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Note that this wizard page represents physical disks actually connected to
your PC. The next page shows logical disks (or partitions) on the selected
physical disk. See also Appendix B «Glossary» — «Physical disk», «Logical
disk».
4.3 On the next Select Partitions wizard page select the disk partition(s)
who's space you want to use to create a new partition.
This means that if these partitions have free space, their size can be
reduced. As a result, the freed space will be automatically considered
as unallocated (not used by any partitions). A new partition can be cre-
ated in this space.
The window of existing partition selection to create a new partition
By creating a partition using the free space of other partitions, Acronis
PartitionExpert can collect it in such a way so the final partition size is not
smaller than 110% of data-occupied space.
If creating a partition with the switch set to Free space of the existing partitions
you provide a small partition size. If it is possible to create it using unallocated
disk space, it will be created this way. In other words, the existing partitions will
not be resized. If a partition cannot be created using unallocated space only,
then the deficient space will be taken from existing partitions.
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