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3 : Restoring a disk/partition from an image
Figure 3.8. Unavailability of exclusive access to a partition
We
’
ll discuss this situation later (see 3.2 «Partition restoration peculiarities»). It may
appear at system partition restoration (the one PC is currently booted from).
So, having selected the destination to restore a partition from an archive file,
click
Next
to continue.
3.1.7
Partition type (primary/logical)
You can change the
type
of a partition from an archive file, while restoring it
(Figure 3.9).
Read more about partition types in the Appendix: see Appendix A «General
Information. Hard Disks». We also note that an operating system is usually installed to
a primary partition, and logical drives of an extended partition are used for storing data
files.
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 the
primary
type for it.
