type:[active | primary | logical]

Sets the restored partition active, primary or logical, if possible (for example, there cannot be more than four primary partitions on the disk). Setting a partition active always sets it primary, while a partition set primary may remain inactive.

If the type is not specified, the program tries to keep the target partition type. If the target partition is active, the restored partition is set active. If the target partition is primary, and there are other primary partitions on the disk, one of them will be set active, while the restored partition becomes primary. If no other primary partitions remain on the disk, the restored partition is set active.

When restoring a partition on unallocated space, the program extracts the partition type from the image. For the primary partition, the type will be set as follows:

  • if the target disk is the 1st according to BIOS and it has no other primary partitions, the restored partition will be set active
  • if the target disk is the 1st according to BIOS and there are other primary partitions on it, the restored partition will be set logical
  • if the target disk is not the 1st, the restored partition will be set logical.

type:[active | primary | logical]