274 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010Its pages will enable you to enter operation parameters, proceeding step-by-step further on andreturn to any previous step if necessary to change any previously selected options. To help you withyour choices, each parameter is supplemented with detailed instructions.If you want to create a volume:Run the Create volume wizard by selecting Create volume on the Wizards bar, or right-click anyunallocated space and select Create volume in the appearing context menu.Select the type of volume being createdAt the first step you have to specify the type of volume you want to create. The following types ofvolume are available: Basic Simple/Spanned Striped Mirrored RAID-5You will obtain a brief description of every type of volume for better understanding of theadvantages and limitations of each possible volume architecture.If the current operating system, installed on this machine, does not support the selected type of volume , youwill receive the appropriate warning. In this case the Next button will be disabled and you will have to selectanother type of volume to proceed with the new volume creation.After you click the Next button, you will proceed forward to the next wizard page: Select destinationdisks (p. 274).Select destination disksThe next wizard page will prompt you to choose the disks, whose space will be used for the volumecreation.To create a basic volume: Select a destination disk and specify the unallocated space to create the basic volume on.To create a Simple/Spanned volume: Select one or more destination disks to create the volume on.To create a Mirrored volume: Select two destination disks to create the volume on.To create a Striped volume: Select two or more destination disks to create the volume on.To create a RAID-5 volume: Select three destination disks to create the volume on.After you choose the disks, the wizard will calculate the maximum size of the resulting volume,depending on the size of the unallocated space on the disks you chose and the requirements of thevolume type you have previously decided upon.
