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Hard Drive: I have upgraded my hard drive to a 4K Advanced Format Drive and after installing Windows XP, the performance has degraded. How do I fix this?

April 26, 2017advanced degraded drive format PERFORMANCE upgraded Windows XP

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Hard Drive: I have upgraded my hard drive to a 4K Advanced Format Drive and after installing Windows XP, the performance has degraded. How do I fix this?

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This is an issue with the way Windows XP creates the partitions where it does not align with the 4K boundaries. To solve this issue, please see the following pages from hard drive manufacturers.