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User's Guide
PartitionExpert 2003
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER 1. INSTALLATION AND RUNNING ................................................... 7 1.1 WHAT'S INCLUDED ......................................................................... 7 1.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................. 7 1.3 INSTALLATION PROCESS ................................................................. 7 1.4 UPGRADING ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT ...................................... 8 1.5 REMOVING SOFTWARE .................................................................... 8 1.6 USER INTERFACE............................................................................. 9 1.7 BEFORE YOU RUN ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT ............................ 9 1.8 RUNNING ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT ........................................ 10 CHAPTER 2. BEGINNING THE WORK............................................................ 11 2.1 ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT LOGICAL ORGANIZATION ............... 11
2.1.1 AUTOMATIC PARTITION OPERATIONS........................................................ 11 2.1.2 MANUAL PARTITION OPERATIONS............................................................. 11 2.1.3 SWITCHING MODES ...................................................................................11
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ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT MAIN WINDOW............................... 12 CALLING PARTITION OPERATIONS................................................ 14
2.2.1 DISK AND PARTITION INFORMATION .........................................................13 2.2.2 CUSTOMIZING THE MAIN WINDOW APPEARANCE ......................................14 2.3.1 CALLING THE MAIN OPERATIONS ..............................................................14 2.3.2 ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS ........................................................................15 2.3.3 INVOKING ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT WIZARDS ....................................15
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2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.4.5 2.4.6 2.4.7
PARTITION OPERATION PROPERTIES............................................. 15
DISPLAYING OPERATION RESULTS ............................................................15 PENDING OPERATIONS ..............................................................................16 VIEWING DELAYED OPERATIONS ..............................................................16 PERFORMING PENDING OPERATIONS .........................................................16 MODIFYING PENDING OPERATIONS ...........................................................16 UNDOING USER ACTIONS ..........................................................................17 WIZARD OPERATIONS ...............................................................................18
2.5 PROTECTING ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT WITH A PASSWORD .. 19 CHAPTER 3. AUTOMATIC PARTITION OPERATIONS.................................... 21 3.1 CREATING A NEW PARTITION....................................................... 21 3.2 INCREASING PARTITION FREE SPACE............................................ 30 3.3 COPYING PARTITIONS.................................................................... 32 CHAPTER 4. MANUAL PARTITION OPERATIONS.......................................... 39 4.1 MAIN PARTITION OPERATIONS ..................................................... 39
4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.1.5 4.1.6 4.1.7 4.1.8 4.1.9 4.1.10 CREATING NEW PARTITIONS .....................................................................39 COPYING A PARTITION TO UNALLOCATED DISK SPACE.............................. 41 MOVING A PARTITION TO UNALLOCATED DISK SPACE............................... 44 RESIZING AND/OR MOVING A PARTITION................................................... 47 CHANGING PARTITION LABELS .................................................................49 FORMATTING A PARTITION .......................................................................50 DELETING A PARTITION ............................................................................51 CHECKING HARD DISK PARTITIONS FOR ERRORS .......................................52 DEFRAGMENTING A PARTITION................................................................. 53 WIPING UNALLOCATED HARD DISK SPACE ................................................54 Copyright © SWsoft, 2000Â2002
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4.1.11 CLEARING A HARD DISK............................................................................ 55
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4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.4 4.2.5 4.2.6 4.2.7 4.2.8 4.2.9
ADDITIONAL PARTITION OPERATIONS.......................................... 57
CHANGING PARTITION LETTER.................................................................. 57 CONVERTING A FILE SYSTEM ....................................................................58 HIDING A PARTITION................................................................................. 59 UNHIDING A PARTITION ............................................................................60 SETTING ACTIVE PARTITION...................................................................... 61 RESIZING ROOT .........................................................................................62 CHANGING CLUSTER SIZE .........................................................................63 CHANGING PARTITION TYPE...................................................................... 64 RESIZING INODE TABLE IN LINUX EXT2/EXT3 .......................................65
APPENDIX A. HARD DISK AND OPERATING SYSTEM .................................. 67 A.1 HARD DISK ORGANIZATION .......................................................... 67 A.2 HARD DISK PARTITION.................................................................. 68 A.3 PARTITION TYPES .......................................................................... 68 A.4 PRIMARY PARTITIONS ................................................................... 70 A.5 EXTENDED PARTITIONS................................................................. 70 A.6 LOGICAL PARTITIONS.................................................................... 70 A.7 FORMATTING HARD DISKS............................................................ 70 A.8 FILE SYSTEMS................................................................................ 71 A.9 FILE SYSTEM MAIN SPECIFICATIONS ............................................ 72
A.9.1 A.9.2 A.9.3 A.9.4 A.9.5 A.9.6 A.9.7 FILE SYSTEM SPECIFICATION SUMMARY ...................................................72 FAT16......................................................................................................73 FAT32......................................................................................................74 NTFS........................................................................................................74 LINUX EXT2 .............................................................................................75 LINUX EXT3 .............................................................................................75 LINUX REISERFS ......................................................................................75
APPENDIX B. GLOSSARY ............................................................................... 76
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Introduction
What is Acronis PartitionExpert Acronis PartitionExpert is a hard disk partition manager, enabling you to: · · · · · · Create hard disk partitions, Resize and move them without data loss and destruction, Convert partitions to other file systems without data loss, Copy (move) partition contents, Delete partitions, Format, label, assign letters, hide and unhide partitions, set active partitions and perform rarely used operations.
