Need help aligning the SSD to install Windows XP Pro (32 bit)

OK, I scoured the internet for help on this one - I'm a newbie to SSD - so having to manually align the partitions and find FITTINGS utilities to take care of the "Crusher" is all new to me - so the answers I found on the net were to "over my head" for my last neuron remaining cope!

The machine is an Asus Eee PC 901/XP - that belongs to a friend of mine. These netbooks have 1 x 4 GB SSD and 1 x 8 GB SSD - I installed XP Pro SP3 on the 8 GB and got to boot from it - only problem is not only slow, but essentially unusable in this same open my computer with no other progs running takes a good 30-45 seconds - and actually run the progs just cripple it.

After checking the CPU in Tsk Mgr was sod all, that there is plenty of available RAM (I upgraded to 2 GB = max mobo aura), I can only imagine that - now that I've done some reading on these SSDS - the (main?) cause of the non-existent performance is the fact that I have (in my ignorance) doesn't have to align the partitions before installing the operating system.

I got a 8 GB disk image - using a prog called 'Snapshot' - as I read it, I should be able to then use this image to replace the disk of 8 once I have the aligned partition (this image is now on the 4 GB drive), without messing up alignment - so no doubt I need to align the 4 GB drive as well.

So, after all that waffle that I would be really happy is a walk of models by using Diskpar (if someone can point me to a working bind it to d/l 1!) -or Diskpart, which I think I can run from my recovery disc of Win7 (from my Dell laptop) - I know that I've seen people talk about running it from a Vista recovery disk, so guess it of the same tool and can help me to do the same job.

I think I need to remove the volume (?) on the 8 GB, before I can do any alignment - then, as it is currently the only player with a job o/s on this subject, is it possible by booting from the recovery disc too?

Just for the record the Tech Support Asus was desperate - also, their support for the "Eee" family forum have been down for weeks - then were not able to ask people who have probably all done on this machine!

Thank you

Jon

Hello

Unfortunately, this is not supported in computer ASUS; You should continue to contact ASUS for support.

http://support.ASUS.com/ServiceHome.aspx?SLanguage=en

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