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Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 - User Guide User Manual

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Automatic Partition Operations

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The page for partition copy size selection

The minimum copy size is determined by the data area size of a copied partition. The

maximum size is determined by the available disk space. It includes the space taken

from a partition and unallocated disk space.

By copying a partition at the expense of existing partition free space, Acronis Disk
Director Server can take the partition space to make sure that partition size is not

smaller than 110% of data-occupied space.

3.

On the next Partition Type wizard page, you can select partition copy type: Active,
Primary and Logical.

As a rule, Primary is selected if a partition contains an operating system. If a partition is
intended for data storage, you should select Logical.
Select Active if you want to boot the partition’s operating system at startup.

By copying a partition at the expense of existing partition free space, Acronis Disk
Director Server can take the partition space to make sure that partition size is not

smaller than 110% of data-occupied space.

Further actions for copying a partition are the same as described in sections 4-7 of 4.1
«Creating A New Partition».

Copying a partition in Windows 98/Me and assigning it a letter can change the order of
letters assigned to other partitions. As a result, some shortcuts might stop working. For a

detailed discussion of partition letter assignment rules for various operating systems, see

4.1 «Creating A New Partition».

Clicking Finish on the last wizard page will allow Acronis Disk Director Server to create
the pending operation list for copying a partition (your actions may only modify an existing
operation. See 3.4.5 «Modifying pending operations»).
The new partition structure will be graphically represented in the Acronis Disk Director
Server main window.