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By default, the program allows you to create a new partition only as the last primary or

as the last logical drive within the extended partition. However, by activating the

advance mode on the first page of the wizard you can remove this restriction that in its

turn might result in some boot problems.

 Partition size. There is no restriction on size of the future partition, merely depending on space available

on the hard disk.

If there is not enough free space in one block, the wizard enables to redistribute free space, joining all

free space blocks together into one united block and moving partitions when necessary. If the total

amount of free space is still not enough, it is possible to split a fragment of space from one of the

existing partitions, thus resizing it.

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If a partition to resize is locked and cannot be processed, the wizard makes the

system reboot to create the partition and then automatically boots the system again.

(The rebooting mechanism is different for different versions of Windows.)

You can also choose whether the future partition will be primary or logical by marking the appropriate

checkbox.

 Partition properties. On the next page of the wizard you can set a number of additional parameters: