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Un buon manuale d’uso

Le regole impongono al rivenditore l'obbligo di fornire all'acquirente, insieme alle merci, il manuale d’uso Acronis DDULB2ENS. La mancanza del manuale d’uso o le informazioni errate fornite al consumatore sono la base di una denuncia in caso di inosservanza del dispositivo con il contratto. Secondo la legge, l’inclusione del manuale d’uso in una forma diversa da quella cartacea è permessa, che viene spesso utilizzato recentemente, includendo una forma grafica o elettronica Acronis DDULB2ENS o video didattici per gli utenti. La condizione è il suo carattere leggibile e comprensibile.

Che cosa è il manuale d’uso?

La parola deriva dal latino "instructio", cioè organizzare. Così, il manuale d’uso Acronis DDULB2ENS descrive le fasi del procedimento. Lo scopo del manuale d’uso è istruire, facilitare lo avviamento, l'uso di attrezzature o l’esecuzione di determinate azioni. Il manuale è una raccolta di informazioni sull'oggetto/servizio, un suggerimento.

Purtroppo, pochi utenti prendono il tempo di leggere il manuale d’uso, e un buono manuale non solo permette di conoscere una serie di funzionalità aggiuntive del dispositivo acquistato, ma anche evitare la maggioranza dei guasti.

Quindi cosa dovrebbe contenere il manuale perfetto?

Innanzitutto, il manuale d’uso Acronis DDULB2ENS dovrebbe contenere:
- informazioni sui dati tecnici del dispositivo Acronis DDULB2ENS
- nome del fabbricante e anno di fabbricazione Acronis DDULB2ENS
- istruzioni per l'uso, la regolazione e la manutenzione delle attrezzature Acronis DDULB2ENS
- segnaletica di sicurezza e certificati che confermano la conformità con le norme pertinenti

Perché non leggiamo i manuali d’uso?

Generalmente questo è dovuto alla mancanza di tempo e certezza per quanto riguarda la funzionalità specifica delle attrezzature acquistate. Purtroppo, la connessione e l’avvio Acronis DDULB2ENS non sono sufficienti. Questo manuale contiene una serie di linee guida per funzionalità specifiche, la sicurezza, metodi di manutenzione (anche i mezzi che dovrebbero essere usati), eventuali difetti Acronis DDULB2ENS e modi per risolvere i problemi più comuni durante l'uso. Infine, il manuale contiene le coordinate del servizio Acronis in assenza dell'efficacia delle soluzioni proposte. Attualmente, i manuali d’uso sotto forma di animazioni interessanti e video didattici che sono migliori che la brochure suscitano un interesse considerevole. Questo tipo di manuale permette all'utente di visualizzare tutto il video didattico senza saltare le specifiche e complicate descrizioni tecniche Acronis DDULB2ENS, come nel caso della versione cartacea.

Perché leggere il manuale d’uso?

Prima di tutto, contiene la risposta sulla struttura, le possibilità del dispositivo Acronis DDULB2ENS, l'uso di vari accessori ed una serie di informazioni per sfruttare totalmente tutte le caratteristiche e servizi.

Dopo l'acquisto di successo di attrezzature/dispositivo, prendere un momento per familiarizzare con tutte le parti del manuale d'uso Acronis DDULB2ENS. Attualmente, sono preparati con cura e tradotti per essere comprensibili non solo per gli utenti, ma per svolgere la loro funzione di base di informazioni e di aiuto.

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    Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0 User’s guide www.acronis.com[...]

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    2 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 – 2009 . All rights re served. Windows and MS - DOS are registered trad emarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respe c tive owners. Distribut ion of substantively modified versions of this document is p[...]

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    Table of contents Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 3 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER 1. INSTALLATION AND USE ..................................................................................[...]

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    Table of contents 4 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 7.12 R EN AM IN G OP ER AT ING S Y S TE MS ................................................................................................... 94 7.13 C OPY IN G O PE R AT IN G SY S TEM S ...................................................................................................[...]

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    Introduction Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 5 Introduc tion What is Acronis Dis k Di re ct or Sui te ? Acronis Disk Director Suite is a complex program that includes partition and boot ma n ager s and hard disk data editing tools. With it, you can: • Create hard disk partitions • Resize, move , split and merge partit ions without da[...]

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    Introduction 6 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 • Support of boot from CD/DVD in Acronis OS Selector If you insert a bo otable CD /DVD, it will be detecte d and dis played in the Acronis OS Selector boot menu/main windo w along with available op erating systems. T he CD/DVD ca n contain any op eratin g system or boo table pr ogram – n[...]

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    Introduction Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 7 th at you can’t solve by yourself using t his manual and the readme.txt file, e - mail t he technical support team. You will need to pr o vide th e ser ial numb er o f your Acronis Di sk Di rector Suite copy bundled with the program . Befor e you do t his, y ou wi ll have t o regi ste r yo[...]

