Table of contents
Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2010
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................ 3
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 1.
INSTALLATION AND USE ............................................................................................. 8
1.1
S
YSTEM
R
EQUIREMENTS
...................................................................................................................... 8
1.2
S
UPPORTED
O
PERATING
S
YSTEMS
....................................................................................................... 8
1.3
I
NSTALLATION
P
ROCESS
...................................................................................................................... 8
1.4
U
PGRADING
A
CRONIS
D
ISK
D
IRECTOR
S
UITE
...................................................................................... 9
1.5
R
EMOVING
S
OFTWARE
........................................................................................................................ 9
1.6
U
SER
I
NTERFACE
............................................................................................................................... 10
1.7
B
EFORE
Y
OU
R
UN
A
CRONIS
D
ISK
D
IRECTOR
S
UITE
.......................................................................... 10
1.8
R
UNNING
A
CRONIS
D
ISK
D
IRECTOR
S
UITE
........................................................................................ 11
CHAPTER 2.
BEGINNING THE WORK .............................................................................................. 12
2.1
A
CRONIS
D
ISK
D
IRECTOR
S
UITE
L
OGICAL
O
RGANIZATION
............................................................... 12
2.2
A
CRONIS
D
ISK
D
IRECTOR
S
UITE
M
AIN
W
INDOW
.............................................................................. 13
2.3
C
ALLING
P
ARTITION
O
PERATIONS
..................................................................................................... 14
2.4
P
ARTITION
O
PERATION
P
ROPERTIES
.................................................................................................. 15
2.5
P
ROTECTING
A
CRONIS
D
ISK
D
IRECTOR
S
UITE
W
ITH
A
P
ASSWORD
................................................... 18
2.6
V
IEWING LOGS
................................................................................................................................... 19
CHAPTER 3.
AUTOMATIC PARTITION OPERATIONS ................................................................ 21
3.1
C
REATING
A
N
EW
P
ARTITION
............................................................................................................ 21
3.2
I
NCREASING
P
ARTITION
F
REE
S
PACE
................................................................................................. 30
3.3
C
OPYING
P
ARTITIONS
........................................................................................................................ 32
CHAPTER 4.
MANUAL PARTITION OPERATIONS ........................................................................ 37
4.1
M
AIN
P
ARTITION
O
PERATIONS
.......................................................................................................... 37
4.2
A
DDITIONAL
P
ARTITION
O
PERATIONS
............................................................................................... 56
CHAPTER 5.
WORKING WITH ACRONIS RECOVERY EXPERT ............................................... 66
5.1
A
UTOMATIC
R
ECOVERY
.................................................................................................................... 67
5.2
M
ANUAL
R
ECOVERY
......................................................................................................................... 70
CHAPTER 6.
WORKING WITH ACRONIS DISK EDITOR ............................................................. 73
6.1
G
ENERAL INFORMATION
.................................................................................................................... 73
6.2
T
HE SELECTION OF THE PARTITION OR A DISK FOR EDITING
............................................................... 73
6.3
M
AIN
W
INDOW OF THE
P
ROGRAM
..................................................................................................... 74
6.4
E
DIT
H
ARD
D
ISKS
.............................................................................................................................. 75
6.5
W
RITE
B
LOCK TO A
F
ILE AND
R
EAD FROM A
F
ILE
............................................................................. 76
6.6
V
IEW
.................................................................................................................................................. 77
6.7
S
EARCH
.............................................................................................................................................. 78
6.8
W
ORKING WITH
D
IFFERENT
E
NCODINGS
........................................................................................... 80
CHAPTER 7.
WORKING WITH ACRONIS OS SELECTOR ........................................................... 81
7.1
G
ENERAL INFORMATION
.................................................................................................................... 81
7.2
S
TARTING THE WORK
......................................................................................................................... 81
7.3
S
ETTING THE
B
OOT
M
ENU
................................................................................................................. 83
7.4
B
OOTING OPERATING SYSTEMS
.......................................................................................................... 83
7.5
S
ETTING AN OPERATING SYSTEM AS THE DEFAULT
............................................................................ 84
7.6
S
ETTING OPERATING SYSTEM PASSWORDS
......................................................................................... 84
7.7
S
ETTING OPERATING SYSTEM PROPERTIES
......................................................................................... 85
7.8
H
IDING OPERATING SYSTEMS
............................................................................................................. 91
7.9
U
SING SHORTCUTS
............................................................................................................................. 92
7.10
D
ELETING OPERATING SYSTEMS FROM
OS
S
ELECTOR BOOT MENU
................................................ 92