Paragon Alignment Tool Professional

Misalignment of logical partition sectors and actual physical sectors leads to redundant read/write operations. Paragon Alignment Tool 4.0 Professional will help you align partitions on physical and virtual disks according to internal device's geometry without affecting the on-disk data.

The Challenge

The problem of inevitable degradation of the disk subsystem performance caused by misaligned partitions dates back to the nineties. From being a headache for IT administrators who wanted to get the most out of disk arrays, it's become crucial for all of us with appearance of SSD (solid state drive) and ultra high-capacity hard drives. Moreover, the growing popularity of virtualized systems has aggravated the situation even more. Is the problem that bad? Just see it for yourself:



A New Solution from Paragon

Obviously misalignment of logical partition sectors and actual physical sectors leads to redundant read/write operations, which is critical for overall performance, and with SSD, for its lifespan as well. With our PAT 4.0 Professional (Paragon Alignment Tool) you can forget about these problems once and for all. It will help you align partitions on physical and virtual disks according to internal device's geometry without affecting the on-disk data.



Note: Attempt to align encrypted disk or volume with Paragon Alignment Tool results in guaranteed data loss in 100 % of cases!
To align encrypted volumes decrypt the disk or volumes first, then perform alignment with Paragon Alignment Tool. Once alignment completed, re-encrypt the volumes or disk.

Why Paragon Alignment Tool 4.0 Professional?

• The only tool that aligns partitions in a single operation
• Guarantees safety for the on-disk system and data
• Boosts performance of disk subsystems up to 3 times
• Significantly increases endurance of SSD drives
• Aligns partitions inside virtual containers and the host
• Aligns partitions on ultra high-capacity 4K hard disks
• Tunes alignment operation behavior
• Automatically restarts alignment in case of emergency

What's new in 4.0 version?

• Windows 8 support
• Faster alignment engine
• Bootable WinPE-based environment* to align partition without installation of MSI package
• Improved possibilities to recover volumes that were accidentally lost during alignment

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems
• Windows 8
• Windows 7
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP Home Edition SP2
• Windows XP Professional SP2/SP3
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Small Business Server 2011
• Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2

Supported File Systems*
• NTFS (v1.2, v3.0, v3.1)
• FAT16
• FAT32

For Windows installation:
• CPU: Intel Pentium or compatible, 300 MHz or higher processor
• 128 MB RAM
• Disk space: 150 MB*
• SVGA video adapter and monitor
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
* During the installation additional free space (up to 1GB) will be required.

For WinPE environment**
• Intel Pentium III CPU or its equivalent, with 1000 MHz processor clock speed
• At least 512 MB of RAM
• SVGA video adapter and monitor
• Mouse