ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE 10 User Manual page 50

Manual Partition Operations
If you need to format an existing partition:
1. Select a disk and a partition.
2. Select Disk  Format or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list, or click
Format the selected partition on the toolbar.
3. Enter the partition label in the Format Partition window.
4. Select a file system to be created on a partition after formatting.
Acronis Disk Director Suite supports the following file systems (see A.9 «File System Main
Specifications»):
FAT16/FAT32, NTFS — Windows file systems
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Linux Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, Swap — Linux file systems
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5. Select cluster size (Auto, 512 bytes, 1, 2, 4... 64 KB).
Note that:
(1)
(2)
(3)
6. By clicking OK in the Format Partition window, you'll add the pending operation of
partition formatting (your actions may only modify an existing operation. See 2.4.5
«Modifying pending operations»).
Attention! Partition formatting destroys all its data, including files and folders! Take special
care when performing this operation.
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Format Partition window
The smaller the cluster size, the less disk space will be lost (see A.9.2
«FAT16» — ).
Table 3
The smaller the cluster size, the bigger the file allocation table (FAT).
The bigger the FAT, the slower the operating system works with the
disk.
If you select Auto, you allow Disk Director Suite to automatically
determine the cluster size depending on selected file system and
partition size.
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