Partition Magic - Partition Manager Software
Extend partition with one step
Resize/Move partition without data loss.
Create, delete and format partion with simple steps. Copy partition and disk to transfer data with ease. Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB. Keep your data safe even in case of power outages or hardware failure.
Resize/Move partition without data loss.
Create, delete and format partion with simple steps. Copy partition and disk to transfer data with ease. Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB. Keep your data safe even in case of power outages or hardware failure.
Formatting Hard Disks
- Within each of the partitions information has to be organized in a way understandable for the operating system that uses the partition. This organization is the file system. Format and location of information (the logical structure of a partition) for MS-DOS and Windows is created by the FORMAT program.
FORMAT program performs the following functions:
• It creates the boot record
• It creates the file allocation table (FAT)
• It marks bad clusters so they are not ever used afterwards
After formatting logical disks created by the FDISK program are organized as follows:
• Logical disks start with the boot sector
• One or several copies of file allocation table (FAT) are placed after the boot sector
• Next goes the root folder
• Next goes the data area
Each logical disk has to be formatted with FORMAT separately.
Formatting a partition is done by issuing a DOS command:
FORMAT C:
To create a system (bootable) logical disk, it has to be formatted with FORMAT with /S parameter:
FORMAT C: /S
Another way is to transfer the system to the partition that has been formatted with /B parameter is booting the computer from a system diskette and issuing the command
SYS C:
IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, COMMAND.COM files that are necessary for the operating system to be booted are copied from the diskette to the disk. Initial loader code is written to the boot sector.
Note
• Other operating systems provide hard disk formatting means to create file systems that are recognizable by these OSes.
Beginning the Work
Automatic partition operations
- Create partition method
- Hard disk drive selection
- Select unallocated space
- Partition selection
- Partition size
- Partition type
- File system
- Logical drive letter
- Partition label
- Hard disk drive structure
Manual partition operations
- Creating partition
- Copying a partition to unallocated disk space
- Moving a partition to unallocated disk space
- Resizing and/or moving a partition
- Splitting partitions
- Changing partition labels
- Merging partitions
- Explore partitions
- Formatting a partition
- Delete partition
- Checking hard disk partitions for errors
- Defragmenting a partition
- Wiping unallocated hard disk space
- Clearing a hard disk
- Changing partition letter
- Converting partition file system
- Copying Master Boot Record
- Hiding a partition
- Unhiding a partition
- Changing cluster size
- Changing partition type
- Setting active partition
- Resizing a root
- Resizing i-node table in Linux Ext2/Ext3
Working with Acronis DiskEditor
- Files and partitions
- Connecting a hard disk to the computer
- Setting BIOS
- User interface
- Technical support
- Selecting partitions (disks) for working
- Master Boot Record (MBR)
- Creating primary partition
- Formatting a partition
- Creating a logical partition
- File Allocation Table (FAT) and Root folder (Root)
- A file as a chain of clusters
- A folder in DiskEditor main window
- Files with short names
- Files with long names
- Folders and subfolders