Aligned Sector while Performing Clone and Restore
Aligned sector while performing clone and restore is a new feature provided by the new version of QILING Disk Master. In this article, we will introduce the benefits of doing alignment and we will also guide you how to do it.
What does aligned sector mean?
Aligned sector refers to reallocate the physical sector offset of partitions. This function is mainly used for gaining more efficient use of physical space for a given hard drive or solid-state drive (SSD). With the benefits of aligned sector, you not only can accelerate the inputting speed but can also speed up the outputting performance for HDD and SSD. Various studies have shown that align sectors for partition or hard disk could improve the working condition by 10%-30% (or even more), no matter you are using the RAID systems or the common hard drive. In other word, aligned sector can enhance the inputting and outputting speed, moreover, it also facilitates a significant progress in system performance.
Why do you need to align sector?
As known to everyone, the built-in disk management which provided by Microsoft Windows can only do some basic partition and disk operations such as create and format. Although the advanced version of Windows operating system provide more new features but it still do not allow users to perform sector alignment for a partition. Fortunately, QILING Disk Master offers this function while you performing clone and restore for FREE. As we mentioned in the above paragraph, partition alignment can accelerate the outputting and inputting speed so as to improve the working performance. It is for this reason that we introduce this feature of QILING Disk Master to you.
Sector Alignment while Performing Clone and Restore
Aligned sector is an auxiliary feature which is attached to clone feature and restore feature (the program will do the alignment with 4KB sector). You must tick the aligned sector option before you execute these two operations. Once you highlighted the sector alignment option while you perform clone or restore, QILING Disk Master Free will automatically align sectors for the partition or hard disk to its perfect state as soon as you click Start Clone.
How to align sector while performing clone?
1. Click 'Disk/partition clone' from the Tools and utilities tab to start the wizard.
2. Select the source partition.
- Select the source partition.
- Sector by sector clone - Ticking sector by sector clone option will clone the contents sector by sector. It allows you to clone all sectors on source disk no matter they are used or not to destination disk. If you clone a large hard drive to a smaller SSD, do not choose this option.
- Use VSS - Checking Use VSS option. VSS is a backup technique which is provided by Microsoft. It allows the program to back up data without interrupting operations in progress. If you don't use VSS, the program will automatically use its built-in technique.
3. Select the target disk or partition.
4. Determine the location and capacity of the target partition after the recovery. If there is some free space adjacent to this partition, you can move it or resize it by simply dragging with your mouse.
- Optimize for SSD - If the destination disk is SSD, check this option will ensure sector alignment in the process.
- Set active - This function can only work for the Primary Partitions in the hard disk with MBR mode partitions. Only one primary partition can be set as active among all the primary partitions in the hard disk. The computer can only boot from the main partition that is set active.
5. Click Proceed to start clone. The clone process will be shown in the window.
Related Features:
- Disk Clone a Hard Drive or SSD
- System Clone or System Migration to HDD/SSD
- Migration OS to dissimilar hardware
- Partition Clone
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