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Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage "How-To" Guide

3 Re-imaging Requirements when using Advanced Format HDDs

The following are the re-imaging guidelines needed to support Advanced Format HDDs. These requirements are

dependent on which Operating System will be installed and which method of deployment will be used.

3.1

Microsoft Operating Systems Advanced Format Aware Readiness

An Operating System is Advanced Format Aware if it meets the following criteria:

o It understands the concept of physical sector vs. logical sector

o It maximizes writes using multiples of 4k bytes

o Disk partition starts at the boundary of 4k sector

Not all current Microsoft Operating Systems are Advanced Format Aware (refer to the Table below). A system

configured with an Advanced Format drive and an operating system that is not Advanced Format aware can

experience sector misalignment, resulting in performance or compatibility issues.

Some extra steps may be required for re-imaging even with Advanced Format Aware Microsoft Operating

Systems, Install/upgrade to the latest Intel Storage driver

Apply the applicable Microsoft KB article

Partition alignment

such as (Please refer to section 3.2 for detailed instructions):

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Vista SP1

Microsoft Vista

Microsoft XP (all versions)

Microsoft Windows PE 3.0 or Later

Microsoft Windows PE older versions

Advanced Format

Aware

Yes