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Chapter 1.  Installing and Starting Work 
with Acronis RecoveryExpert 

1.1 

Acronis RecoveryExpert System Package 

Acronis RecoveryExpert system package includes: 

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An installation disc, 

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This guide, 

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License agreement, 

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Registration card, 

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Advertising materials. 

1.2 System 

Requirements 

To take a full advantage of Acronis RecoveryExpert one should have: 

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a PC-compatible computer with a Pentium CPU or similar, 

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32 MB RAM, 

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a floppy or a CD-RW drive,  

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VGA monitor, 

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a mouse (recommended). 

1.3 Installation 

To install the Acronis RecoveryExpert: 

1.  Insert the Acronis RecoveryExpert installation CD into CD-ROM drive 

and start the installation procedure.  

2.  Carefully follow the installation program instructions on the screen. 

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Chapter 1 : Installing and Starting Work with Acronis RecoveryExpert 

 

Summary of Contents for RECOVERYEXPERT

Page 1: ...User s Guide RecoveryExpert Compute with confidence www acronis com...

Page 2: ...of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder Distribution of the work or derivative work in any standard paper book form for commercial purposes is prohibite...

Page 3: ...SYSTEM PACKAGE 6 1 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 6 1 3 INSTALLATION 6 1 4 REPAIRING UPGRADING ACRONIS RECOVERYEXPERT 8 1 5 REMOVING THE SOFTWARE 8 1 6 USER INTERFACE 8 1 7 RUNNING ACRONIS RECOVERYEXPERT SOFTW...

Page 4: ...stored in hard disk sectors unavailable to a user This makes Acronis RecoveryExpert a very essential utility for users with one or more hard disk partitions By creating a simple bootable diskette wit...

Page 5: ...ems with installation or using the system which cannot be solved with this guide or readme e mail the technical support You will need to send us the registration number of your Acronis RecoveryExpert...

Page 6: ...ull advantage of Acronis RecoveryExpert one should have a PC compatible computer with a Pentium CPU or similar 32 MB RAM a floppy or a CD RW drive VGA monitor a mouse recommended 1 3 Installation To i...

Page 7: ...omit this step if you have purchased the boxed product that contains a bootable CD While RecoveryExpert works in Windows you may need to recovery system partition when your PC fails to boot or recove...

Page 8: ...t Up Down Space Enter and Escape keys and represents an application of a Wizard type widespread in this OS environment If you work with Windows X Window or OS 2 applications on a regular basis you wil...

Page 9: ...ge under Windows select Start Programs Acronis RecoveryExpert Acronis RecoveryExpert You will immediately see a welcome window containing the partition disk image creation and restoration wizard If yo...

Page 10: ...ire hard disk space can be partly partitioned and or partly unallocated If you delete a disk partition whether intentionally or by mistake its space becomes unallocated You can create a new partition...

Page 11: ...titions automatically or manually To do so set the switch to the necessary position in the Recoverymode window Let us describe automatic partition recovery first Set the switch to Automatic Selecting...

Page 12: ...ans the entire disk surface Therefore the recovery process might take some time to complete Please note Acronis RecoveryExpert may find deleted partition s almost at once in a few seconds Partition s...

Page 13: ...ity partition free space file system Please note Found partitions are automatically added to the list during the search A deleted partition found Note that you do not have to select partitions for rec...

Page 14: ...as been found by Acronis RecoveryExpert and is shown in the disk structure but has not yet been recovered The next window contains a scenario for partition recovery generated by Acronis RecoveryExpert...

Page 15: ...now called Proceed After pressing Proceed Acronis RecoveryExpert takes care of everything automatically 2 2 Manual Recovery Set the switch to Manual in the Recovery mode window to select the manual r...

Page 16: ...eleted partition This window enables you to simultaneously select multiple unallocated spaces for recovery Unallocated space selected for partition recovery The next Searching Method window enables yo...

Page 17: ...view the Fast method takes less time while the Complete method is slower but more thorough Note that the Fast method should find all deleted partitions in the most cases Searching method selection Acr...

Page 18: ...hed As a found partition or multiple partitions are added to the list you can select them for immediate recovery Selecting a partition enables the Next button Clicking it you stop the search and proce...

Page 19: ...ion and continue recovery A deleted partition selected for recovery The following Recovered Partitions window shows the location of a partition to be recovered in the disk partition structure Location...

Page 20: ...zard next the scenario will be executed So far the program has not performed any actions and has only created the recovery scenario Please notice that the Next button of the Wizard is now called Proce...

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