Acronis disk director suite 9.0 User Manual

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Manual Partition Operations 
 
 
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4.1.5 
Changing partition labels 
Partition label is an optional attribute. It’s a name assigned to a partition for easier 
recognition of your partitions. For example, one could be called System — a 
partition with an operating system, Program — an application partition, Data — a 
data partition, etc. 
 
In Windows, partition labels are shown in the Explorer disk and folder tree: 
WIN98(C:), WINXP(D:), DATA(E:), etc. WIN98, WINXP and DATA are partition 
labels.  A partition label is shown in all application dialog boxes for opening and 
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If you need to change a partition label: 
1. 
Execute operation of partition label changing by selecting Disk   Change 
Label  or a similar item in the Operations  sidebar list, or by clicking 
 
Change the selected partition label on the toolbar. 
2. 
Enter a new label in the Partition label window. 
 
Partition label window 
3. By 
clicking 
OK
 in the Partition Label window, you'll add the pending 
operation of partition label changing (your actions may only undo or modify 
an existing operation; see 2.4.5 «Modifying pending operations»). 
The new partition label will be graphically represented in the Acronis Disk 
Director Suite main window. 
4.1.6 
Formatting a partition 
Acronis Disk Director Suite lets you logically format a  partition. It includes 
organizing a file system that supports files and folder data storage. 
If you need to format an existing partition: 
1. 
Select a disk and a partition. 
2. 
Run partition formatting by selecting Disk   Format or a similar item in the 
Operations sidebar list, or by clicking 
 Format the selected partition on 
the toolbar. 
3. 
Enter the partition label in the Format Partition window.