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Using DiskPart to force a 1 MB-aligned partition
If desired, DiskPart can be used as follows to force a 1 MB-aligned partition:
Important
The
clean
command removes all partition information from the selected
disk.
DiskPart
select disk 0
clean
create partition primary align=1024
exit
where command line switch
align=1024
specifies a 1 MB partition alignment.
Extending the partition during a Windows XP image deployment
Take care when extending the partition during a Windows XP image deployment – if you modify the
partition incorrectly, you will receive a BSOD.
The best option for extending the partition is as follows:
1.
Remove the
ExtendOemPartition
line from
SYSPREP.INF
and
UNATTENDED.TXT
, and ensure the
partition size is not manipulated by template
SIF
files.
You must use
Filesystem=LeaveAlone
and you must NOT use
ExtendOemPartition
.
2.
Allow disk cloning tools such as Ghost or DiskPart to align and extend the partition.
If the image already contains an
ExtendOemPartition
(EOP) line that is not set to
0
, then use the
following Ghost command line switches:
–align=1MB –szeE
where
–szeE
forces Ghost to maintain the size of the original partition, while allowing the EOP line to
adjust the size of the partition.
