Acronis disk director suite 9.0 User Manual

 

Manual Partition Operations

 

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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 

(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 formatting destroys all its data, including 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 «Performing 

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.