Acronis os selector 8.0 User Manual

 

 

 

The «Auto» checkbox is by default checked and the «Auto» label shows 
that the cluster/block size is set automatically. Auto-selection gives the 
cluster/block size that the partition would have after being formatted 
with the standard FORMAT command. Uncheck this checkbox to be able 
to choose the cluster/block size manually. Now you can choose the 
desired cluster/block size with the radio-buttons. 

For the description of other controls that can appear on this sheet see 
7.1.2 «Creating a Partition with Disk Administrator». 

To resize the cluster of an existing FAT16/FAT32 partition, the following 
steps are required: 

1.  Choose the partition from the list. 
2.  Select the Resize partition function (from the menu, toolbar or with the 

Ctrl+R hotkey). 

3.  Switch to the «Cluster/block size» sheet in the dialog box. 
4.  Turn the automatic cluster/block sizing off and select the desired size by 

hand. 

5.  Confirm the operation by pressing Enter or clicking the OK button in the 

lower part of the dialog box. 

Resizing the root folder is not a stand-alone function, but is combined with 
creation, copying, moving and resizing a partition. 

Resizing  the  root  folder  can  be  done  only  to  a  FAT16  file  system  since  in 
other file systems the root folder behaves like any other folder, i.e. its size is 
changed automatically. 

You may need to resize the root folder if, for example, there are many 
folders with long names on your hard disk. The longer the name of the file or 
folder, the more place it occupies in the folder. Standard root folder size is 
512 entries, so if there are no more empty entries, choose the value that is 
more than 512. 

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Chapter 8 : Advanced Operations with Disk Administrator