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If there are partitions on the target disk, you will be prompted by the Nonempty
Destination Hard Disk Drive window stating that the destination disk contains
partitions, perhaps with data.
You will have to select between:
Yes, I want to delete all the partitions on the destination hard disk before restoring – all
existing partitions will be deleted and all their data will be lost.
No, I do not want to delete partitions – no existing partition will be deleted,
discontinuing the recovery operation. You will be able to cancel the operation or return to
select another disk.
Note that no real changes or data destruction will be performed at this time! For now, the
program will just map out the procedure. All changes will be implemented only when you
click Proceed in the wizard's final window.
To continue, select the first choice and click Next. You will be taken directly to step
7.3.11 Restoring several disks or partitions at once
7.3.7 Changing the restored partition type
When restoring a partition, you can change its type, though it is not required in most
cases.
To illustrate why you might need to do this, let's imagine that both the operating system
and data were stored on the same primary partition on a damaged disk.
If you are restoring a system partition to the new (or the same) disk and want to load an
operating system from it, you will select Active.
If you restore a system partition to another hard disk with its own partitions and OS, most
likely you will need only the data. In this case, you can restore the partition as Logical to
access the data only.
By default, the original partition type is selected.
Selecting Active for a partition without an installed operating system could prevent your
server from booting.
7.3.8 Changing the restored partition file system
You can change the partition file system during its restoration, although it is seldom
required. Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server can make the following file system
conversions: FAT 16 -> FAT 32 and Ext2 -> Ext3. For partitions with other native file
systems, this option is not available.
Let us imagine you are to restore a partition from an old, low-capacity FAT16 disk to a
newer disk. FAT16 would not be effective and might even be impossible to set on the
high-capacity hard disk. That's because FAT16 supports partitions up to 4GB, so you will
not be able to restore a 4GB FAT16 partition to a partition that exceeds that limit without
changing the file system. It would make sense here to change the file system from FAT16
to FAT32.
However, keep in mind that not all operating systems support FAT32. MS-DOS, Windows
95 and Windows NT 3.x, 4.x do not support FAT32 and will not be operable after you
restore a partition and change its file system. These can be normally restored on a FAT16
partition only.
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