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    Installation and Use 8 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Chapter 1. In stallation and Use 1.1 System Requirements To take full advantage of Acronis Disk Directo r Suite you should have: • A PC - compatible computer with a Pentium or similar CPU • 128 MB RAM • A floppy or a CD - RW/ DVD - RW drive • A mouse (recommended ) 1.2 Suppor[...]

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    Installation and Use Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 9 If you have a nothe r Acro nis product with its ow n Bootable Media Builder, such as Acronis True I mage, installed on your co mputer, t he inst allation progra m will automati cally detect it and will not install a nother Bootable Me dia Builder re gardless of your set ting. You can[...]

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    Installation and Use 10 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 To remo ve Acronis OS Sel ector only, sel ect Start  Programs  A cro nis  Acronis DiskDi rector  Ins tall Acron is OS Selec tor . T hen select Unin sta ll A cro nis O S Sel ector in the installation prog ram window and follow the program instructions . 1.6 User Interface[...]

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    Installation and Use Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 11 3. Do not perform any partition operations while running other soft ware that has low - level d isk access , such as antivirus or backup tools. Close such pr o grams b efore running Acronis Disk Director Suit e . If you follow these simple rules, y ou will protect yourself against d[...]

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    Beginning The Work 12 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Chapter 2. Beg inning The Work 2.1 Acronis Di sk Director Suite Logical Organiza tion Acronis Disk Director Suite provides t w o oper at ion m ode s (se e 1.7 « Running Acronis Disk Directo r Suite » ): • «Auto matic partition operatio ns» mode is designed for the most frequent [...]

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    Beginning The Work Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 13 2.2 Acronis Di sk Director Suite Main W indo w The program is controlled through the main window. It includes the menu, toolbar, and disk and par tition tr ee (shown/hidden through the V iew menu ) . T his repre sents t he compute r disk a nd partit ion lis t . The main window appeara[...]

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    Beginning The Work 14 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Acronis Disk Director Suite mai n window, Manual Mode 2.2.1 Disk and partition information The main window shows t he partition’s d isk number, assig ned letter, label, t ype, stat us, size, free space size and fil e syst em. Disk and pa rtiti on information is als o provided in the[...]

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    Beginning The Work Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 15 • Hide/Unhide — hide/unhide a partition • Set A ctive — set an active partition • Resize Root — resize FAT16 partition root • Change By t es per i - node — resize i- node tab le (Linux Ext2/Ext3) • Cha ng e Cl ust er Siz e — change FAT16/FAT32 partition cluster siz[...]

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    Beginning The Work 16 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 2.4.3 Viewing delayed operations All pending operatio ns are added to the pending operations list. You can view it in the Pending Operations window by clicking Oper at ions  S h ow : Pending ope rations list This organiz ation enables you to contr ol all planned operations, double [...]

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    Beginning The Work Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 17 2.4.6 Undoing user actions Calling wizards or dialog boxes for planning disk part ition operations are user a c tions . User entr i es are necessary operation parameters on the wizard or dialog box pages. One user action i n Acroni s Disk Director Suite enables you to plan a list of p[...]

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    Beginning The Work 18 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 After cli cking Finish o n the last wizard page: • The new partition str ucture is graphically represented in the Acronis Dis k Director Suite main window • The wizard creat es a list of pendi ng operati ons; you can see it by select ing Operations  S h ow Remember that no acti[...]

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    Beginning The Work Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 19 3. Click OK to enable pas sword prot ection. After you run the p rogram, you’ll be prompted to ent er a password i n the Pas s word Protected window: If you e nter a w rong p ass word, yo u'll b e ask ed to re - enter it. Clicking Canc el will close the program. If you nee d to[...]

