
• Volume label. Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field. It is an irrelevant
parameter usually used for drive identification.
In addition, there is the possibility to make further detailed settings (although the default values will
do in most cases). To activate the advance mode, you need to click the More options button at the
foot of the dialog page. Depending on the chosen file system, the following options become
available:
• Use OS built-in routine. Mark the option to restrict the available values according to the used
OS.
• Whether the surface test will be performed. Define the level of the surface check to make the
program find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata.
• The amount of sectors per boot. This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 and FAT32 file
systems. Set the number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this
spinner control.
• The amount of root entries. This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 file system. Set the
maximum amount of files/directories to be placed in the Root Directory on the FAT16 partition.
• The amount of sectors per cluster. Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this
spinner control.
Number of available options depends on the selected file system type.
Result
After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition formatted to the specified
file system.
Deleting Partitions
With the Delete Partition Dialog you can delete a partition on a hard disk partitioned with the DOS
partitioning scheme. Unlike the majority of other utilities (Windows Disk Manager included), the
program can not only remove references to the deleted partition from the Partition Table, thus
making it unavailable for the operating system, but also enables to irreversibly destroy its data. This
feature will guarantee security of your personal information.
Startup
In order to start the operation you should take the following steps:
1. Select a partition on the Disk Map;
2. Call the Delete Partition Dialog to set up the operation. There are several ways to do it:
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- Select in the Main Menu: Partition > Delete Partition.
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