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7.2.1.4 Result confirmation

The Result confirmation window displays the expected partition layout according to the settings you

have chosen. Click OK, if you are satisfied with the layout and the Acronis Secure Zone creation will

start.

How the settings you make will be processed

This helps you to understand how creating the Acronis Secure Zone will transform a disk containing

multiple volumes.

 Acronis Secure Zone is always created at the end of the hard disk. When calculating the final

layout of the volumes, the program will first use unallocated space at the end.

 If there is no or not enough unallocated space at the end of the disk, but there is unallocated

space between volumes, the volumes will be moved to add more unallocated space to the end.

 When all unallocated space is collected but it is still not enough, the program will take free space

from the volumes you select, proportionally reducing the volumes' size. Resizing of locked

volumes requires a reboot.

 However, there should be free space on a volume, so that the operating system and applications

can operate; for example, for creating temporary files. The program will not decrease a volume

where free space is or becomes less than 25% of the total volume size. Only when all volumes on

the disk have 25% or less free space, will the program continue decreasing the volumes

proportionally.

As is apparent from the above, setting the maximum possible zone size is not advisable. You will end

up with no free space on any volume which might cause the operating system or applications to work

unstably and even fail to start.

7.2.2 Managing Acronis Secure Zone

Acronis Secure Zone is considered as a personal vault (p. 275). Once created on a managed machine,

the zone is always present in the list of Personal vaults.

All the archive management operations available in vaults are also applicable for Acronis Secure

Zone. To learn more about archive management operations, see Operations with archives and

backups (p. 166).

7.2.2.1 Increasing Acronis Secure Zone

To increase Acronis Secure Zone

1. On the Manage Acronis Secure Zone page, click Increase.

2. Select volumes from which free space will be used to increase the Acronis Secure Zone.

3. Specify the new size of the zone by:

 dragging the slider and selecting any size between the current and maximum values. The

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partitions;

 typing an exact value in the Acronis Secure Zone Size field.

When increasing the size of the zone, the program will act as follows:

 first, it will use the unallocated space. Volumes will be moved, if necessary, but not resized.

Moving of locked volumes requires a reboot.

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