Acronis os selector 8.0 User Manual
7.1.2
Creating a Partition with Disk Administrator
Creation of a partition requires the following steps:
1. Choose the desired free space in the partition list.
2. Choose the «Create partition» operation (from the menu, toolbar or by
2. Choose the «Create partition» operation (from the menu, toolbar or by
pressing Insert key).
3. Enter the parameters of the new partition in the dialog box.
4. Confirm partition creation by pressing Enter key or the OK button in the
lower part of the box.
In the «Create partition» dialog box you can set the following:
• On the «Standard» sheet:
• Will the partition be primary or logical. Disk Administrator does not allow
the creation of primary partitions if there are no more empty entries in
the MBR partition table. You should also keep in mind that other
partition manipulation software might misinterpret a primary partition as
a logical one.
the MBR partition table. You should also keep in mind that other
partition manipulation software might misinterpret a primary partition as
a logical one.
• The file system that will be created on the partition: FAT16, FAT32,
NTFS, Linux Ext2/Ext3, Linux ReiserFS, or Linux Swap. It is also possible
to create a partition without a file system (if, for example, you further
plan to format it for a file system that is not supported by Disk
Administrator). Partition type is chosen automatically, based on partition
format and size, but can be changed manually later via the change
partition type operation.
to create a partition without a file system (if, for example, you further
plan to format it for a file system that is not supported by Disk
Administrator). Partition type is chosen automatically, based on partition
format and size, but can be changed manually later via the change
partition type operation.
• Size of the partition and its position within the selected free space.
These parameters can be changed both from the keyboard by entering
the partition size and the amount of free space before and after the
partition or with the mouse (there is a special control in the dialog box,
partition can be resized by dragging its ends and moved by dragging its
middle).
the partition size and the amount of free space before and after the
partition or with the mouse (there is a special control in the dialog box,
partition can be resized by dragging its ends and moved by dragging its
middle).
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Chapter 7 : Main Operations with Disk Administrator