Operation Manual

Manual Partition Operations

5. In the next wizard page, enter partition copy type (Logical — Primary),

size, and location.

While copyin

a partition, you mi

ht have to chan

e its type. For example, you have

to copy a primary partition, but there are already four primary partitions on the disk.

You will be able to copy it only as a logical partition. If you need to restore the primary

partition from a copy, you will be able to change its type again.

Entering partition copy parameters

The size and location of a partition copy can be provided with a mouse or

by entering data into the Unallocated space before, Partition size (and

Unallocated space after) fields.

6. By clicking OK in the Copy Partition wizard, you'll add the pending

operation of partition copying and location (your actions may only undo

or modify already existing operation; see 2.4.5 «Modifying pending

operations»).

The new partition structure will be graphically represented in the Acronis

Disk Director Suite main window.

Copyin

a partition in Windows 95/98/Me and assi

nin

it a letter can chan

e the

order of letters assigned to other partitions. As a result, some shortcuts mi

ht stop

workin

. A detailed discussion of partition letter assi

nment rules for various

operating systems appears in 3.1 «Creating A New Partition».

4.1.3 Moving a partition to unallocated disk space

You might need to move a partition to:

• Change order of letters assigned by operating system