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Old 03-27-2021, 08:04 PM   #19
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Thanks for the suggestion, I may try that. Is using a partitioned drive intuitive, after I create one? What the heck does this mean (from the GParted website)?
"Aligning partitions to mebibyte (MiB) boundaries works well with modern Operating Systems and all types of disk devices." I have an SSD laptop.




I have an external drive I can use, but it's a pain to plug it in when I want to open Calibre. Same with Photos. I moved all my photos to the external because my HD was full. A little inconvenient but I guess it's worth the space saved.
Not sure if I would do this on a SSD.

My take:
Make the size fit the device geometry. HD had 'cylinders'. These were a single actuator position, writing to all platters, then the head needs to move.
If you make an arbitrary size, the remnant may be wasted as a new partition does not start midway on a cylinder.
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