O&O Software PartitionManager 3 Professional Edition manual

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O&O Partition Man age r - I C opyrights T e xt, ill u strations a n d e xamp le s have be e n produ c e d with gre at care . T he e ditor is ne ith er le gally nor in any ot h er way li able f or in corre c t in form ation given an d its pos sibl e c on se qu en ce s. T h is doc um en t is protec ted by c opyrigh t . Al l r ig h ts rese r v e d[...]

O&O Partition Man age r - II C o n t en t s Abo ut O&O Pa r t it io n M anag er 3 1 T ip s and imp o rtant in st ruc tion s 1 Important fe ature s at a glan ce 1 T h e dif f ere nc es be twee n the Edi tions 2 S y st e m requir e m e n ts 4 In st al l at i on 5 En ter lic e n s e 5 U sin g the te st v ersion 6 U pdate s 6 U n install 7 Onli[...]

O&O Partition Man age r - II I Dividin g a large partition in to a nu m be r of small e r one s 1 7 C h a n ge se veral smal l partition s in to o n e large on e . 1 8 Modi f y sy stem partition 1 8 E d it v ari ous di sk t yp e s 19 C on vert to a basic di sk o r a dynam ic di s k. 1 9 C on vert to MBR or G PT  Disk 2 0 C re ate a prim ar y[...]

O&O Partition Man age r - IV Load drivers 3 5 V DS backw ard com patibi li ty un de r W in dows PE 3 6 S u p p ort and co ntac t 37 A u t h orize d rese lle rs 37 E nd u ser li cen se ag ree m e n t 2 .5 (E ULA) 38[...]

A bou t O& O Par tition Manage r 3 O&O Partition Man age r - 1 Abo ut O&O Par titio nM a na ger 3 T h an k y ou f o r dec idi ng to pu rc h a se O& O Pa rtition Manage r! A h ard disk organi ze d in to partition s can de ci s ivel y c on - tribu te t o resc ue data or restore in di vidu a l partition s in cl udi ng its c on te n t, [...]

A bou t O& O Par tition Manage r 3 O&O Partition Man age r - 2 NEW : Proce ss in g of st ripe se ts on all W in dows operatin g sy stem s . A s tripe se t sa ves data alte r n atel y in stripe s on sel ec ted disks. As th is in v olv e s simu ltan e o u sly c on tacti ng ever m ore ( at le a st t wo) disks, the l oad wil l be divide d, w[...]

A bou t O& O Par tition Manage r 3 O&O Partition Man age r - 3 T h e P r ofe ssi on al E di ti on is the version to use f o r a sin gl e PC. I t c an n ot be use d on a server ope ratin g s y stem . T he f o l- lowi ng fu nc tion s can addi t ion a ll y be run u nd e r Wind o ws 7: l C re ate a ne w mi r rored v olu m e l Mirror drive T h e[...]

S ys te m requ ire me nts O&O Partition Man age r - 4 System requ ireme n ts l T h e sy stem re qu ire m e n t of eac h ope ratin g s y stem h a ve to be f ulf il le d l 1 GB RA M rec omm en de d ( Start CD) l 2 0 MB f re e hard disk space l S u pported by 32 B it/6 4 Bit l S u pported fi le sy st e m s: W in dows fi le sy s te m s F AT12 /FAT1[...]

Installati on O&O Partition Man age r - 5 Insta ll a tio n Installi ng O& O Pa rtition Manage r is v e ry str aigh t f o rward. Ple ase fol low t h e step s be low: 1 . Start the c o mp ute r on wh ic h y ou woul d like to in st all O& O Pa rtition Manage r. 2 . Lo gin as loc a l a dm ini s trato r or as a u se r possessin g com para bl[...]

Installati on O&O Partition Man age r - 6 Re gistration W iz ard Us in g t h e t e s t v er s i on You c an test O& O Part ition Manag e r with out makin g any com mitm en ts and f or fre e f or up to 30 days. T he re m ain in g days of t h e trial pe riod are disp layed wh e n ever y ou sta rt up t h e program. T he trial v ersi on is not [...]

O&O Partition Man age r - 7 Un in s t al l T o rem o v e O& O Part ition Manag e r from y our P C , ple ase f o ll ow the f ollowi n g instru ction s: 1 . Ope n the C ontrol Pane l f rom t h e Win dows S tart me n u . 2 . S e lec t S oftw ar e o r Pr og r ams an d fu n ct i ons . 3 . Ple as e sel e ct O&O Par t i ti on M anager from the[...]

On lin e r e gi stration O&O Partition Man age r - 8 Online re gis tr at ion In orde r to reg iste r an O&O Produc t onli ne , y o u ’ll n e ed the re gi strat ion c ode th at y o u rec e ived at the tim e y ou pu r- c hase d y our produc t. T hi s regi st ration code i s also c alle d a lic en se k e y, a serial nu mb e r or produ ct I D[...]

On lin e r e gi stration O&O Partition Man age r - 9 F u rth e r adv antage s wil l le t y ou: l B e sup pl ie d with th e late st in f o rmation abou t our produ cts l Make fre e upd a tes o n ne w v e rsion s of pu rch ased item s (min or u pdate s) l U pgrade to a ne w v ersion at a spe c ial disc oun t pric e ( major u pd ate) l Obtain su p[...]

G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 0 Ge t ting star te d T h e f oll owin g ch apte rs will give y ou a broad v ie w of the program f u n ction s av ailabl e on O& O Pa rtition Manage r. Many f un ction s on it have bee n de sign e d in a way simi lar to the Win dows Disk Man age r. B e y o n d th at, howe v er, O& O Pa r-[...]

G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 1 Te r min olo g y A ll the di ff ere nt disk ty pes will be e xplai n ed in the f ollowin g sec tion . Drive In the f ollowi ng text, the te r m “drive” wil l be use d to de pi c t ( sin gle ) partition s as we ll as logi cal drives in e xpan ded par- tition s and v olu me s . A drive is a r[...]

G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 2 Prima ry a n d ex te nd e d partiti on A pr i m ar y par t i ti on fu n c tion s ju s t like a separate disk: it c an be use d for in sta ll in g an o pe ra tin g sy s tem . It is possible to cre ate one or seve ral logi c a l drive s on an e xt e n ded pa r t it i on . Logical drive It is poss[...]

G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 3 C h a n gi n g part ition siz e Not e : I f the job is not suc ce ssfu lly run , t h e r e is a risk that data sav ed on t h e drive will be partiall y or fu lly lost. T o be on the saf e side , bef ore inc re asin g t h e size of a drive, c re ate an im age of the orig in al drive with O& [...]

G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 4 Ch a n ge the s ize of a volume V olu me s are locate d on dynam ic disks. T he re a re simp le and spann ed v olu m e s . A s pan ne d v olu m e ne e ds to be loc at e d on at le a st t wo dynam ic di s ks. l T o exte nd the size of a v olu m e , righ t-c lic k the volum e and the n cl ic k E [...]

G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 5 2 . N ow spe cif y the re s pe ctive size of the volu m e f or eac h di sk. Se le c t the f irst disk u n der " S e le cte d" and en ter th e size you want the volu m e to be u nde r Dis k sp ac e in M B . T h e n sel ec t the se con d disk and en ter th e size you wan t th e v olu me[...]

G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 6 Op t im ize t h e size to a minimum You c an shri n k a drive ( v olu m e or partition ) down to its fre e di sk s pac e and e v e n u n t il the last ph y s ic al fi le on th e v ol- u m e . You c an also fi n d fre e spac e in be twee n fi le s on some drive s ( so cal led "hol e s "[...]

G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 7 Div id in g a l ar ge p ar t i t ion in t o a n umbe r o f s malle r o n e s T h e r e are va riou s way s of dividi n g a large partition in to a n u mbe r of small er one s, a c c o rdin g to the siz e and amou nt of data alloc a tion . Im po rt an t : I f the appl icati on is un suc ce ssfu [...]

G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 8 Ch an ge s e ver al s mall p ar t i t ions i n t o o n e l ar ge one . 1 . F irst c opy all the data onto one dri v e so that all the re m ain in g driv e s are e m pty. If o n e drive doesn ’ t h av e e n o u gh room for sto rin g all the data, sav e the data on some thi n g like a r e m ov [...]

Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 1 9 Edi t vario us di sk t yp es O&O Partition Man age r allows yo u to cre ate a n d c on vert v arious ty pe s of disks ( basic or dynam ic ) and lay outs ( MB R o r G PT ) . If a disk is not in ititali ze d, y ou can c on v e rt it in to a basic disk with an MB R o r GPT lay ou t. Y[...]

Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 0 C on vert a basic di sk t o a dy n am ic di s k. Conver t t o M BR or G PT  Dis k You c an con v ert basic an d dy nam ic disks in t o v ar iou s lay ou ts ( MBR  or G PT ) . It 's possible to cre ate u p t o 12 8 part ition s o r dy nam ic v olu me s on a disk havin g a GPT[...]

Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 1 C on vert to GPT layout Cr e at e a pr i mary par t it ion You c an con v ert u nall oc ated spac e s of t h e hard disk ( basic di sk) in to a ne w prim a ry partition . A prim a ry part iti on fu nc - tion s ju s t like a s e parate disk: it can be u sed for in st alli ng an ope r at[...]

Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 2 C re ate a prim ar y partition Cr e at e an e xte n de d p ar t i t ion You c an cre ate an exte nde d partition in an u n a ll oc ated space of th e h ard disk ( basic di sk with MB R layout). 1 . Se le ct the u nal loc at e d s pac e to c re ate an e xten de d partition . 2 . R i ght[...]

Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 3 C re ate an e xten de d part iti on Cr e at e a logical dr i ve A logi c al drive can on ly be cre ated o n an exte n ded partition . It is possible to sub di vide an exte n ded partition in to sev- e ral logi cal driv e s. 1 . T o cre at e a logi cal drive sel ec t the e xten ded part[...]

Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 4 C re ate a ne w logi c a l drive[...]

Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 5 Conver t t o logical dr ive You c an con v ert a prim a ry part iti on to a logi c a l driv e and v ic e versa. l T o con v ert a primary part ition i n to a logic al drive, righ t-c li c k on th e partition or in the m e nu bar un de r Act io n /Al l ac ti ons on Conver t t o l ogi c [...]

Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 6 Cr e at e a ne w st r ip e s e t A str ip e set c a n onl y be c re ated on dy nam ic disks. A mi n imu m o f two disks, e.g., h a rd disks, are re qu ire d f or doin g t h is. A str ip e set sav es data altern ately in stripe s on s e le cte d disks. As th is in v olv e s simu ltan e [...]

Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 7 Cr e at e a ne w mirr o r ed vo l ume A mi r rored v olu m e can on ly be cre ated o n dynam ic di sk s. A m in im u m of two disks, e .g. , hard disks, a re requ ire d for doin g thi s . Not e : T hi s fu n c tion c a n onl y be run u nd e r W in dows Se rv er 2 0 00 , 20 03 , 20 08 ,[...]

Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 8 M ir r or dr i ve You c an cre ate a mi rror out of a sim ple v olu me . The data on it wil l the n be copi e d o n to a n othe r drive. Ev ery ch ange th at is mad e to the orig inal drive will autom at ic ally be m ade to t h e mi rr or. Not e : A mirrore d vo lu me c a n onl y be c [...]

A dvanc ed fu n c t ion s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 9 Advanc e d f un c t ion s In addi tion to t h e v arious man a ge me nt f u nc tions O&O P artition Man a ge r off ers addi t ion a l a dvanc ed fu nc tion s , e.g. t h e sec u re de leti o n of priv ate data. Recogni ze n e w di s k s S h o u ld ne wly con ne cte d disks, e.g., US B S[...]

A dvanc ed fu n c t ion s O&O Partition Man age r - 3 0 Dele t e d r i v e You c an de lete an e xistin g drive by eith er r ig h t-c lic kin g it, o r cl ic kin g un der A c t ion/ Al l j obs . T he d rive a s wel l as the data on it will be lost by thi s . Not e : W h e n de le tin g a drive, all data on the d rive is also de le ted . T o be [...]

A dvanc ed fu n c t ion s O&O Partition Man age r - 3 1 S e lec t me thod o f de leti o n Dele t e d is k s e cu r e ly 1 . If y ou want t o rese t a disk's de fau lt s e ttin gs, r ig h t-c lic k a n d se le ct De let e di sk secur e l y . 2 . You can th e n sel ec t a me t h od of de le tion. T he am o u n t of t im e n ee ded f or del e[...]

A dvanc ed fu n c t ion s O&O Partition Man age r - 3 2 f r om t h ese f ree spac es. T o be on the safe sid e, bef ore del etin g, c re ate a n im a ge of y our data drive with spe ci a l s oft- ware like O&O D iskImage . Not e : Dele tin g the sy stem partition wi t h O& O Par tition Manage r is o n ly possible by usin g the S tar t C[...]

A dvanc ed fu n c t ion s O&O Partition Man age r - 3 3 Drive in form a tion[...]

U sin g the S t art C D O&O Partition Man age r - 3 4 Using t h e St ar t CD T h an ks t o the S t art CD - the on ly o n e of its k in d in the e nti re world - bei ng able to run i ts v ery own mi ni -ope rating sy s- te m based on W in dows P E, y ou’ll be able to use O&O P artition Man age r with out havin g t o rely on yo u r own W i[...]

U sin g the S t art C D O&O Partition Man age r - 3 5 S tart O&O Part iti onM an age r dire ctl y from C D Lo ad dr i v er s B e fore sta rtin g O& O P artition Manage r, it’s pos sibl e to install h ard disk con trolle r drivers to make su re the program wil l be able to dete ct a ll con ne c te d h a rd disks. T hi s also appl ie s [...]

U sin g the S t art C D O&O Partition Man age r - 3 6 Load addition al drivers un de r Win dows PE VDS b ackwar d com p at ib i lit y un de r Wi n dow s PE T h e S tart CD is base d on Wind o ws Se rv er 20 08 PE. T he V irtu al D isk Se rv ic e prov id e r use d un de r thi s sy s tem i s not bac k- ward c omp a tibl e to th e ope ratin g s y [...]

S u pport and c on tact O&O Partition Man age r - 3 7 Su ppor t an d c o nt ac t T o rec ei ve more in f ormation abou t O& O DiskI mag e , ple ase v isit our we bsite , http:// www .o o-sof tware .com , and ge t th e late st inf ormation abou t produ c t de velop m e nts and supp ort. Also in cl ude d on our we b s ite are regu larly up[...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 3 8 End u ser lice n se agre em en t 2.5 ( EULA ) O&O S of tware G e ne ra l and S pe ci a li ze d Se cti o n G e n er al S e ct i o n IMPORT ANT – PLEA S E REA D CA REFULLY T h is En d Use r Lic en se A gre em en t ( EU L A ) is organi zed in to 2 s e c t ion s : [...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 3 9 (1) O& O grants y ou, upon payme nt o f the agre ed one -tim e fe e, a pe rm ane n t, spatially un lim ite d a n d n o n -e xcl u s ive righ t to use the sof t ware . (2) T est v ersion s – if y ou have install ed a test v e rsion of o n e of our produ cts tak [...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 0 (5) Un t il pay me n t is made in f ul l, O& O retain s poss e ssion of a ll righ ts , partic ularl y those c on c ern ing c opyr ig h te d r igh ts of use , o n the m at e rials inc lu de d in th is con t ract. O& O is s pe ci f ic ally en title d to can ce [...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 1 a) O& O ref use s both kin ds of cu re, even i f it is en title d to do so as a r e su lt of the arisin g exp e nse s or b) t h e c u re is im pos sibl e or c ) the c ure i s un acc ep table to y ou o r d) t h e c u re is un suc c e s sfu l. A sub seq ue nt im pr[...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 2 You are respon s ib le f or makin g a standard backu p of y o u r data at le ast onc e a day . F or data loss cau s e d by O& O, O&O is onl y li able f or the e xpen se of du pli c a tin g t h e data o n y our backu p copi es that ne e d t o be cre at e d a n[...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 3 You are a u th orize d to in sta ll and use th e software produ ct o n all c o mp ute r s a) in th e possession of the c ompan y ( le gal pe rs on or natu ra l person (s) in th e c ase of c orporations) owni n g t h e li c e nse and b) all locate d at a sin gle site [...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 4 T h e software m ay onl y be use d on t h e appropriate ope ra tin g sy s tem i n acc ordanc e with the p re viously me nti on e d con - di tion s for the Workst ation and Se rv er Edition s. You mu s t own a mi n imu m o f one S erver Edition to use a Vi r tual Mac [...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 5 T h e software m ay onl y be use d on t h e appropriate ope ra tin g sy s tem i n acc ordanc e with the p re viously me nti on e d con - di tion s for the Workst ation and Se rv er Edition s. You mu s t own a mi n imu m o f one S erver Edition to use a Vi r tual Mac [...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 6 T h e software re qu ire s the Win dows 20 00 Profe ssional , Win dows X P ( all Edi t ion s) , Win dows V ista ( all Editi ons) or Win- dows 7 ( all edi t ion s) ope r atin g s y stem s. Usage with in the te rms of t h is c o n tract is n ot a c hie v e d with out t[...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 7 T h e software m ay onl y be use d on t h e appropriate ope ra tin g sy s tem i n acc ordanc e with the p re viously me nti on e d con - di tion s for the Workst ation and Se rv er Edition s. You mu s t own a mi n imu m o f one S erver Edition to use a Vi r tual Mac [...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 8 T h e program ov erwri tes the targe t data v olu m e (t h e se in cl u de am on g othe r t h in gs rewri table C Ds or US B st ic ks ). Ple as e make sure th a t no data y o u ne e d is le ft o n the targe t data v olu me . Overwri tin g data c ann ot be reverse d! [...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 9 B e fore makin g c h a n ge s to the Mi crosoft W in dows Reg istry ( in th e f ollow in g Re gi stry ) , y ou shou ld prep are a bac ku p c o py of the Re gistry and en sure th at y o u ’ll be abl e to restore the Re gistry if a proble m s h oul d ar ise . O&O[...]

En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 5 0 be u s e d wh olly in c o n jun c tion with all h ardware in y our poss e ssion , i.e. thi s lic en se may not be u s e d to prov ide a service to a thi rd party . T hi s lic en se is boun d to a s in gle n a tural pe rson a n d is non -tran s f e r able . O&O Re[...]