Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 - User Guide - Manual (Page 10)

Installation And Use
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Please take all necessary precautions and following these simple rules:
1. Create a disk image of the disk on which partitions are to be reconfigured. This will
ensure that your data will not be lost under any circumstances.
Almost all current PCs feature CD-RW drives. Having your most important data backed up
to a hard disk or CD will enable you to work on the disk partitions with full confidence that
your data is safe.
Acronis offers extremely effective hard disk and partition disk imaging software — Acronis
True Image (visit
http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/ ). It creates a backup stored
in a compressed archive file whose contents can be restored at any time.
2. Test your disk to make sure it’s fully functional and does not contain bad sectors or file
system errors.
You can invoke system hard disk checking tools directly from Acronis Disk Director Server
by selecting Disk Æ Check or clicking Check the selected partition for errors toolbar
button.
3. Do not perform any partition operations while running other software that has low-
level disk access, such as antivirus or backup tools. Close such programs before running
Acronis Disk Director Server.
If you follow these simple rules, you will protect yourself against data loss.
2.8 Running Acronis Disk Director Server
2.7.1 Running under Windows
Under Windows, select Start Æ Programs Æ Acronis Æ DiskDirector Æ Acronis Disk
Director Server.
Under Windows, Acronis Disk Director Server can perform operations on any partitions,
including primary, logical, system or data without rebooting your PC.
2.7.2 Running Acronis Disk Director Server for the first time
When you run the program for the first time, you will be prompted to choose whether you
want to work in Automatic Mode or Manual Mode.
Automatic Mode provides enough functionality to create almost any partition configuration
on your PC hard disks.
If you need a detailed partition structure representation with a complete set of partition
operations and controls, select Manual Mode.
You can switch between modes at any time (see 3.1.3 «Switching modes»).