Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 - User Guide - Manual (Page 38)

Manual Partition Operations
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3. In the
Create Partition window, enter a partition label and select a file system and
partition type (Primary — Logical) from the list; you can also enter partition size
and location using a mouse or by direct input to Partition size, Unallocated space
before (and Unallocated space after) fields.
As a rule, Primary is selected if a partition is to contain an operating system. If a partition
is meant for data storage, Logical should be selected.
Created partition parameters window
4. By clicking
OK
, you'll add the pending operation of new partition creation.
The new partition structure will be graphically represented in the Acronis Disk Director
Server main window.
Creating a partition in unallocated disk space in Windows 98/Me can change the order of
letters assigned to other partitions. As a result, some shortcuts might stop working. A
detailed discussion of partition letter assignment rules for various operating systems
appears in 4.1 «Creating A New Partition».
5.1.2 Copying a partition to unallocated disk space
The reasons for copying a partition were discussed above (see 4.3 «Copying Partitions»).
Partition copy can be used:
• As a partition backup (or rather a data backup)
• As a system partition backup if you want to upgrade the existing operating system
• To quickly move all data from the old disk to the new
If you need to copy a partition: