Acronis disk director suite 9.0 User Manual
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.
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»).
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.
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.
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.