Some terms of this Guide might seem unfamiliar. Appendix A «Hard Disk And Operating System» and Appendix B «Glossary» provide descriptions of some hard disk data storage components and used terms.
The purpose of Acronis PartitionExpert Current hard disks feature 100 GB and higher capacity. To better organize application files, images, video files, etc.  it makes sense to keep them on separate partitions. Disk space should be controlled. Acronis PartitionExpert enables you to reconfigure hard disk partitions any time to use the disk space most efficiently. By partitioning your hard disk, you get the following advantages: 1. More effective hard disk space usage. The cluster is a minimal data storage unit in Windows FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS file systems. High-capacity disks usually feature 32 KB clusters. Keeping numerous small files on a disk, wastes much of the disk space. Having partitioned it, you can significantly reduce space losses. (For details see A.9.2 «FAT16» -- Table 3.) 2. Different partitions for operating system(s), applications and data. If the system partition (where the OS is installed) is destroyed by a virus, for example, it will not affect your data partitions. 3. The opportunity to install several operating systems on different partitions. Installing several operating systems enables you to master new OS versions, or work with older, but useful applications.
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Simpler and faster disk maintenance. Bad sector and OS error check, defragmentation of a 6Â8 GB partition is significantly faster than that of 100 GB hard disk.
Guide contents or how to find the information you need Acronis PartitionExpert User's Guide contains: · Chapter 1 «Installation And Running» -- general information about software installation, running, error recovery, removal, and user interface essentials. Chapter 2 «Beginning The Work» -- information about the main window of Acronis PartitionExpert, logical software organization, main features, methods of calling and executing partition operations. Chapter 3 «Automatic Partition Operations» -- beginner information about disk partition operations, performed through Wizards. Chapter 4 «Manual Partition» -- experienced user information about manually performed disk partition operations. Appendix A «Hard Disk And Operating System» -- supplemental information about hard disks, partitions, and file systems. Appendix B «Glossary» -- technical term glossary to help you understand this Guide.
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Software use conditions The conditions of Acronis PartitionExpert use are listed in the supplied «License Agreement». To be able to prove that you legally purchased and use Acronis PartitionExpert, you receive a registration card along with the package. Each registration card also has its own unique number. Based on current legislation the «License Agreement» is considered as a contract between user and software vendor. The contract has the legal effect; its violation may lead to a trial. Illegal use or distribution of software is a violation of the law and will be prosecuted. Technical support Users that have legally purchased and registered their copy of Acronis PartitionExpert receive free technical support from Acronis. If you have problems installing or using the system that you cannot be resolve with the help of this Guide and readme file, please e-mail technical support. You will also need to provide the registration number of your Acronis PartitionExpert copy supplied with this package. Support URL: http://www.acronis.com/support/ E-mail: support@acronis.com
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Chapter 1. Installation And Running
1.1 What's Included
Acronis PartitionExpert package includes: · · · · · Installation CD-ROM, This Guide, License Agreement, Registration card, Advertising information.
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System Requirements
To take full advantage of Acronis PartitionExpert you should have: · A PC-compatible computer with a Pentium CPU or similar, · 32 MB RAM, · A floppy or a CD-RW drive, · VGA monitor, · A mouse (recommended).
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Installation Process
To install Acronis PartitionExpert: 1. 2. 3. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive and run the installer. Thoroughly follow all instructions. Having answered all installer questions, Acronis PartitionExpert files wi ...
