Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0
User's guide
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Table of contents
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER 1. INSTALLATION AND USE ............................................................................................. 9 1.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS...................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 INSTALLATION PROCESS ...................................................................................................................... 9 1.3 UPGRADING ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE.................................................................................... 10 1.4 REMOVING SOFTWARE ...................................................................................................................... 10 1.5 USER INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................... 11 1.6 BEFORE YOU RUN ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE .......................................................................... 11 1.7 RUNNING ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE........................................................................................ 12 CHAPTER 2. BEGINNING THE WORK.............................................................................................. 13 2.1 ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE LOGICAL ORGANIZATION ............................................................... 13 2.2 ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE MAIN WINDOW .............................................................................. 14 2.3 CALLING PARTITION OPERATIONS ..................................................................................................... 15 2.4 PARTITION OPERATION PROPERTIES .................................................................................................. 16 2.5 PROTECTING ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE WITH A PASSWORD................................................... 19 2.6 VIEWING LOGS ................................................................................................................................... 20 CHAPTER 3. AUTOMATIC PARTITION OPERATIONS ................................................................ 22 3.1 CREATING A NEW PARTITION............................................................................................................ 22 3.2 INCREASING PARTITION FREE SPACE................................................................................................. 31 3.3 COPYING PARTITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 33 CHAPTER 4. MANUAL PARTITION OPERATIONS........................................................................ 38 4.1 MAIN PARTITION OPERATIONS .......................................................................................................... 38 4.2 ADDITIONAL PARTITION OPERATIONS ............................................................................................... 57 CHAPTER 5. WORKING WITH ACRONIS RECOVERY EXPERT ............................................... 67 5.1 AUTOMATIC RECOVERY .................................................................................................................... 68 5.2 MANUAL RECOVERY ......................................................................................................................... 71 CHAPTER 6. WORKING WITH ACRONIS DISK EDITOR............................................................. 74 6.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 74 6.2 THE SELECTION OF THE PARTITION OR A DISK FOR EDITING ............................................................... 74 6.3 MAIN WINDOW OF THE PROGRAM ..................................................................................................... 75 6.4 EDIT HARD DISKS.............................................................................................................................. 76 6.5 WRITE BLOCK TO A FILE AND READ FROM A FILE ............................................................................. 77 6.6 VIEW.................................................................................................................................................. 78 6.7 SEARCH ............................................................................................................................................. 79 6.8 WORKING WITH DIFFERENT ENCODINGS ........................................................................................... 81 CHAPTER 7. WORKING WITH ACRONIS OS SELECTOR ........................................................... 82 7.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 82 7.2 STARTING THE WORK ......................................................................................................................... 82 7.3 SETTING THE BOOT MENU ................................................................................................................. 84 7.4 BOOTING OPERATING SYSTEMS.......................................................................................................... 84 7.5 SETTING AN OPERATING SYSTEM AS THE DEFAULT ............................................................................ 85 7.6 SETTING OPERATING SYSTEM PASSWORDS ......................................................................................... 85 7.7 SETTING OPERATING SYSTEM PROPERTIES ......................................................................................... 86 7.8 HIDING OPERATING SYSTEMS............................................................................................................. 92 7.9 USING SHORTCUTS ............................................................................................................................. 93 7.10 DELETING OPERATING SYSTEMS FROM OS SELECTOR BOOT MENU ................................................ 93 7.11 DETECTING OPERATING SYSTEMS................................................................................................... 93 4
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RENAMING OPERATING SYSTEMS ................................................................................................... 95 COPYING OPERATING SYSTEMS ...................................................................................................... 95 SETTING ACRONIS OS SELECTOR OPTIONS..................................................................................... 95 INSTALLING AND USING SEVERAL OPERATING SYSTEMS ON A SINGLE PC 100 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 100 INSTALLING SEVERAL WINDOWS COPIES TO A SINGLE PC ............................................................... 101 INSTALLING LINUX AND WINDOWS ON THE SAME PC...................................................................... 106
CHAPTER 8. 8.1 8.2 8.3
CHAPTER 9. BOOTABLE MEDIA BUILDER .................................................................................. 108 9.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 108 9.2 CREATING BOOTABLE MEDIA ........................................................................................................... 108 APPENDIX A. HARD DISK AND FILE SYSTEMS........................................................................... 111 A.1 HARD DISK ORGANIZATION............................................................................................................. 111 A.2 HARD DISK PARTITION .................................................................................................................... 112 A.3 PARTITION TYPES ............................................................................................................................ 112 A.4 PRIMARY PARTITIONS...................................................................................................................... 113 A.5 EXTENDED PARTITIONS ................................................................................................................... 114 A.6 LOGICAL PARTITIONS ...................................................................................................................... 114 A.7 FORMATTING HARD DISKS .............................................................................................................. 114 A.8 FILE SYSTEMS.................................................................................................................................. 115 A.9 FILE SYSTEM MAIN SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................... 115 APPENDIX B. PARTICULARITIES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS................................................. 119 B.1 DOS-TYPE OPERATING SYSTEMS .................................................................................................... 119 B.2 WINDOWS 95/98/ME........ ...
