I did this before creating the partition because I didn't have enough contiguous space to create it, then started doing it again after erasing the partition thinking it might be safest to assume the space might not get used as efficiently as the space that had been reserved for OS X.
Based on some very quick research, it seems like this was a silly assumption. But I haven't seen any article explicitly addressing whether any kind of hard drive maintenance/optimization might be useful after erasing a partition. Can anyone confirm that this is because it's just not something to be concerned about?
I've already nearly finished by clone/reverse-clone process, but I was thinking about doing it for my girlfriend's computer, too, since it's in the same situation. Looking to save some time.
Thanks in advance.