recovery of readable information. Please refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles for information:
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314058&Product=winxp
Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;229716
For more information
Contact HP Technical Support: http://welcome.hp...