Go to the command prompt, enter &quot;Diskpart&quot;

Enter &quot;List disk&quot; to get a view of all the hard disks the computer recognizes. Before you align the partition, make sure you select the right disk! Verify the disk number in Disk Management!

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Enter &quot;select disk &lt;#&gt;&quot; where &lt;#&gt; is the number of the disk you are planning to align.You should be prompted with &quot;Disk &lt;#&gt; is now selected&quot; and if you do another &quot;list disk&quot;, it should show up with an * next to it.

Enter &quot;create partition primary align=64k&quot;, press enter, and you should be prompted with a &quot;success&quot; statement.

Done! While <a href="http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_partition_align.pdf" target="_blank">this document</a> is a little out of date, it explains the benefits/use cases for aligning your partitions within a VMware environment-- most admins forget to do this (or simply don't know they should/can)!