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 Take free space from other volumes
With this option, other volumes on the disk will be reduced so that only a specified
percentage of the corresponding current free space will remain on each of those
volumes.
As a result you will get additional unallocated space, which will be adjacent to the
volume that you are resizing.
By default, this option does not apply to the boot volumes on the disk. To include these
volumes, select the Use free space on boot volumes check box.
4. Examine how the resized volume will be located on the disk or disks, by using the preview area at
the bottom of the window.
5. Click OK to add the pending volume resizing operation.
The results of the pending operation are immediately displayed as if the operation had been
performed.
To perform the pending operation you will have to commit it (p. 24). Exiting the program without
committing the pending operations will effectively cancel them.
6.3 Copying a volume
This operation copies a volume by creating a new volume and copying the original volume’s content
to it.
Unlike copying all files from the volume, copying the volume itself ensures that the entire content of
the new volume is the same.
The original and new volumes can have different types and sizes. For example, you can copy a striped
volume as a larger simple volume.
Important: When you copy the system volume, the active volume, or a boot volume, you might not be able to
boot the machine from the new volume. Bootability will be preserved when you move such volume (p. 39) or
clone the disk (p. 55
) containing it.
To copy a volume
1. Select the volume that you want to copy, and then click Copy volume.
2. Select the type that the new volume will have. The default type is that of the original volume.
3. Depending on the type of the new volume, specify one or more disks where you want to create
the new volume:
 If the new volume is basic, select one basic disk and specify one region of unallocated space
on that disk.
 If the new volume is simple or spanned, select one or more disks.
 If the new volume is striped, select two or more disks.
 If the new volume is mirrored, select two disks.
 If the new volume is RAID-5, select three or more disks.
Note for striped, mirrored, and RAID-5 volumes: Because these volumes occupy space on their disks in
equal parts, the maximum size of such volume will depend on the selected disk with the least amount of
unallocated space.