User Guide

Automatic Partition Operations

Note that although selected partition size is increased at the expense of other partition

space, unallocated space also will be used if needed. Unallocated space is automatically

considered to be the maximum partition size.

5. In the last Preview wizard window, you will see a graphical representation of the

new partition structure, including the resized partition.

Clicking Finish on the last wizard page will allow Acronis Disk Director Server to create

the pending operation list for partition resizing (your actions may only modify an existing

operation. See 3.4.5 «Modifying pending operations»).

The new partition structure will be graphically represented in the Acronis Disk Director

Server main window.

Similar to creating a new partition (see 4.1 «Creating A New Partition»), Acronis Disk

Director Server considers the results of partition free space increase as a single complex

operation that can be undone only as a whole.

4.3 Copying Partitions

Having copied a partition, you get the duplicate of all its data. Partition copy can be used:

• As a partition backup (or rather as a data backup)

• A system partition backup is advised if you want to upgrade the existing operating

system

• To quickly move all data from an old disk to a new disk

We again recommend our backup solution — Acronis True Image. It enables you to create

a backup (image) of a partition and/or entire hard disk in a compressed archive file, while

allowing comments and password protection. See

http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/).

The copy partition wizard will let you create a partition copy on the selected disk space. It

can be created on unallocated disk space or at the expense of existing partition space,

inserted between other partitions or resized after comparison with the original. It can also

change the type or file system and assign a label or a letter if needed.

If you need to copy a partition:

1. Run the wizard by selecting Wizards  Copy partition or a similar item in the

Wizards sidebar list, or by clicking

Copy a partition on the toolbar.

2. On the Select Partition To Copy wizard page, select a partition to copy.