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I've just ordered up a couple of new HD's. One is a second 1.5TB HDD which isn't really any hassle. The other though is a super duper SSD, an Intel X25-M (or something like that) I've been doing some reading up in readiness and just wanted a couple things clearing up. I have looked around for info and seen that I should align the partitions before formatting it, using this page as a basis : http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=333059 I'm unsure if this step though: # fdisk -H 224 -S 56 /dev/sdx and is cfdisk mentioned as an alternative easier to use than fdisk for someone unfamiliar with either? Do they open interactively to configure the partitions I want ? Forgive me but despite the few years using linux as my sole desktop I haven't used fdisk to partition with, we are mere acquaintances who occasionally "fdisk -l" ;) I am equally unwilling to run that command right now, the day before the new drives arrive to test anything that might send my data to digital heaven ;) -- John Williams My linux blog of notes and guides http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html