Acronis os selector 8.0 User Manual

 

 

 

This chapter covers the following operations with partitions: 

The Create Partition function allows you to create primary or logical 
partitions. Up to four primary partitions, or three primary and an unlimited 
number of logical partitions can be on one hard disk. 

Usually primary partitions are created to install operating systems on them, 
and logical ones are used for all other purposes like software installation and 
data storage. If you have several hard disks then you can increase 
productivity by installing operating systems and software on different disks. 
For more details about partitions see Chapter 2 «Basic Information». 

You need free space on a hard disk to create a partition. If there is none, 
you can create some by reducing the size of one of the existing partitions. 
Desired position of free space on a disk may be obtained by moving the 
partitions. Moving and resizing partitions is covered in detail below. 

Creating a new partition may lead to changes in letter sequence. You should 
avoid changes in letter assignment for partitions that may be referred to by 
different configuration files and system registries. Hiding the newly created 
partition(s) from the operating systems for which they change the letter 
sequence can do this. See paragraph 2.9 «Assignment of Letters in Different 
Operating Systems» for details about tracking the letter assignment for a 
given operating system. 

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Chapter 7 : Main Operations with Disk Administrator