Table of contents
Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2009
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 1. INSTALLATION AND USE ............................................................................................. 8
1.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 8
1.2 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................... 8
1.3 INSTALLATION PROCESS ...................................................................................................................... 8
1.4 UPGRADING ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE ...................................................................................... 9
1.5 REMOVING SOFTWARE ........................................................................................................................ 9
1.6 USER INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................... 10
1.7 BEFORE YOU RUN ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE .......................................................................... 10
1.8 RUNNING ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE ........................................................................................ 11
CHAPTER 2. BEGINNING THE WORK .............................................................................................. 12
2.1 ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE LOGICAL ORGANIZATION ............................................................... 12
2.2 ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE MAIN WINDOW .............................................................................. 13
2.3 CALLING PARTITION OPERATIONS ..................................................................................................... 14
2.4 PARTITION OPERATION PROPERTIES .................................................................................................. 15
2.5 PROTECTING ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE WITH A PASSWORD ................................................... 18
2.6 VIEWING LOGS ................................................................................................................................... 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 ........................................................................ 37
4.1 MAIN PARTITION OPERATIONS .......................................................................................................... 37
4.2 ADDITIONAL PARTITION OPERATIONS ............................................................................................... 56
CHAPTER 5. WORKING WITH ACRONIS RECOVERY EXPERT ............................................... 66
5.1 AUTOMATIC RECOVERY .................................................................................................................... 67
5.2 MANUAL RECOVERY ......................................................................................................................... 70
CHAPTER 6. WORKING WITH ACRONIS DISK EDITOR ............................................................. 73
6.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 73
6.2 THE SELECTION OF THE PARTITION OR A DISK FOR EDITING ............................................................... 73
6.3 MAIN WINDOW OF THE PROGRAM ..................................................................................................... 74
6.4 EDIT HARD DISKS .............................................................................................................................. 75
6.5 WRITE BLOCK TO A FILE AND READ FROM A FILE ............................................................................. 76
6.6 VIEW .................................................................................................................................................. 77
6.7 SEARCH.............................................................................................................................................. 78
6.8 WORKING WITH DIFFERENT ENCODINGS ........................................................................................... 80
CHAPTER 7. WORKING WITH ACRONIS OS SELECTOR ........................................................... 81
7.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 81
7.2 STARTING THE WORK ......................................................................................................................... 81
7.3 SETTING THE BOOT MENU ................................................................................................................. 83
7.4 BOOTING OPERATING SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................... 83
7.5 SETTING AN OPERATING SYSTEM AS THE DEFAULT ............................................................................ 84
7.6 SETTING OPERATING SYSTEM PASSWORDS ......................................................................................... 84
7.7 SETTING OPERATING SYSTEM PROPERTIES ......................................................................................... 85
7.8 HIDING OPERATING SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................. 91
7.9 USING SHORTCUTS ............................................................................................................................. 92
7.10 DELETING OPERATING SYSTEMS FROM OS SELECTOR BOOT MENU ................................................ 92
7.11 DETECTING OPERATING SYSTEMS ................................................................................................... 92