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    Beginning The Work 20 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 If any step was termi nated by an error, the correspondi ng log will be marked with a red circle wit h a white cro ss inside. The right window features t he list of steps contained in the selected log. The three buttons to the ri ght control message filters: the white cross in the r e[...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 21 Chapter 3. Automa tic Partition Operations The «Automatic par tition operations» m ode enables you to perform t he fo l lowing typical operations: • Create a new partition • Increase partition free space • Copy a partition • Recover p artiti ons These operatio [...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 22 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Parti tion creation meth od selection window 2. If you w ant to create a pa rtition using u nallo cated dis k space: 1. Set the switch to Unallocated spa ce. 2. The wiz ard wi ll of fer to cr eat e a parti tio n on th e larg est unallo cat ed ar ea. For example, if you h[...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 23 4. On the next wizard page, select partit ion type — A ctive (Ac tive Primary), Pr i mary or Logical . 5. Typically Primar y is selected to install an operating system to a partition. If the pa r tition is for data storage, select L ogi cal . 6. Select A ctiv e if you [...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 24 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Parti tion file system selection window Selecting a part ition file sy stem results in partition for matting, i.e. crea ting partitio n data storage st ructures – boot record, file allocati on table, e tc. 8. On the next wizard page, you will be asked to select a parti[...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 25 Hard d isk part itio ns are not only ass igned letter s, but are a lso num bered. That mea ns some operati ng sy stem pa rtitio n s a re as sig ned let ter s and num bers , i n ot h ers, only num ber s. Create - , delet e - and mov e - partition o perations, as well as h[...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 26 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Assigning a par tition a new letter or hi ding it will p r e vent only it s applications and fil es from running or opening. Other part i tions will not be affected b y these op erations. OS startup prob lems may appear if you directly change the letter a s signed to the[...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 27 2. On the Select Hard Dis k Drive wizard p age, select a disk on which to create a part i tion. Parti tion disk selectio n page Note that this wiza rd p age represents physical d isks a ctual ly connec ted to your PC . The next pag e shows lo gical disks (or partitions) [...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 28 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 The window of exis ting parti tion selecti on to create a ne w partition By creating a partition usin g the free space of other pa rtitions, Acro nis Di sk Director Suite can collect it i n such a way that t he final partitio n size is not smaller than 110% of dat a - oc[...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 29 In this case, you wi ll ha ve to return t o the previous wizard page and s elect a differ ent partitio n from which to take the necessary space. 4 On the Parti tion Siz e wizard page, ent er the size of the created partitio n (the wi z ard automatically determines minimu[...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 30 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Click Finish on t he last wiz ard page to al low Acronis Disk Direc tor Suite to creat e a pendi ng operation list for new partit ion creation (thes e a c tions m ay only modi fy an e x isting oper ation. See 2. 4.5 « Mo difying pe ndin g operation s » ). 3.2 Increasi [...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 31 «Enlarging a partit ion at the expense of another partition» is described a bove: see 3. 1 « Creating A New Partition ». Selecting a partition to use to i ncrease free s pace 4. On the next wizard page, you will see the maximum size available for the selected part i [...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 32 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Note that althoug h selecte d partition size is increase d at the expe nse of ot her part i tion space, unalloca ted space a lso will be used if nee ded. Unallocat ed space is aut om atically considered to be th e maximum part ition s ize. 5. In the last Pr e view wiz ar[...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 33 Selecting a partition to c opy 3. On the next Partition Lo catio n wiz ard page, a r ecord of copied partition paramet ers will be cr eated. The page for se lecting a disk location for p artitio n copy You will have t o select a copy location on one of the disks , among [...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 34 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 The copy will be located after the P ROGRAM( H :) partition in the figure b e low. The figure below sho ws the result of locating a partition copy after clicking af t er t h e P ROGRAM( H :) partition. You can lo cat e a cop y anywher e o n your disk(s). The copy partit [...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 35 The page to sel ect a partition, which will be pa rtly used for a copy locati on If you do not s elect a partiti on to be part ly used as the cop y location on t he Select P artit ions wizard pag e and there is not enough unall o cated d isk space, you wil l see an error[...]

