ACRONIS TRUEIMAGE DELUXE User Manual

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Acronis TrueImage Deluxe 61Figure 3.9. Selecting the restored partition typeHaving selected partition type, click Next to continue.3.1.8 File systemAcronis TrueImage Deluxe software allows to similarly change a partition filesystem at restoration (Figure 3.10).Let’s assume you are restoring a partition from a low capacity disk with theFAT16 file system to a new higher capacity hard disk. It would be ineffective(and just impossible in some cases) to use the FAT16 file system on a highcapacity hard disk. The fact is that FAT16 limits partition size to 4 GB, so youwon’t be able to restore a 4 GB FAT16 partition to a new disk of highercapacity, as you’ll have to change the file system.It would be logical to change FAT16 to FAT32 in the given case. Set theswitch to the appropriate position in the Restored Partition File System windowto do this.You should also remember that not all operating systems can boot from aFAT32 partition. MS-DOS, Windows 95 Original, Windows NT 3.x, 4.x doesnot support FAT32 and won’t work after restoration with a file systemchange, i.e. they can be restored to a FAT16 partition only.But you can freely convert a FAT16 partition with newer operating systems toFAT32.You can find file system comparatives in the Appendix A «General Information. HardDisks» section.