Changing Partition Type - ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT 2003 User Manual

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3.
In the Cluster Size window you can:
(1)
(2)
(3)
Cluster Size window
4.
Having entered new cluster size and clicking OK in the Cluster Size win-
dow, you add the pending operation of cluster resizing (your actions
may only undo or modify an existing operation, See 2.4.5 «Modifying
pending operations»).
4.2.8

Changing partition type

Each partition record includes the «partition type field». It is a hexadecimal
value, that defines the file and operating system suitable for a partition.
This hexadecimal value is optional, as some operating systems use it and some do
not. In particular, Windows 95/98/Me strictly use the «partition type» field when de-
termining if it can support a partition.
Usually partition type is set during its creation depending on file system to be
used. However you may need to select the type manually. For example, if a
partition is created without a file system or if a partition is meant for use with
a specific OS, it must be assigned a corresponding type.
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see the current cluster size of selected partition,
see average statistics of disk space losses for the selected parti-
tion and different cluster size,
Some cluster sizes might become unavailable for a partition because
there will not be enough clusters to store actual partition data on.
set new cluster size in the New cluster size field,

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