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    Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 36 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 The page for pa rtition c opy size sele ction The minimu m copy size is determined by the data area size o f a copied part i tion. The maximum size is dete rmined by the availa ble disk space. It incl udes the space t aken from a partition and unallo cated disk space . B[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 37 Chapter 4. Man ual Partition Operations Unlik e the «Automatic partiti on operat ion s » mode (s ee 2.1 ), th e «Manual partition operations » mod e is inte nded for expe rien ced us e rs onl y , and off ers m uch wid er o p era t ion lists. M anual o per atio n param et[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 38 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 3. In the Create Partition window, enter a partition label and select a file sy s t em and partition t ype ( Primary — Logi cal ) from the list; yo u can also e n ter partition size and location using a mouse or by direct input to Par tition s ize , Unal lo cat ed spac e b[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 39 If you nee d to copy a partit ion: 1. Select a hard disk and a partitio n to copy. Selecting a partition to c opy 2. Select Disk  Copy or a simi lar item in the Operations si debar list or click Co p y th e sel ect ed p art iti on t o anot her fre e sp ace on the too lbar[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 40 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 If there is not enoug h free space t o copy a par tition o n a hard d isk, no unall o cat ed space will be available for selectio n. 4. Select t he unallocat ed disk sp ace to copy a se lected part ition to it . 5. In the next wizard page, e nter par tition co py type ( Logi[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 41 For example, Window s 98/Me , unlike Window s NT/2000/XP, does not let user s assign random lette rs to partit ions, so you m ust move a p artition to a s sign it the necessa ry letter. • Work with som e older OS (MS - DOS, Wind ows NT 4.0), that can boot only from binary [...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 42 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Unallocated spa ce available for partition moving Note that the unallo cated sp ace is smaller than mo ved partit ion size, but its dat a area is smaller than unallocated space. Therefore , moving the part i tion with its data i ntact is possible. If there i s not enoug h fr[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 43 Enteri ng moved partition pa rame ters The size and locati on of a parti tion copy can be provid ed with a mouse click or by entering data into the Unallocated space be f ore , Partiti on size (and Unallocated space after ) fields. 6. By clicking OK in the Move p ar tit i on[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 44 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 2. Select Di sk  Resize or a s im i lar item in the Op er ati ons sidebar list, o r click Res iz e/m ove the s ele ct ed par tit i on on the to olbar. 3. Resize t he part ition in the Resize Partit ion window: (1) Hold the mouse button and drag a correspondi ng partiti on[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 45 Acronis Dis k Direct or Suit e features a wiz ard for p erforming more comp lex partiti on r esizing (see 3.2 « Increasing Pa rtition »). Simple pa rtition resi zing lets yo u increase part ition size only if there is free (un allocated) spac e before or after a parti tion[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 46 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Selecting folders to be moved 4. Distrib ute th e sourc e part ition free s pace bet ween the two res ulting pa rtition s. Distri buting the sou rce partition fr ee space Please keep in mind, that you are distrib uting not overall partition siz e, but just free space at this[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 47 5. By clicking Proceed , you'll add a p ending o per atio n (your a ctio ns may onl y undo o r modify already exist ing o perat ion; see 2.4.5 « Modi fying pe ndin g opera tions » ). The new partitio n structure will be graphically represented in t he Acronis Disk Dir[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 48 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Merging an NTFS partition to a partition with file syst em not support ing securit y options (for example, FAT32 partition), will result in loss of security setting s (partition ownershi p data and access permis sions). With t he opposite a ction (mer ging a non - sec ured p[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 49 Acronis OS Select or also allows editing text files (see 7.7.6 “Files ”) , but only those included into system fi les list. The Explore ope ration sho ws the rea l partition contents, re ad from th e disk. If there are some operations pe nding, like splitting a pa rtitio[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 50 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 If you nee d to form at an existin g partit ion: 1. Select a disk and a partition. 2. Select Di sk  F orm at or a similar item in t he Operations sidebar list , o r click For ma t the s el ect ed par ti ti on on the t oolbar. 3. Enter the partit ion label in the Format Pa[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 51 Remember that each operatio n descr i bed must be executed by selecting Operations  Commit or clicking Commit Pendi ng Operations (see 2.4.4 « Performing pendin g operations» ). 4.1.10 Deleting a partition After a partition is d elete d, its space is adde d to u nalloca[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 52 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 5. By clicking OK in the Dele te Parti tion window, you'll add the pendin g ope r a tion of partiti on de leti on (yo ur act ions may only und o an exis ting op erat ion dep endi ng on th e si tuat ion s ele cted s ee 2. 4.5 « Mo difying pending operations » ). The ne[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 53 Parti tion check results window 4.1.12 Defragmenting a partition Defragmentation is r eorganizing file storage on a hard disk partition. Def ragmentatio n is the process of eliminati ng file fragmentation, which causes files to b e spread across t he disk after operations. F[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 54 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Run partiti on defra gmentation window 4. D efragmentation result s are shown in the Def ragm ent Part iti on wi ndow. Parti tion defragme ntation resul ts window 4.1.13 Wiping unallocated hard disk space PC hard disks can contain a subst antial amount of confidential inform[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 55 2. Select Disk  Wipe or a si milar item in the Operations si debar list, or click W ip e th e s e lected unallocated space on the t oolbar. 3. In the Wip e U nal loc ate d Sp ace window, enter a number of disk passes (up to 99), For inform ation a bout t he Acroni s Disk [...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 56 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Hard disk cl earin g param eters w indow 4. By clicking OK , you'll add a pending operation of hard disk clearing. Deleting hard disk partit ions does n ot destroy disk sector contents. They can be r e stored by special mean s, if needed. Th erefor e, if you need to d e[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 57 Change le tter window 4. By clicking OK in the Change letter windo w, you'll a dd a pending operati on to partitio n letter assig nment (your actio ns may on ly undo or modify alr eady ex isting oper ation; se e 2. 4.5 « Modifying pendin g operatio ns » ). The new par[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 58 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 The main difference between FAT32 and FAT16 is the support of hig her - capacity folde rs, files and disks, and more flexible root o rganization that features unli m ited size and long file- name support. (For more details see A. 9 « File System Main Specifications ». ) Co[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 59 If you nee d to hid e a partit ion: 1. Select a disk and a part ition to hide in the list in the Acronis Disk Director Suite main window. 2. Execut e operat ion of part ition hiding b y selecting Di sk  Advanced  Hi de or a similar item in the A d vanced sidebar list, [...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 60 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 2. Select Disk  Advanced  Unhide or a similar item in the Adv anced sidebar list, or click Unhide the se lected partition on the toolbar (or select it from partition or the graphical represent ation context menu). 3. B y clicking OK in th e Unhide Partition window, you[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 61 Set A ctive Parti tion 3. By clicking OK in t he Set A ctive Partiti on wi ndow, you'll add the pending operatio n of setting active par tition ( y our acti ons may only un do or modify an ex isti ng oper ation . See 2. 4.5 « Modify ing pen ding oper ation s » ). The [...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 62 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 3. Ent er t he ne w root siz e (a numb er o f ele me nts) i n the R esiz e Root wi ndow. Resize FA T 16 root window FAT16 ca n conta in a max imum of 65,520 el ements. 4. By clicking OK , you'll add the pending operation of FAT16 partition root r esizing (your act ions [...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 63 Cluster size w indow 4. By entering a new clus ter siz e and click ing OK i n the Cl uster Size window , you'll add the pending oper ation of cl uster resi zing ( y our act ions may o nly undo or mod ify an existi ng ope ratio n, Se e 2.4.5 « Modi fying pending operati[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations 64 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Parti tion type window 4. By clicking OK in t he Partit ion type wi ndow, you'll add the pending oper a tion of partitio n type changing ( your act ions may o nly undo o r modi fy a n e x isting operation, See 2. 4.5 « Modif ying pen ding operati ons » ). Attention! C[...]

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    Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 65 2. Select Disk  A dvanced  Change By tes per i- no de or a si milar item in t he A dvanced sidebar list, or cli ck Change the number of bytes per i- no de on t he too l bar (or select it from pa rtition or the gr aphical r epresent ation co n text menu). If you select [...]

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    Working with Working w ith Acroni s Recovery Exp ert 66 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Chapter 5. Wo rking with Ac ronis Recovery Expert Acr onis Recover y Ex pert allo ws recovery of har d disk par titions accidentally d e leted or damaged due to a hardware or software failure. It uses a wizard inte r face. You can run Acronis Recovery[...]

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    Working with Acronis R ecovery Expert Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 67 Acronis Reco very Ex pert checks to s ee if your hard disks contain unallocated space. If you have no ne , then it makes no sense to search for deleted parti tions. If you have unallocated space, it m ay have contained one or more par titions. Acronis Recovery Exper[...]

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    Working with Working w ith Acroni s Recovery Exp ert 68 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Delete d partitions searc h progre ss The information about hard disk partition s is stored in a special disk area – the 1 st s ector o f 0 th cyli nder, 0 th head – call ed the partition ta ble. This sector is called a boot sec tor or the master [...]

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    Working with Acronis R ecovery Expert Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 69 A deleted p artition found Note that you do not have to select parti tions for recovery in the automatic mode. Acro nis Recove ry Expe rt will re cover all part itions found. The R ec over ed Par tit i ons wind ow shows a partitio n to recover as a part of hard disk[...]

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    Working with Working w ith Acroni s Recovery Exp ert 70 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 If you exit Acr onis Dis k Dir ector S uite witho ut conf irmi ng the pa rtiti on rec overy o p e ration, it will be ca n celed. 5.2 Manual Recovery Set the switch to Man ual in the Re cover y m ode window to select the manual r e covery mode. Selecti[...]

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    Working with Acronis R ecovery Expert Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 71 Searchi ng method selection The Sear ching for Deleted P artitions window shows yo u parameters of a pa r tition that exist ed on the sele cted unallocat ed spa ce before it was deleted. A deleted hard disk partiti on found by Acroni s Reco very Expert Unlike in the[...]

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    Working with Working w ith Acroni s Recovery Exp ert 72 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 The manual recovery m ode allows yo u to selec t all found pa rtitions for re covery. For example, if one of your part itions was deleted intentionally and another by mistake, the manual mo de enables y ou to selec t and rec over only the partitio n y[...]

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    Working with Acronis Dis k Editor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 73 Chapter 6. Wo rking with Ac ronis Disk Editor 6.1 Gene ral info rmat io n Acronis Disk Editor is a professional - grade pro gram that performs a vari ety of a c tions on a hard disk: restore bo ot records and files a nd folder st ructure, find los t clust ers, remove co[...]

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    Working with Acronis Dis k Editor 74 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 6.3 Main Wind o w of the Program The main window shows t he numbers of disk and sector where the i nternal pr o g ra m cursor is positioned . It usually contains information about the work of var i ous modes. Below the main window of the program is the view as pa r titi[...]

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    Working with Acronis Dis k Editor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 75 The current editing position is shown by the cursor that can be either i n the left or r ight part of the window In this section of the guide , all examples of Acr onis Disk Edit or’s main window vie w modes are given for demonstrat ion purposes. The main menu of Acro[...]

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    Working with Acronis Dis k Editor 76 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 see that the Save sector item in Edit menu will become e n abled as well as the appr opriate toolbar button . If you do not sav e you r cha nges, y ou e ffect ively reje ct them. Save sector operation If you have made chan ges in a hard disk sector and decide to exit th[...]

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    Working with Acronis Dis k Editor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 77 Write to a fi le To read a block from a file and insert it i nto a disk sect or, you must p lace the cursor on the necess ary se ctor b yte and t hen sele ct Read fro m file… menu it em. The s electio n of this menu item will result in opening the Read from file windo[...]

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    Working with Acronis Dis k Editor 78 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 View men u The edit or offers s even view mode s: • hex • partition table • FAT16 boot sector • FAT32 boot sector • FAT32 FS info sector • N TFS bo ot sec tor • FAT folde r 6.7 Search The Search menu allows yo u to search a hard disk fo r some line and to [...]

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    Working with Acronis Dis k Editor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 79 The Searc h dialog window A search line can be set both as char and numeric (hexadecimal) value s . Du r ing a s earch, you can ig nore letter case as well as search for a given line at a given offset inside the sector . During a search, disk d ata is interpret ed accor[...]

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    Working with Acronis Dis k Editor 80 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 6.8 Working w ith Different Enc odings The main window of the p rogram features a lis t of encod ings available i n Acronis Disk Edi tor . This list is shown closed a nd dro pped dow n below. The closed a nd dr opped - down list of encodi ngs The list of encod ings is i[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 81 Chapter 7. Wo rking with Ac ronis OS Selector 7.1 Gene ral info rmat io n Acronis O S Select or is a powerful, reliable and easy - to - use boot manag er that a l lows several operat ing systems on a single P C and lets you create di fferent co n figur a tions for any O[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor 82 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Acronis OS Sele cto r Main Window The key part of the main window , Op erat ing sy ste ms , contains a list of opera t i ng systems av ailable for loading on t his PC . Acronis OS Select or automati cally determines all operating sy stems inst alled and lists them in th[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 83 • Del ete – delete s a selected op erating sy stem or short cut • Ren am e – renames a selected OS or shortcut • Copy – duplicate s a selected OS o r shortcut Tools • Activate OS S elector – select to alway s displ ay Acronis OS Selector b oot menu at bo[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor 84 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 7.4.1 Booting an OS using th e boot menu Having turned on t he PC, wait for t he Acronis OS Selecto r boot menu to b e i n voked and se lect and double - click an operati ng system to boot. You can also boot a selected OS by: • Cl icking Boot in t he Operations sectio[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 85 To set a password: • Select an OS to prot ect • Cl ick Set Password in th e Operations section of main wind ow sideba r • Enter and confirm a password in the Set O perati ng Syste m Passwo rd di alog and click OK An operating system pa ssword must be a t least six[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor 86 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 7.7.2 Boot configuration This section allo ws you to set the following boot parameters: • Write Boot Sector – write boot s ector each t ime an operat ing syst em boots • Boot as MS - DOS 7. 1 – can be set f or operating systems compati ble with MS - DOS 7.1+ tha[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 87 Parti tions proper ties window 7.7.4 Disks Generally, Windows can boot from HDD only if it s boot files resi de on the first ( according to BIOS) hard disk (se e details in 8. 2.1 “ General information ”) . If you connect a liv e system HDD, t aken from another comp[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor 88 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Disks prope rties window Moreov er, you can choos e the disk or der when installing a new Windows operat ing system so that its boot files a re installed on the same disk where its main part resides (see 8. 2.4 “ Installing another Windows on a different disk ”) . D[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 89 already instal led (see 8.2.3 “ Instal ling another Windows on the same partitio n ”) . Wh en you copy an op erating syst em using Acronis OS Select or Copy featu r e, t he recover y option enables automat ically. Folders properties window • Enable – enable fold[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor 90 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Files properties window Properties of system files will provide you with the following options: • Automatic delet ion o f a selected file wi th Acronis OS Select or under the given OS . Check Yes, delete w hen the op e rating sy stem st arts to e n able the option. Th[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 91 A dvanced properties window 7.8 Hiding operating s ystems If needed, you can hide any operating system installed so it won’t be shown in the boot me nu and Operating s ystems section of the Ac ro nis OS Sele ctor main window . To hide an operating system: • Select a[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor 92 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 7.9 Using shortc uts Acronis OS Selecto r allows you t o create shortcut s for any operating syst em in the boot me nu . Shortcuts enable you t o create severa l different configurati ons for the same operating syst em. Shortcut paramet ers are set in the same way as th[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 93 Selecting where to search an OS • If you sel ected t he hard disk, sel ect the part ition where the OS (to be exa ct, its boo t part) is located. W hen detecting Linux, choose the partition containing Linux load er. For Windows, se e 8. 2.1 “ General information . ?[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor 94 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 will be enough. Having selected the second, you will have to specify a path to the file, containing a previously s a v ed boot se ctor of the detect ed operating s ystem. You ca n save b oot s ecto rs by me ans of A cronis Disk Editor . In addition, Windows sometimes cr[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 95 Syste m folder pro tection is requi red when multip le OSes ar e on a singl e PC, e s pecially in situations when several operating systems are located on t he same hard disk part i tion. General optio ns window To choose a suitable configuration, click one of the optio[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor 96 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Startup opti ons window 7.14.3 Display properties Acronis OS Selector can control monit or video modes befor e Windows is booted and t he graphics card and monitor drivers are loaded: Display properties window The following propert ies are available in the Options  D[...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 97 • Resolu tion – you can manually set the resolution you want , provided that it’s su p ported by your graphics c ard and monitor and ranges from VGA (640 x 480) to SXGA (1280 x 1024.) • Bit depth – you can set t he number of colors displayed , choo sing among [...]

