Acronis disk director suite 9.0 User Manual

 

Manual Partition Operations

 

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4. By 

clicking 

OK

, you'll add a pending operation of hard disk clearing. 

 

Deleting hard disk partitions does not destroy disk sector contents. They can be 

restored by special means, if needed. Therefore, if you need to destroy confidential 

information, set the switch to Delete partitions and destroy data! 

 

For information about the Acronis Disk Director Suite data wiping algorithm see the 

commentary for 4.1.7 «Deleting a partition». 

 

Deleting a partition in Windows 95/98/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 

Additional hard disk partition operations include some rarely used but useful 
operations for converting partition file systems, hiding and unhiding 
partitions, setting active partitions, changing root size and changing partition 
cluster size.  

Some operating systems assign letters (C:, D:,…) to hard disk partitions at 
startup. They are used by applications and operating systems to locate files on 
partitions.  
Connecting an additional disk, as well as creating or deleting a partition on existing 
disks, might change your system configuration. As a result, some applications 
might stop working or user files might not be opened. To prevent this, you can 
change letters assigned by an operating system. 
If you need to change a letter assigned to a partition by an operating 
system: 

1. 

Select the hard disk and partition on it. 

2.  Execute operation of partition letter changing by selecting Disk 

 

Advanced 

 Change Letter or a similar item in the Advanced sidebar list, or 

by clicking 

 Change the logical drive letter on the toolbar. 

3. 

Select a new letter in the Change letter window.