Acronis os selector 8.0 User Manual

 

 

   

The Copy partition function allows you to create a partition with the same 
information as in the original. You may need to copy a partition in the 
following cases: 

•  To duplicate an operating system before upgrading it without losing the 

older version. 

•  To make a fast copy of one hard disk to another. 
•  To create a backup copy of the whole partition. 

 

One should not copy partitions that have active system folders of operating systems, 

nor the partition where Acronis OS Selector resides. 

Moving a partition is different from copying one in that the original partition 
is deleted. You may need to move a partition for example to forcefully 
change the letter sequence that is assigned to the partitions by an operating 
system. 

 

One should not move the partitions that have active system folders of operating 

systems, nor the partition where Acronis OS Selector resides to another hard disk. 

The following steps should be made to copy a partition: 

1.  Choose the source partition from the list. 
2.  Select the Copy partition or Move partition function (from the menu, 

toolbar or by pressing the Ctrl+C or Ctrl+M hotkeys). 

3.  Choose the target hard disk (skip this step if there is only one hard disk 

installed on your computer). 

 

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Chapter 7 : Main Operations with Disk Administrator