MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Windows XP SSD partition alignment

I'm trying to install Windows XP x64 edition onto an SSD.

For best performance, you need to align the partition when you create it.

One of the often suggested ways to do this is to boot with a Vista or Windows 7 CD and enter the repair console so you can use the "diskpart" command to create a partition.

I tried two ways...

1) create partition and format using dispart in Windows 7 repair console

2) just create partition using dispart in Windows 7 repair console, format with XP installer

Either way, when I try to install XP, it keeps crashing after the first reboot in the install process.

However, if I create the partition and format both from the XP install CD, then it works fine.

I'm at a loss as to why this is happening. According to everything I read online, this shouldn't happen.

Any thoughts about what might be going on and how to get a properly aligned SSD without using Windows 7 diskpart?

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