On Win2K8+, you have to create a volume that is >=4GB for it to be sector aligned on 1024K. What most don't realize is that most servers ship with a "vendor" partition already put at the start of the boot disk that is NOT THAT BIG! I am not certain but part of me wonders if that doesn't mean that all other volumes created on that disk aren't NON-aligned because of that vendor partition.

I don't think this would apply to non-boot-disks though...

I am wondering if this is a vendor who rhymes with backspace. :hehe: