This property specifies whether to disable cache alignment optimizations when partitioning the hard disk for compatibility with certain types of BIOS. Doing so may be necessary when deploying Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating systems. For more information, see the Microsoft Support articles, You cannot install Windows XP successfully after you use Windows Vista or Windows PE 2.0 to create partitions on a hard disk and You cannot install Windows Server 2003 successfully after you use Windows Vista or Windows PE 2.0 to create partitions on a hard disk.

 

Property configured by

 

 

Property applies to

 

BootStrap.ini

 

 

LTI

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CustomSettings.ini

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MDT DB

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ZTI

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Value

Description

TRUE

Enables cache alignment optimizations when partitioning the hard disk for compatibility with certain types of BIOS

FALSE

Disables cache alignment optimizations when partitioning the hard disk for compatibility with certain types of BIOS (This is the default value.)

 

Example

[Settings]

Priority=Default

 

[Default]

OSDDiskPartBiosCompatibilityMode=TRUE

 

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