Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 - User Guide - Manual (Page 4)

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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 6
1.1 W HAT IS A CRONIS D ISK D IRECTOR S ERVER ? ...................................................................................... 6
1.2 W HAT ’ S NEW IN A CRONIS D ISK D IRECTOR S ERVER 10.0?................................................................... 6
1.3 S OFTWARE USE CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................ 7
1.4 T ECHNICAL SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION AND USE ............................................................................................. 8
2.1 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 I NSTALLATION P ROCESS ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.3 U PGRADING A CRONIS D ISK D IRECTOR S ERVER .................................................................................. 9
2.4 R EMOVING S OFTWARE ........................................................................................................................ 9
2.5 U SER I NTERFACE ................................................................................................................................. 9
2.6 B EFORE Y OU R UN A CRONIS D ISK D IRECTOR S ERVER ......................................................................... 9
2.7 R UNNING A CRONIS D ISK D IRECTOR S ERVER ..................................................................................... 10
CHAPTER 3. BEGINNING THE WORK.............................................................................................. 12
3.1 A CRONIS D ISK D IRECTOR S ERVER L OGICAL O RGANIZATION ............................................................ 12
3.2 A CRONIS D ISK D IRECTOR S ERVER M AIN W INDOW ........................................................................... 13
3.3 C ALLING P ARTITION O PERATIONS ..................................................................................................... 14
3.4 P ARTITION O PERATION P ROPERTIES .................................................................................................. 15
3.5 P ROTECTING A CRONIS D ISK D IRECTOR S ERVER W ITH A P ASSWORD ................................................ 19
3.6 V IEWING LOGS ................................................................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER 4. AUTOMATIC PARTITION OPERATIONS ................................................................ 21
4.1 C REATING A N EW P ARTITION ............................................................................................................ 21
4.2 I NCREASING P ARTITION F REE S PACE ................................................................................................. 30
4.3 C OPYING P ARTITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 32
CHAPTER 5. MANUAL PARTITION OPERATIONS........................................................................ 37
5.1 M AIN P ARTITION O PERATIONS .......................................................................................................... 37
5.2 A DDITIONAL P ARTITION O PERATIONS ............................................................................................... 56
CHAPTER 6. WORKING IN THE COMMAND-LINE MODE.......................................................... 66
6.1 S UPPORTED COMMANDS .................................................................................................................... 66
6.2 DISKDIRECTORCMD . EXE USAGE EXAMPLES ........................................................................................ 67
CHAPTER 7. WORKING WITH ACRONIS RECOVERY EXPERT ............................................... 68
7.1 A UTOMATIC R ECOVERY .................................................................................................................... 69
7.2 M ANUAL R ECOVERY ......................................................................................................................... 72
CHAPTER 8. WORKING WITH ACRONIS DISK EDITOR............................................................. 75
8.1 G ENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 75
8.2 T HE SELECTION OF THE PARTITION OR A DISK FOR EDITING ............................................................... 75
8.3 M AIN W INDOW OF THE P ROGRAM ..................................................................................................... 76
8.4 E DIT H ARD D ISKS .............................................................................................................................. 77
8.5 W RITE B LOCK TO A F ILE AND R EAD FROM A F ILE ............................................................................. 78
8.6 V IEW .................................................................................................................................................. 79
8.7 S EARCH ............................................................................................................................................. 80
8.8 W ORKING WITH D IFFERENT E NCODINGS ........................................................................................... 82
CHAPTER 9. BOOTABLE MEDIA BUILDER .................................................................................... 83
9.1 G ENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 83
9.2 C REATING BOOTABLE MEDIA ............................................................................................................. 83
CHAPTER 7. HARD DISK AND FILE SYSTEMS .............................................................................. 86
A.1 H ARD D ISK O RGANIZATION ............................................................................................................... 86
A.2 H ARD D ISK P ARTITION ...................................................................................................................... 87
A.3 P ARTITION T YPES .............................................................................................................................. 87
A.4 P RIMARY P ARTITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 88
A.5 E XTENDED P ARTITIONS ..................................................................................................................... 89
A.6 L OGICAL P ARTITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 89