Acronis disk director suite 9.0 Manual De Usuario
Manual Partition Operations
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Change letter window
4. By
clicking
OK
in the Change letter window, you'll add a pending operation
to partition letter assignment (your actions may only undo or modify already
existing operation; see 2.4.5 «Modifying pending operations»).
existing operation; see 2.4.5 «Modifying pending operations»).
The new partition structure will be graphically represented in the Acronis
Disk Director Suite main window.
Disk Director Suite main window.
Only Windows NT/2000/XP lets you change letters assigned to partitions. Windows
95/98/Me assigns letters to partitions automatically.
95/98/Me assigns letters to partitions automatically.
Directly changing a partition letter might affect shortcuts to existing partitions.
Changing a partition letter in Windows NT/2000/XP might result in problems running
applications and opening files on the partition. If it is a system or swap file partition, it
might cause OS boot problems. A detailed discussion of partition letter assignment
rules for various operating systems appears in 3.1 «Creating A New Partition».
4.2.2
Converting a file system
FAT16
The main
disadvantages
of FAT16 are:
• Inability to support partitions larger than 2 GB
• Inability to work with files larger than 2 GB
• Inability to work with hard disks larger than 8 GB
• Limited root size — up to 512 elements
• Filenames containing up to eight name symbols, a dot and three extension
• Inability to work with files larger than 2 GB
• Inability to work with hard disks larger than 8 GB
• Limited root size — up to 512 elements
• Filenames containing up to eight name symbols, a dot and three extension
symbols (Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows NT do not have this limitation)
FAT32
The FAT32 file system appeared in Windows 95 OSR2 and is supported by
Windows 98/Me and Windows 2000/XP.
Windows 98/Me and Windows 2000/XP.
Its main purpose was to remove FAT16 limitations. FAT32 is the evolution of
FAT16.
FAT16.