Hitachi Align Tool
Hitachi Align Tool 2.0 was free to download from our software library. The most popular versions of the program 2.0 and 1.0. The software is included in System Utilities. The actual developer of the free program is Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. This free PC program can be installed on Windows XP/XP Professional/Vista/7/8/10/11 environment, 32-bit version. AlignTool.exe is the most common filename for this program's installer.
From the developer:
Hitachi Align Tool is an application, which allows a proper realigning of the partitions on Hitachi Hard Disk Drives (HDD) with 4K Sector Partitions.
Most modern operating systems have been designed to work efficiently with Advanced Format drives. For optimum performance, it is important to ensure that the drive is partitioned correctly and that data is written in 4K blocks by both the operating system, and the application.
You may want to check out more software, such as HGST Align Tool, Alignment Manager or DBF Recovery Tool, which might be similar to Hitachi Align Tool.
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