Aligning data storage device partition to boundary of physical data sector

A system comprising control circuitry operable align a partition of a data storage device to a boundary of a physical data sector, wherein the data storage device comprises a non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of physical data sectors, and each physical data sector comprises a plurality of logical data sectors, the control circuitry operable to perform the steps of:

• reading a partition map from the non-volatile memory, wherein the partition map identifies at least one partition comprising a number of logical data sectors;
• determining a number of logical data sectors in each physical data sector;
• determining whether at least part of the partition aligns with a boundary of a physical data sector;
• and
• when at least part of the partition does not align with a boundary of a physical data sector, moving at least part of the partition to align at least part of the partition to a boundary of a physical data sector.

A computer readable medium for storing code segments of a program for aligning a partition of a data storage device to a boundary of a physical data sector, the data storage device comprising a non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of physical data sectors, wherein each physical data sector comprises a plurality of logical data sectors, the code segments operable to perform the steps of:

• reading a partition map from the non-volatile memory, wherein the partition map identifies at least one partition comprising a number of logical data sectors;
• determining a number of logical data sectors in each physical data sector;
• determining whether at least part of the partition aligns with a boundary of a physical data sector;
• and
• when at least part of the partition does not align with a boundary of a physical data sector, moving at least part of the partition to align at least part of the partition to a boundary of a physical data sector.