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3.
By clicking
to partition hiding (your actions may only undo or modify an existing op-
eration as well. See 2.4.5 «Modifying pending operations»).
Hide Partition window
A hidden partition is labeled Hid in the Flags field of partition list in the
main window.
Attention! Hiding a system partition will prevent your PC from booting. Hiding a swap
file partition in Windows NT/2000/XP will produce a similar result. If you have sev-
eral primary partitions with different operating systems, hiding an active system par-
tition will automatically make another partition active.
Note that Advanced
select a hidden partition from the list. Partition context menu changes the same.
Hiding a partition in Windows 95/98/Me can change the order of letters, assigned to
other partitions. As a result, some shortcuts might stop working. In Windows
NT/2000/XP hiding a partition does not affect letters assigned to other partitions. As
a result only hidden partition shortcuts will stop working. The detailed discussion of
partition letter assignment rules for various operating systems are described in 3.1
«Creating A New Partition».
4.2.4
Unhiding a partition
Unhiding a partition is performed so an operating system can "see" the parti-
tion, assign it a letter, and provide access to partition files.
If you need to unhide a partition:
1.
Select disk and partition to unhide from the list in Acronis
PartitionExpert main window,
2.
Execute operation of partition unhiding by selecting Disk
Unhide or a similar item in the Advanced sidebar list, or by clicking
partition or the graphical representation context menu),
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in the Hide Partition window, you add a pending operation
OK
Hide sidebar item is changed to Advanced
Unhide the selected partition on the toolbar (or selecting it from
Unhide after you
Advanced
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