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Winalign.exe

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by steve

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In TechRepublic's PC Trouble shooting book, there is reference to winalign.exe. I cannot find it the Windows CD as stated and cannot find any reference to it on Microsoft's Web site. What's up? And does it have any value?

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by william jay

Walign is valuable in that it helps defrag to align the files to start exactly on 4K boundaries, which is where and how the HD read command works best. It will speed up the system a bit, as the read ahead buffers will fill with 16K chunks containg the next bits. . cheers.

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