Operation Manual

Manual Partition Operations

Resize partition window

4. Relocate a partition on a disk by one of the following methods:

(1) Holding the mouse button and dragging the corresponding partition

rectangle left side to resize free space before the partition.

(2) Having pointed to the rectangle, hold the left mouse button and

move a partition as a whole until you get the necessary MB or GB

amount in the Unallocated space before field.

(3) Specifying the necessary value in the Unallocated space before field.

Acronis Disk Director Suite automatically considers the limitations of file systems

and parameters provided. In particular, it won’t let you enlar

e a FAT16 partition

over the maximum 4 GB (2 GB for Windows 95OSR2/98/Me) value.

5. By clicking OK in the Resize Partition window, you'll create a pending

operation for partition resizing and moving (your actions may only undo or

modify an 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.

Acronis Disk Director Suite features a wizard for performin

more complex partition

resizing (see 3.2 «Increasing Partition»). Simple partition resizin

lets you increase

partition size only if there is free (unallocated) space before or after a partition. The

wizard lets you perform more complex operations such as increasin

partition free

space

at the expense of other partitions.

Movin

a partition to unallocated disk space in Windows 95/98/Me can chan

e the

order of letters assi

ned 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».

Take special care when moving an operating system partition and its boot code

location. The OS mi

ht stop bootin

. For example, Windows NT 4.0 and earlier

versions limit boot code location to the first 2016 MB.