3.4
Selecting the Restored Partition Type and File System
You can imagine the following example situation to understand what you
might have to change partition type for. Both system, and data files were
stored on a single damaged primary partition. Now you need to restore a
partition from a back-up copy to another hard disk with several partitions
and an operating system installed.
You need only the data of a stored partition, and need not another system
partition. In this case you can restore the partition as a
logical
to use its data.
In case you are restoring a system partition, you should select either the
active
or
primary
type for it.
Selecting the restored partition type
Acronis TrueImage software allows to similarly change a partition
file system
at
restoration.
Let
’
s assume you are restoring a partition from a low capacity disk with the
FAT16 file system to a new higher capacity hard disk. It would be ineffective
(and just impossible in some cases) to use the FAT16 file system on a high
capacity hard disk. The fact is that FAT16 limits partition size to 4 GB, so you
won
’
t be able to restore a 4 GB FAT16 partition to a new disk of higher
capacity, as you
’
ll have to change the file system.
It would be logical to change FAT16 to FAT32 in the given case. Set the
switch to the appropriate position in the
Restored Partition File System
window
to do this.
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