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2 : Creating disk/partition images
try to and free some additional space on the partition, where an archive file
is being created, and then continue the image creation. But you will also be
able to terminate Acronis TrueImage Deluxe, prepare a partition for image
creation, and run the process anew.
FAT16 and FAT32 limit file sizes. In particular, the maximal file size of FAT16 and
FAT32 is 4 GB. FAT32 file system is currently the most widespread in individual users’
PCs. At the same time modern hard disks have 20 GB, 40 GB, and higher capacities!
Hence the maximal file size can be easily exceeded at creating an archive file. In this
case Acronis TrueImage Deluxe will automatically split an archive file into separate
volumes.
If you are creating an archive file on CD-R, CD-RW disks in
Automatic
mode,
Acronis TrueImage Deluxe will simply pause and prompt you to insert a new
disk into the drive, if the current disk space is fully occupied.
If you set the switch to
Fixed Size
and set the volume size in megabytes
(MB), then, for example, having 4 GB partition size, 3.2 GB of which are
actually occupied with data, and 600 MB volume size, it will be possible to
create backup.tib, backup1.tib,... backup4.tib volumes on a hard disk. The
actual quantity of volumes depends on data files, stored on a partition, and
their possible compression level. If there are mostly text files, they will be
compressed very well, and you
’
ll get some three or four archive volumes, for
example. But if there are graphic files, they
’
ll be compressed to a lesser
degree, and you
’
ll get some five volumes, for example.
Splitting an archive file into separate fixed size volumes makes sense when storing it
on a hard disk as well, as you’ll be able to move archive volumes to CD-R, CD-RW
disks in the future. Creating an archive file directly on a CD-R, CD-RW disk would
have taken much longer time then in case of a hard disk.
