Restoring a disk (partition) from an image
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5.5 Selecting
partition type
When restoring a partition you can change its type though it’s not required in most
cases.
To explain why you might need to do this, let’s imagine that both OS, and data
were stored on the same primary partition on the damaged disk. You are forced to
restore the partition from a backup to another hard disk with its own partitions and
OS.
Select partition type
If you need only the data, you don't have to create another primary partition. In
this case, you can restore the partition as logical to access the data only.
But if you are to restore a system partition, you should select the
Primary
type for
it. Finally, if you want to load operating system from it, select
Active
as well.
Selecting
Active
for a partition without an installed operating system might prevent your
server from booting.
5.6
Selecting a file system
Though it is seldom required to change a partition file system, you can change it
during its restoration. For partitions with FAT native file systems you can choose
between FAT16 and FAT32. For partitions with Ext native file systems you can