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    Working with Acronis OS Selec tor 98 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 7.14.5 Input devices In this section of Acro nis O S Selector options, yo u can provide e xtended support of input devices (mouse, et c.) in Acronis OS Sele ctor b oot m enu . Using the Defau lt parameter, the program automat ically determi nes installed i n put devices[...]

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    Installing and using s everal operating s ystems on a single PC Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 99 Chapter 8. In stalling and us ing several operating systems on a single PC 8.1 Introducti on One of the k ey benef its offered by Acronis OS Se lector is the ability to add a l most any new operating sy stem to a PC, even if it already has [...]

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    Installing and using s everal operating s ystems on a single PC 100 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 If this happens, you won’t have to reins tall Ac ron is OS Selector , but you will have to restore i t b y reac tivatin g from a backup bootable di sk (f or m ore detai ls see Chap ter 9 « Bootable Me dia Bu ilder »). After loadi ng it[...]

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    Installing and using s everal operating s ystems on a single PC Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 101 8.2.2 Installing another Wi ndow s on a separate partition • Prepare a free primary partition for the new Windows system . You can do this by using unallocated sp ace (for partition creatio n instructions see 3. 1 « Creating A New Parti[...]

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    Installing and using s everal operating s ystems on a single PC 102 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 • Now you can start installing a new OS in the ordinary way from a boo table diske tte or CD or from under Wi n dows . 8.2.4 Installi ng another Windo ws on a different dis k To install a new Windows OS onto a different disk, do the foll[...]

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    Installing and using s everal operating s ystems on a single PC Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 103 New O perating S ystem W izard Having instal led Windows 2000 or Windows XP, y ou can either save or replace a l ready - existing Windows versions. If you need to: • U pdate an existing Windows version with a new copy of Windows 20 00/XP[...]

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    Installing and using s everal operating s ystems on a single PC 104 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 If you chose t o update the exi sting OS, the Ne w Op er atin g Sys tem Wiza rd will automatically determine the list of operating systems inst alled availabl e for update. In the list provided , select an OS to update by replacing it with[...]

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    Installing and using s everal operating s ystems on a single PC Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 105 8.3 Installing Linux and Windows on the sa me PC 8.3.1 General information The Linux op erating system is a modern, r eliable and hig h - performance pla t form for both business and home users. Since its popularity is growi ng, many Wi n [...]

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    Installing and using s everal operating s ystems on a single PC 106 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 8.3.4 In stalling Linux Having created p artitions, you can st art Linux installat ion from a bootab le CD with Linux distributi on or disket t e s created from images usually located on the first installatio n CD. As Linux is ins talled o[...]

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    Bootable Media Builder Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 107 Chapter 9. B ootable Media Builder 9.1 Gene ral info rmat io n There are si tuations in which you mig ht have to run Acronis Disk Direc t or Suite without boot ing either op erating syst em : • in order to reactiv ate Ac ron is OS Selecto r after installing a new operating syst[...]

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    Bootable Media Builder 108 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Selecting components to plac e on the boota ble media Acronis Disk Di rector S ui te offers the fol lowing components: • Disk Directo r full ve rsion Includes support of USB, PC Card and SCSI interfac es along with the storage devices connected via them, therefore is highly rec[...]

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    Bootable Media Builder Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 109 Selecting type of the bootable media 4. If you are creating a CD, di skett es or any removable media, i nsert the blank disk so the program c an d etermine i ts capaci ty. If y ou chose to create a bootable d isk ISO image, specify the ISO file name and the fold er where to place[...]

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    Har d Disk And File Systems 110 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Appendix A. Har d Disk And File Systems These a pp endices contain additional informatio n about hard disk construction and data storage, p artitions, file systems and interaction of operat ing systems with hard disks. A. 1 Har d Disk Organization All hard driv es have basi [...]

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    Har d Dis k And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 111 A. 2 Har d Disk Partition After low - level fo rmatt ing creates d isk secto rs, partiti ons must be cr eated on t he dis k . A pa rtitio n is an area on a hard disk that can be used to ins tall an operating sy s t e m and/or used as data storage. Creating separate sections[...]

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    Har d Disk And File Systems 112 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 • Create a primary partition with a single logical disk • Create a n extended par tition an d divide it into lo gical partitions (disks) • Set the active partition ( a partition to boot an operating system from) Typical hard disk part ition structure can look like: MBR[...]

