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User’s Guide

PartitionExpert

2003

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Page 1: ...User s Guide PartitionExpert 2003 Compute with confidence www acronis com...

Page 2: ...t permission of the copyright holder Distribution of the work or derivative work in any standard paper book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copy...

Page 3: ...4 PARTITION OPERATION PROPERTIES 15 2 4 1 DISPLAYING OPERATION RESULTS 15 2 4 2 PENDING OPERATIONS 16 2 4 3 VIEWING DELAYED OPERATIONS 16 2 4 4 PERFORMING PENDING OPERATIONS 16 2 4 5 MODIFYING PENDING...

Page 4: ...4 2 9 RESIZING INODE TABLE IN LINUX EXT2 EXT3 65 APPENDIX A HARD DISK AND OPERATING SYSTEM 67 A 1 HARD DISK ORGANIZATION 67 A 2 HARD DISK PARTITION 68 A 3 PARTITION TYPES 68 A 4 PRIMARY PARTITIONS 70...

Page 5: ...partitions Disk space should be controlled Acronis PartitionExpert enables you to re configure hard disk partitions any time to use the disk space most efficiently By partitioning your hard disk you g...

Page 6: ...ssary technical term glossary to help you understand this Guide Softwareuseconditions The conditions of Acronis PartitionExpert use are listed in the supplied Li cense Agreement To be able to prove th...

Page 7: ...ionExpert 1 Insert the CD into the CD ROM drive and run the installer 2 Thoroughly follow all instructions 3 Having answered all installer questions Acronis PartitionExpert files will be copied to the...

Page 8: ...pdate Acronis PartitionExpert and click Next All Acronis PartitionExpert files will be copied to your hard disk again to restore the software Software upgrades with certain bug fixes may be downloaded...

Page 9: ...ial problems are not caused by the software but only from improper use A power loss PC power cut or pressed Reset might result in partition damage and data loss Please take all necessary precautions a...

Page 10: ...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 choose the Manual Mode Work...

Page 11: ...ns Increase free space wizard enables you to enlarge a partition at the expense of unallocated disk space or other partitions Copy partition wizard enables you to copy a partition Through these wizard...

Page 12: ...uter disk and partition list The main window appearance differs depending on the selected operation mode see 2 1 Acronis PartitionExpert Logical Organization The differ ence applies to the available o...

Page 13: ...xpert main window Manual Mode 2 2 1 Disk and partition information The main window shows the partition s disk number assigned letter label type status size free space size and file system Disk and par...

Page 14: ...rations in both modes are called and executed similarly 2 3 1 Calling the main operations Any partition operations can be called By selecting from the Disk submenu From customizable toolbars From part...

Page 15: ...contains Advanced Resize Root this is absent in the FAT32 partition menu Unlike FAT16 Linux Ext2 Ext3 partition context menu contains Advanced Change Bytes per INODE 2 3 3 Invoking Acronis PartitionE...

Page 16: ...the Pending Operations window by clicking Operations Show Pending operations list This organization enables you to control all planned operations double check your intended work and undo them fully or...

Page 17: ...box pages One user action in Acronis PartitionExpert enables you to plan a whole list of partition operations For example calling a wizard for partition creation or re sizing You can easily verify yo...

Page 18: ...ration one by one or all at once by selecting Opera tions Redo All 2 4 7 Wizard operations Pending partition operations created by Acronis PartitionExpert wizards differ in that a user must provide a...

Page 19: ...perations Undo or pressing Ctrl Z or clicking Undo Last Action Acronis PartitionExpert shows the wizard and its results as a user action by creating the list of operations Any pending actions can be f...

Page 20: ...sked to re enter it Clicking Cancel will close the program If you need to change password 1 Select Disk Set Password 2 Enter the old password in the Old Password field and the new pass word in the New...

Page 21: ...rtition Install a new operating system or swap file on a partition Create partition wizard lets you create a partition of any type Active Pri mary or Logical select a file system label assign a letter...

Page 22: ...ed area For example if you have 5 0 GB and 12 0 GB unallocated areas the wizard will offer to create a partition on 12 0 GB area If you want to create a partition on 5 0 GB unallocated space you will...

Page 23: ...d in the File System wizard page Partition type selection window A hard disk can contain up to 4 primary partitions If they already exist Active and Primary options will be disabled and you will be ab...

Page 24: ...w At startup an operating system assigns letters C D to partitions These letters are used by applications and the operating system to lo cate files on partitions For example C Program Files Acronis Pa...

Page 25: ...hem The first primary active partition found on the 1st hard disk is as signed C If there s no such partition C is assigned to the first suitable primary partition Similar and consecutively one of pri...

Page 26: ...ing Other partitions will not be affected by these operations OS startup problems may appear if you directly change the letter as signed to the system partition or a partition with PAGEFILE SYS swap f...

