Choosing a Partition Type

Choose how the restored partition will be used in the system. The restored partition may be Active, Primary or Logical.

Active - A hard disk can have only one active partition. As an Active partition, it is automatically set as Primary as well. If the selected disk image is a bootable partition, you must choose Active in order to allow the system to boot from it. If the target disk already has a system residing in an active partition, when you restore a disk image into a new active partition you will replace the existing active partition. All data on the formerly active partition will remain intact, but you will not be able to boot from it anymore.

Primary - A hard disk can have up to four primary partitions.

Logical - A hard disk can have an unlimited number of logical partitions. (the number of primary partitions is limited to three in this case). If the target disk does not have an extended partition, a new extended partition will be created and logical partitions will be placed in it.

If the image you're restoring contains only data, it does not matter what type of partition you choose.

Note

Your type choices on this page depend on what kind of partition you have chosen to restore:

• If you selected a primary partition or unallocated space at the primary level, you can restore an image as primary, active or logical partition. If an extended (logical) partition already exists on the disk, your choice will be limited to primary and active partitions.
• If you selected a logical partition or unallocated space on an extended partition, you can make the new partition logical only.

See Also

Selecting a Whole Disk or a Partition

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