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    Har d Dis k And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 113 A. 5 Exte nded Partitions The ext ended har d dis k part ition was d eveloped as a way to av oid the four - primary - partitio ns limit. The extended partit ion is used only for creating a d e sired number of log ica l par tit ion s . An ext ended partition does not contain[...]

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    Har d Disk And File Systems 114 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 A. 8 File Systems The logical st ructure that has been cr eated on the hard disk is s upported by means of the operating sy stem. The file sy stem itself pr esents t he inform a tion on t he disk as an ensemble o f files and fold er s . For the user, a file is a unit of s to[...]

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    Har d Dis k And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 115 Table 1. Windows file systems. File sy stem FAT 16 FAT 32 NTFS Operating sys tems Almost all Windows 95OS R2/9 8/Me , 2000/XP , Linux Windows NT/2000/ XP, Linux (for reading) Max. partition siz e 4 GB (2 G B for Windows 95OS R2/9 8/Me ) 2 TB 16 EB Max. file size Limited by [...]

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    Har d Disk And File Systems 116 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 A .9.2 F AT 1 6 The FAT16 file sy stem is widely used by DOS (DR - DOS, MS - DOS, PC - DOS, etc .), Windo ws 95/98/Me, Windows NT/2000/XP operating systems and is supported by most other systems. Main featur es of FAT 16 are the file allo cation t able (FAT) and cl usters . [...]

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    Har d Dis k And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 117 A .9.3 F AT 3 2 The FAT32 file sy stem appeared in Windows 95 OSR2 and is also supported by Windows 98 /Me and Windows 2000/XP. FAT 32 grew out of FAT16. T he main di f ferenc es bet ween FAT32 and FAT16 are 28 - bit cluster numbers and more flexible root fold er implementa[...]

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    Particularities of Opera ting System s 118 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Appendix B. Pa rticularities o f Operating System s B.1 DOS - t y pe Operating Sy stems B.1 .1 Supported Ve rsions Acronis Disk Director S uite supports the following versions of DOS - type ope r ating systems: • MS - DOS 5.x – 6.x • MS - DOS 7.0 (not a sepa[...]

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    Particularities of Opera ting System s Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 119 4. Then the boot manager reads the DOS configuration file (CONFIG. SYS) and if it contains multip le configurations, displays a menu on the scr een prompting y ou to choose one of t hem; ot herwise it just read s the config u ration and loads the indicated driv er[...]

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    Particularities of Opera ting System s 120 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 • WINBOOT.INI (alternative MSDOS.SYS) • CONFIG.SYS (for all DOS versions) • AUTOEXEC.BAT (for all DOS versions) B.1 .4 Limit ations Different DOS versions hav e the following limitations: • Only MS - DOS 7.1/8.0 supports FA T32 along with the FAT16 file sy[...]

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    Particularities of Opera ting System s Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 121 B.2 .3 System Fo lders Main Windows parts reside in the following folders: • System (its name can be assigned during installation, default name is « Wind ow s» ) • Applications (in English and most Eastern Windows versions, its name is «P rogr am Files», i[...]

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    Particularities of Opera ting System s 122 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 • NTLDR (mandatory) • BOOTFONT.BIN (mandatory for those language versions that use their own fon t) • NTDETECT.COM (mandatory) • NTBOOTDD.SYS (mandatory if the system folder partiti on cannot be accessed with usual BIOS hard disk access function) Configura[...]

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    Particularities of Opera ting System s Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 123 B.4 Linux Acronis Disk Director Suite automaticall y detects an d supports any Linu x distrib u tion if it is booted by Lilo or ASPLoa der installed in the MB R, or if it is booted by any loader installed in the boot sector of the Linux part i t ion. Usually Linux[...]

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    Glossary 124 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Appendix C. Gl ossary Abso lu te s ect or . All the sector s of a hard disk can be numbered sequential ly, start ing with zero . Such num bered sect ors ar e called ab solute. A ctive par tition . One of the primary partitio ns of a hard disk is u sually active. D e fault MBR code tries to boo[...]

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    Glossary Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 125 Cylinder . A group of all the tracks on all the magnetic plat ters of a hard disk that can be accessed wi thout movi ng the magnetic head. A ccess to the dat a inside one cyl inder is much faster than moving the head from one cylinder t o another. Disc . A non - magnetic storage media (compact[...]

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    Glossary 126 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 Hidden partition . A par tition that is s omehow made invisib le to the operating s y s tem . Usually parti tions are hidden by changing thei r typ e. Label . An optional name that can be assigned to a partit ion to simp lify its ident i fication. Usually has the same limi tation as file names[...]

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    Glossary Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 2009 127 MBR can contain not more than one par tition entry and one table entry . This simplifies the pa rtition structure gre atly – all the logical part i tions form one chain. Partit ion tabl e . It is the table that contains the information abo ut partitions and links to other partit ion tables. [...]