Preparing Advanced Format hard drives for Microsoft Windows installations on HP Business Notebook PCs, Workstations, and Desktop PCs

For more information
Microsoft KB article 982018
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982018
Microsoft KB article 2470178
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2470478
Information on AIK for Windows 7
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/dd349343(WS.10).aspx
AIK for Windows 7 download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/detai
ls.aspx?FamilyID=696dd665-9f76-4177-a811-
39c26d3b3b34&displaylang=en
Walkthrough: Create a Bootable Microsoft
Windows PE RAM Disk on CD-ROM
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/dd799303(WS.10).aspx
Walkthrough: Create a Bootable Microsoft
Windows PE RAM Disk on a USB Flash Disk
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/dd744530(WS.10).aspx
Walkthrough: Create a Bootable Microsoft
Windows PE RAM Disk on a Hard Disk
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/dd744359(WS.10).aspx
DiskPart utility
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/bb490893.aspx
DiskExt utility
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/sysinternals/bb896648.aspx
Getting Started Guide for Windows Deployment
Services
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc771670(WS.10).aspx
Partition alignment for SUSE Linux
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?exte
rnalId=7007193&sliceId=1
Intel RST support for 4-KB sectors
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/s
b/CS-031502.htm
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