ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE 10 User Manual

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Beginning The WorkCopyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2010 15• Hide/Unhide — hide/unhide a partition• Set Active — set an active partition• Resize Root — resize FAT16 partition root• Change Bytes per i-node — resize i-node table (Linux Ext2/Ext3)• Change Cluster Size — change FAT16/FAT32 partition cluster size• Change Type — change partition type• Recover — recover deleted or damaged partitions (see Chapter 5 «Working with AcronisRecovery Expert»).• Edit — edit hard disk data (see Chapter 6 «Working with Acronis Disk Editor»).Advanced partition operations are called from the Advanced sidebar list, the same partitioncontext menu item or toolbar button.Note that the additional operations list of the partition context menu or toolbar dependson the selection of a partition type. For example, the FAT16 partition menu containsAdvanced  Resize Root; this is absent in the FAT32 partition menu. The Linux Ext2/Ext3partition context menu contains Advanced  Change Bytes per i-node, which is not found onthe FAT menus.2.3.3 Invoking Acronis Disk Director Suite wizardsWizards are invoked from the Wizards submenu and the corresponding sidebar list. Forexample, select Wizards  Create Partition for the partition creation wizard.2.4 Partition Operation Properties2.4.1 Displaying operation resultsResults of any disk partition operation are immediately displayed in the Acronis DiskDirector Suite main window.If you create a partition, it will be immediately shown in the hard disk partition list in themain window, as well as in graphical form on the bottom of the main windows.Any partition changes, including resizing, relocating and labeling are also immediatelydisplayed in the main window.2.4.2 Pending operationsAll operations are pending until the user issues the command for the changes to be madepermanent. Until then, Acronis Disk Director Suite will only show the new partitionstructure that is provided by operations to be performed.Therefore, you can view the graphical representation of the new partition structure firstand then decide whether to perform or cancel specific operations.