Introduction
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Introduction
What is Acronis Disk Director Suite?
Acronis Disk Director Suite is a complex program that includes partition and boot
managers and hard disk data editing tools. With it, you can:
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Create hard disk partitions
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Resize, move, split and merge partitions without data loss or destruction
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Convert partitions to other file systems without data loss
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Copy (move) partition contents
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Delete partitions
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Recover hard disk partitions that were accidentally deleted or damaged due to a
hardware or software error
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Format, label, assign letters, hide and unhide partitions, set active partitions and
perform additional disk management operations
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Install multiple operating systems on a single PC
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Boot installed operating systems from any hard disk partition
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Boot installed operating systems from under Windows
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Install several operating systems on a single partition
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Hide or protect with a password any operating system on your PC
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Duplicate installed operating systems and define different configurations for each copy
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Recover boot records, files and folders structure, find lost clusters, remove viruses,
etc.
Some terms of this guide might be unfamiliar. Appendix A «Hard Disk And File Systems
» and Appendix C «Glossary» provide descriptions of some hard disk data storage components
and used terms.
What’s new in Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0?
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Splitting/merging partitions
You can split a partition in two, moving the selected folders to the new partition and
leaving the rest of the data on the old one. This operation can also be used for
creating an empty partition from another partition’s free space. You can merge two
partitions, as well, even if their file systems are different. All data will stay intact and
reside on the resulting partition.
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Exploring and managing partitions contents
You can explore or manage partition contents before configuring operations on that
partition directly from Acronis Disk Director Suite. It enables you to copy, paste,
