Acronis Disk Director 12 - User Guide - Manual (Page 39)

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5.18 Browsing a volume's content
Before configuring any operations on a volume—we recommend you to view its contents to make
sure you choose the right volume. It can be especially useful in cases when a volume cannot be seen
by Windows Explorer—for example, a volume with Linux file systems, or when running Acronis Disk
Director from bootable media where there are no tools to view what is exactly stored on a volume.
To browse a volume's content
1. Right-click the volume whose contents you need to browse, and then click Browse files.
2. In the Browse window, expand the folder tree to explore files and folders on the selected
volume.
3. When you are finished with browsing, click OK.
Note: The Browse window shows the real volume contents, read from the disk. If there are some operations
pending, such as splitting a volume, you will not be able to explore the locked volumes until the operations are
committed or canceled. However, operations on folders in the Browse window are executed immediately.
5.19 Checking a volume for errors
This operation is enabled in Windows operating systems, and is disabled under bootable media.
This operation enables you to verify the logical integrity of a file system on a volume (for FAT16/32
and NTFS file systems) and repair any errors found.
Hard disk volumes should be checked before configuring any operation on them—see Precautions (p.
17).
Acronis Disk Director does not perform the checking itself, rather it launches the Check Disk tool
(Chkdsk.exe) included in Windows operating system.
To check a volume
1. Right-click the volume whose file system you need to check, and then click Check.
2. To find and fix errors (if any), select the Fix found errors check box.
3. To locate bad sectors and recover readable information, select the Try to fix found bad sectors
check box.
4. Click OK to run the volume check. If the volume contains a very large number of files—for
example, millions—the check can take a long time to complete. The results of the operation will
be displayed in a separate window.
Note: If the volume is in use, the tool can only check it for errors, but cannot repair them. The checking and
fixing of errors on this volume will be performed the next time you restart the system.
5.20 Defragmenting a volume
This operation is enabled in Windows operating systems, and is disabled under bootable media.
Defragmentation increases the system performance by consolidating fragmented files on a volume.
Fragmentation occurs when the operating system cannot allocate enough contiguous space to store
a complete file as a unit and thus, writes different pieces of a file in gaps between other files. The
defragmentation rearranges pieces of each file as close together and contiguously as possible,
minimizing the time required to access it.