Hard Disk Manager 8.5â„¢ 2 User Manual
CONTENTS
1 Introduction................................................................................................................... 4
2 Key Features.................................................................................................................. 4
3 Hard Disk Manager Editions....................................................................................... 5
4 Installation ..................................................................................................................... 6
4.1 Package Contents.................................................................................................................................6
4.2 Minimum System Requirements ........................................................................................................6
4.3 Installation Procedure .........................................................................................................................7
5 Basic Concepts............................................................................................................... 8
5.1 Drive Partitioning ................................................................................................................................8
5.2 Backup Operations ..............................................................................................................................9
5.3 Differential Backup..............................................................................................................................9
5.4 Paragon Hot Processing & Volume Shadow Copy Service............................................................10
5.5 Dynamic Disks....................................................................................................................................11
5.6 64-bit Support.....................................................................................................................................12
5.7 Copy Operations ................................................................................................................................12
5.8 Scheduling...........................................................................................................................................13
6 Interface Overview...................................................................................................... 13
6.1 General Layout...................................................................................................................................13
6.2 Main Menu .........................................................................................................................................14
6.3 Tool Bar ..............................................................................................................................................17
6.4 Virtual Operations Bar......................................................................................................................18
6.5 Common Tasks Bar ...........................................................................................................................18
6.6 Disk Map.............................................................................................................................................20
6.7 Explorer Bar.......................................................................................................................................21
6.8 List of Partitions.................................................................................................................................22
6.9 Legend Bar .........................................................................................................................................23
6.10 Status Bar ...........................................................................................................................................23
7 Settings Overview........................................................................................................ 24
7.1 General Options .................................................................................................................................24
7.2 Backup Image Options ......................................................................................................................25
7.3 Partitioning Options ..........................................................................................................................25
7.4 File System Conversion Options.......................................................................................................26
7.5 General Copy and Backup Options .................................................................................................27
7.6 CD/DVD Recording Options.............................................................................................................28
7.7 Hot Processing Options .....................................................................................................................29
7.8 Virtual Mode Options........................................................................................................................30
7.9 E-Mail Options...................................................................................................................................30
7.10 Password Protection Options............................................................................................................31
7.11 Operation Dependency Options........................................................................................................32
7.12 Run during Backup Options.............................................................................................................33
8 How to Protect Data.................................................................................................... 34
8.1 Getting Information about Disks and their Images........................................................................34
8.2 Backup a Disk.....................................................................................................................................40
8.3 Differential Backup............................................................................................................................42
8.4 Cyclic Backup.....................................................................................................................................43
8.5 Backup a Dynamic Disk ....................................................................................................................44
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