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How to format, resize, copy, slide partitions by using BootIt Next Generation |
| Format a partition or volume |
| 1. On the desktop, click Partition Work. |
2. In the Partitions list, select the partition or volume that you want to format, and then click
Format under Actions. |
3. Follow the instructions on the screen. |
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If the Format button is grayed out and unavailable, formatting is not supported for the
selected partition's file system. |
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You can suggest a cluster size for FAT/FAT32; however, BootIt NG determines the final size
necessary to keep the partition valid. |
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| Resize a partition or volume |
| 1. On the desktop, click Partition Work. |
2. In the Partitions list, select the partition or volume that you want to resize, and then click Resize under Actions. |
3. In the Resize dialog box, click OK to error check the file system. The error-checking process can take a long time. If the hard disk indicator light continues
flickering, the error check is progressing. When the error check is complete, in the Resize dialog box you may review the Partition
Information (such as Name, Type, and Size) to verify that you are resizing the correct
partition. |
4. Review the Min Size and Max Size, and then increase or decrease the New Size of the
selected partition using the up or down arrows respectively. |
5. Click OK, and then (if you've already backed up your hard disk) click Continue.
The Resize status bar indicates progress. This process can take a long time.
BootIt NG checks for errors once again, after which the Resize dialog box displays a
message that the resize is complete. |
6. Click Close. |
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| Tip |
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To expand a partition, the free-space block must follow and be adjacent to the partition to be
expanded. |
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If BootIt NG displays a message that it can't use the size or that free space has run out, select
a smaller size first, and then try the final size. (Even just increasing the size by 20 to 50 MB
can allow the final resize to work.) |
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You can suggest a cluster size for FAT/FAT32; however, BootIt NG determines the final size
necessary to keep the partition valid. |
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To convert to or from a FAT/FAT32 file system select the desired file systems radio button. |
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| Copy a partition or volume |
| 1. On the desktop, click Partition Work. |
2. In the Partitions list, select the partition or volume that you want to copy, and then click Copy under Actions. At the bottom of the Work with Partitions window, BootIt NG displays the Paste Pending
for Copy message. |
3. In the Partitions list, click the free-space entry where you want to paste the copied partition
information, and then click Paste under Actions. |
4. Optional: |
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In the Copy Image dialog box under Options, if you already have four primary partitions
(and if Limit Primaries is enabled) then you’ll need to move the partition by selecting
the Delete Source check box. |
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To create the partition at the end of the free-space block rather than at the beginning of
the block, select the Allocate High check box. |
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To copy just the used areas of the file system rather than copying every sector (including
unused sectors) and thereby improve speed (unless the partition is almost full and has a
lot of fragmentation), select the Data Only check box. |
5. Click OK. |
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| Slide a partition or volume |
| 1. On the desktop, click Partition Work. |
2. In the Partitions list, select the partition that you want to slide (or move in an adjacent free
space), and then click Slide under Actions.
In the Slide dialog box, review the Partition Information to verify that you are about to
slide the correct partition. |
3. Click the up or down arrows to increase or decrease the megabytes of Free Space Before and Free Space After as necessary. |
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To move just the used areas of the file system rather than moving every sector (including
unused sectors) and thereby improve speed (unless the partition is almost full and has a
lot of fragmentation), select the Data Only check box.
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To prepare the partition for using the NT/2K/XP/2003 convert command to convert to
NTFS so that the final cluster size isn't forced to be 512 bytes, select the Align for NTFS
Only check box.
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5. Click OK. |
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