3. By
clicking
OK
in the
Unhide Partition
window, you add the pending opera-
tion to partition unhiding (your actions may only undo or modify an exist-
ing operation, See 2.4.5 «Modifying pending operations»).
Unhide partition window
The partition
Hid
label will disappear from the
Flags
field.
Note that
Advanced
Æ
Unhide
sidebar item is changed to
Advanced
Æ
Hide
after you
select a hidden partition from the list. Partition context menu changes the same.
If you unhidden the only primary partition on a disk, it will be set active.
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. The detailed discus-
sion of partition letter assignment rules for various operating systems are described
in 3.1 «Creating A New Partition».
4.2.5
Setting active partition
If you have several primary partitions, you must specify one to boot from. For
this you can set a partition active. A disk can have only one active partition.
If you need to set an active partition:
1. Select
primary
partition to set active from the list in Acronis
PartitionExpert main window,
2.
Execute operation of setting active partition by selecting
Disk
Æ
Ad-
vanced
Æ
Set Active
or a similar item in the
Advanced
sidebar list, or
by clicking
Set the selected partition as active
on the toolbar (or se-
lecting it from partition or the graphical representation context menu),
Set Active Partition
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