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Bytes and kb are different.

Here's an alignment calculator:
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/other/157



To be properly aligned the partition starting offset should be 1024 >kilo bytes< or a number divisible by 512 >kilo bytes<.

1 >kilo byte< = 1024 >bytes<
1024 >kilo bytes< = 1048576 >bytes<

Yeah, it's a little confusing. The figure shown in windows "system info" starting partition offset is in >bytes<. Convert >bytes< to >kilo bytes<. If partition starting offsets in >kilo bytes< are divisible by 512 >kilo bytes< then partitions are properly aligned.

32256 bytes = 31.5 kilo bytes = misaligned starting partition offset. This is the partition starting offset of my new Biab 2011 UltraPak on HDD = misaligned!

Here's a data conversion calculator so you don't have to do the math:
http://www.ez-calculators.com/computer-data-conversion-calculators-2.htm

Lawrence