Page 27: ...graphically represented in Acronis PartitionExpert main window More details about Finish command results are provided in 2 4 7 Wizard operations 4 Ifyouwanttocreateanew partitionusingotherpartitionfr...

Page 28: ...tition can be cre ated in this space The window of existing partition selection to create a new partition By creating a partition using the free space of other partitions Acronis PartitionExpert can c...

Page 29: ...lect a partition to take the necessary space from 4 4 On the Partition Size wizard page enter the size of the created partition the wizard automatically determines minimal and maximum partition sizes...

Page 30: ...5 of 3 1 Creating A New Partition Clicking Finish on the last wizard page to allow Acronis PartitionExpert to create a pending operation list for new partition crea tion these actions may only modify...

Page 31: ...Partition To Increase wizard page select a partition that you want to enlarge Selecting a partition to increase free space 3 On the Select Partitions wizard page select a disk partition on which space...

Page 32: ...onExpert create the pending operation list for partition resizing your actions may only modify an existing operation See 2 4 5 Modifying pending operations The new partition structure will be graphica...

Page 33: ...located disk space or at the expense of existing partition space inserted between other partitions resized after com parison with the original change the type or file system and assign a label or a le...

Page 34: ...ex isting partition To make your selection click before or after a partition before or after which you want to locate the copy If you click before a partition the copy will be located before it In thi...

Page 35: ...lly perform all necessary operations even if it has to resize or move other partitions 4 The selected disk might lack space for a copy Nevertheless you can copy a partition by selecting another partit...

Page 36: ...me space from If there is not enough space a partition will not be copied 5 On the next Partition Size wizard page you can provide a desired parti tion size The wizard will automatically determine the...

Page 37: ...and possible limitations are described in the comment to 3 3 of 3 1 Creating A New Partition Further actions for copying a partition are the same as described in 3 4 3 7 of 3 1 Creating A New Partitio...

Page 38: ...The new partition structure will be graphically represented in Acronis PartitionExpert main window Copied partition in Acronis PartitionExpert main window 38 Chapter 3 Automatic Partition Operations...

Page 39: ...tions of partition creation selecting a type file system formatting etc assigning label and letter partition resizing relocating clearing dele tion etc 4 1 1 Creating new partitions If there is unallo...

Page 40: ...come available on the toolbar and Create Partition operation on the sidebar and in the context menu Selecting unallocated disk space 2 Execute operation of partition creation by selecting Disk Create...

Page 41: ...cture will be graphically represented in Acronis PartitionExpert main window Creating a partition in unallocated disk space in Windows 95 98 Me can change the order of letters assigned to other partit...

Page 42: ...isk 2 is selected for copying on the figure below Selecting a partition to copy 2 Execute partition copy operation by selecting Disk Copy or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list or by clickin...

Page 43: ...a partition on a hard disk no unallo cated spaces will be available for selection 4 Select the unallocated disk space to copy a selected partition to it 5 In the next wizard page enter partition copy...

Page 44: ...king The detailed discussion of partition letter assignment rules for various op erating systems are described in 3 1 Creating A New Partition 4 1 3 Moving a partition to unallocated disk space You mi...

Page 45: ...hard disk 2 is selected for moving on the figure below Selecting a partition to move 2 Execute operation of partition moving by selecting Disk Move or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list or...

Page 46: ...ocated space Therefore moving is possible If there is not enough free space to copy a partition on a hard disk no unallo cated spaces will be available for selection 4 Select free space to move the se...

Page 47: ...les for various oper ating systems are described in 3 1 Creating A New Partition Take special care when moving an operating system partition and its boot code loca tion The OS might stop booting For e...

Page 48: ...automatically considers the limitations of file sys tems and parameters provided In particular it won t let you enlarge FAT16 partition over the maximum 4 GB 2 GB for Windows 95OSR2 98 Me value 5 By...

Page 49: ...am an application partition Data a data partition etc In Windows partition labels are shown in the Explorer disk and folder tree WIN98 C WINXP D DATA E etc WIN98 WINXP DATA are partition labels A part...

Page 50: ...systems see A 9 File System Main Specifications FAT16 FAT32 NTFS Windows file systems Linux EXT2 Ext3 ReiserFS Swap Linux file systems 5 Select cluster size Auto 512 bytes 1 2 4 64 KB Note that 1 the...

Page 51: ...can 1 just delete a hard disk partition without wiping disk sectors set the switch to Delete partition 2 delete a hard disk partition and fully wipe partition sectors set the switch to Delete partiti...

Page 52: ...stop working The detailed dis cussion of partition letter assignment rules for various operating systems are de scribed in 3 1 Creating A New Partition 4 1 8 Checking hard disk partitions for errors...

Page 53: ...er performance especially at considerable amount of I O operations Vice versa file defragmentation can increase performance as the read head has to move less across the disk to read all file parts Acr...

Page 54: ...a substantial amount of confidential information Often users forget that private information should not only be kept safe but also be completely destroyed to avoid unauthorized access to it Windows t...

Page 55: ...ting a partition Hard disk passes number window 4 By clicking OK you add a pending operation of unallocated disk space wiping 4 1 11 Clearing a hard disk Acronis PartitionExpert lets you clear not onl...

Page 56: ...earing Deleting a hard disk partitions does not destroy disk sector contents It can be re stored by special means if needed Therefore if you need to destroy confidential in formation set the switch to...

Page 57: ...can change letters assigned by an operating system Ifyouneedtochangeletterassignedtoapartitionbyanoperatingsystem 1 Select hard disk and partition on it 2 Execute operation of partition letter changin...

Page 58: ...d is supported by Win dows 98 ME and Windows 2000 XP Its main purpose was to remove FAT16 limitation FAT32 is the evolution of FAT16 The main difference between FAT32 and FAT16 is the support of highe...

Page 59: ...about compatibility of file and operating systems see A 9 File System Main Specifications 4 2 3 Hiding a partition Acronis PartitionExpert allows you to hide a partition It can be useful for protectin...

Page 60: ...Windows 95 98 Me can change the order of letters assigned to other partitions As a result some shortcuts might stop working In Windows NT 2000 XP hiding a partition does not affect letters assigned to...

Page 61: ...result some shortcuts might stop working The detailed discus sion of partition letter assignment rules for various operating systems are described in 3 1 Creating A New Partition 4 2 5 Setting active...

Page 62: ...o other partitions As a result some shortcuts might stop working The de tailed discussion of partition letter assignment rules for various operating systems are described in 3 1 Creating A New Partiti...

Page 63: ...at least one cluster block Disk space losses depending on cluster size are shown in Appendix A see A 9 2 FAT16 Table 3 However reducing FAT32 partition cluster size might increase the space oc cupied...

Page 64: ...xisting operation See 2 4 5 Modifying pending operations 4 2 8 Changing partition type Each partition record includes the partition type field It is a hexadecimal value that defines the file and opera...

Page 65: ...Changing partition type might prevent some operating systems from work ing with it even if it is a compatible file system Changing partition type in Windows 95 98 Me can hide a partition and change th...

Page 66: ...by selecting Disk Advanced Change Bytes per INODE or a similar item in the Advanced sidebar list or by clicking Change the number of bytes per INODE on the toolbar or selecting it from partition or th...

Page 67: ...x portion that marks the beginning of the sector and its number At the end of a sector in the suffix portion there is the checksum that is used to check data integrity Data area between the prefix and...

Page 68: ...tems The process of creating a partition file system is called formatting Each parti tion can have its own file system Preparing a disk for working includes two stages partitioning and formatting Part...

Page 69: ...can look like MBR Primary partition 1 1 System logical disk C Extended partition 1 2 Logical partition 1 5 Logical disk D Logical disk E Logical disk F Usually initial partitioning is made by means o...

Page 70: ...ons that are similar to primary partitions In particular they can contain operating systems applications and user data Primary partitions should be used for booting operating systems and system files...

Page 71: ...file is a chain of connected sectors or clusters A cluster is a unit of several sectors Sectors are characteristic for file systems supported by various versions of Windows Operating systems support f...

Page 72: ...ral A 9 1 File system specification summary Below is a summary of the most popular file systems Each system is briefly commented This information can help you work with Acronis PartitionExpert Table 1...

Page 73: ...d by most other systems Main features of FAT16 are the file allocation table FAT and clusters FAT is the core of the file system To increase data safety it is possible to have sev eral instances of FA...

Page 74: ...e 28 bit cluster numbers and more flexible root folder implementation which is not limited in size The reason for FAT32 is the necessity to support large larger than 8 Gigabytes hard disks and the ina...

Page 75: ...lly introduced with their version 7 2 of the Linux operating system Ext3 is the Red Hat Linux journaling file system It is forward and backward compatible with Linux ext2 It has multiple journaling mo...

Page 76: ...following stages Hardware diagnostics Memory check Built in BIOS initialization Initialization of additional hardware components and their BIOSes video SCSI etc Booting an operation system If a boot...

Page 77: ...full path to the file in the folder tree File Allocation Table FAT The hard disk area located after the boot sector that describes physical files locations a duplicate for higher data storage re liabi...

Page 78: ...usually reserved for floppy drives Starting with C letters are assigned to hard disk partitions that can be recognized by the operating system Separate letters may be assigned to CD ROMs DVDs or other...

Page 79: ...itions form one chain Partition table It is the table that contains the information about partitions and links to other partition tables A partition table cannot have more than four entries Main parti...

Page 80: ...while other system files are located in the system folder which is usually called WINDOWS Program Files folder can also be treated as system since it resides on the same partition as WINDOWS and also...

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