ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT 2003 User Manual page 24

Partition file system selection window
Selecting a partition file system results in partition formatting, i.e. creating
partition data storage structures – boot record, file allocation table, etc.
3.5 On the next wizard page, you will be asked to select a partition letter.
Partition Logical Drive Letter selection window
At startup, an operating system assigns letters (C:, D:,...) to partitions.
These letters are used by applications and the operating system to lo-
cate files on partitions. For example, C:\Program Files\Acronis\Partition
Expert\PartitionExpert.exe. See also Appendix B «Glossary» — «Letter
(of a drive, partition)».
Hard disk partitions are not only assigned letters, but are also enumerated. That
means some operating systems partitions are assigned letters and numbers, in
others – only numbers.
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