Operation Manual

Manual Partition Operations

Format Partition window

4. Select a file system to be created on a partition after formatting.

Acronis Disk Director Suite supports the following file systems (see A.9

«File System Main Specifications»):

• FAT16/FAT32, NTFS — Windows file systems

• Linux Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, Swap — Linux file systems

5. Select cluster size (Auto, 512 bytes, 1, 2, 4… 64 KB).

Note that:

(1) The smaller the cluster size, the less disk space will be lost (see A.9.2

«FAT16» —

Table 3).

(2) The smaller the cluster size, the bigger the file allocation table (FAT).

The bigger the FAT, the slower the operating system works with the

disk.

(3) Having selected Auto, you allow Disk Director Suite to automatically

determine the cluster size depending on selected file system and

partition size.

6. By clicking OK in the Format Partition window, you'll add the pending

operation of partition formatting (your actions may only modify an existing

operation. See 2.4.5 «Modifying pending operations»).

Attention! Partition formattin

destroys all its data, includin

files and folders! Take

special care when performing this operation.

Remember that each operation described must be executed by selecting Operations

 Commit

or clicking Commit Pending Operations (see 2.4.4 «Performin

pending operations»).

4.1.7 Deleting a partition

After a partition is deleted, its space is added to unallocated disk space. It can be

used for a new partition or to resize an existing partition.

If you need to delete a partition: