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The size and location of partition copy can be provided with a mouse or
by entering data into the Unallocated space before, Partition size (and
Unallocated space after) fields.
6.
By clicking OK in the Copy Partition wizard, you add the pending op-
eration of partition copying and location (your actions may only undo
or modify already existing operation; see 2.4.5 «Modifying pending op-
erations»).
The new partition structure will be graphically represented in Acronis
PartitionExpert main window.
Copying a partition in Windows 95/98/Me and assigning it a letter can change the
order of letters, assigned to other partitions. As a result, some shortcuts might stop
working. The detailed discussion of partition letter assignment rules for various op-
erating systems are described in 3.1 «Creating A New Partition».
4.1.3
Moving a partition to unallocated disk space
You might need to move a partition to:
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Change order of letters assigned by operating system;
For example, Windows 95/98/Me unlike Windows NT/2000/XP does not let
users assign random letters to partitions. So you must move a partition to as-
sign it the necessary letter.
•
Work with some older OS (MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0),
that can boot only from binary partitions located in the beginning of the
disk;
•
Speed up partition operations;
For example, you might have a special partition for a swap file. If you move this
partition closer to the beginning of a disk OS might work much faster with it.
•
Change partition configuration.
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