Acronis os selector 8.0 User Manual

 

 

   

Resizing a partition allows you to both resize it and to move it inside the hard 
disk area where it was initially located, without data loss. Decreasing 
partition size requires free space inside it, while increasing takes some free 
space next to the partition. 

If you need to increase the size of a partition, and there is no free space next 
to it, you can get some by moving and resizing other partitions. 

 

You have to be careful when decreasing the size of a partition where an operating 

system or Acronis OS Selector is installed, since some free space should be left for 

normal system functioning (for the swap-file, temporary files, drivers etc.). Acronis

OS Selector itself occupies about 2M, and some extra space is required for the 

backup copies of the system files of the detected operating systems. 

Reducing a FAT partition size decreases waste – thus leading to more 
effective disk space usage. 

 

When moving a partition to higher number cylinders (to the right) you should check 

if it remains visible to the operating systems that use it. See the table in paragraph 

 

When converting a partition file system to FAT32 remember that not all operating 

 

Copying, moving and resizing will not be performed on a partition where there are 

errors in the file system. Partitions with errors are listed in red in the Disk 
Administrator list. You should correct these errors with such software as CHKDSK or 

SCANDISK, and start the Disk Administrator afterwards. 

Resizing a partition is done in the following steps: 

1.  Choose the necessary partition from the list. 
2.  Choose the Resize partition function (from the menu, toolbar or by 

pressing Ctrl+R hotkey). 

3.  Use the dialog box to change the partition parameters. 

 

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Chapter 7 : Main Operations with Disk Administrator