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6.11.5.7
Changing disk status
Changing disk status is effective for Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 operating
systems and applies to the current disk layout (p. 269).
One of the following disk statuses always appears in the graphical view of the disk next to the disk's
name:
Online
The online status means that a disk is accessible in the read-write mode. This is the normal disk
status. If you need a disk to be accessible in the read-only mode, select the disk and then change
its status to offline by selecting
Change disk status to offline
from the
Operations
menu.
Offline
The offline status means that a disk is accessible in the read-only mode. To bring the selected
offline disk back to online, select
Change disk status to online
from the
Operations
menu.
If the disk has the offline status and the disk's name is
Missing
, this means that the disk cannot
be located or identified by the operating system. It may be corrupted, disconnected, or powered
off. For information on how to bring a disk that is offline and missing back online, please refer to
the following Microsoft knowledge base article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc732026.aspx.
6.11.6
Volume operations
Acronis Disk Director Lite includes the following operations that can be performed on volumes:
Create Volume (p. 276) - Creates a new volume with the help of the Create Volume Wizard.
Delete Volume (p. 280) - Deletes the selected volume.
Set Active (p. 280) - Sets the selected volume Active so that the machine will be able to boot with
the OS installed there.
Change Letter (p. 281) - Changes the selected volume letter
Change Label (p. 281) - Changes the selected volume label
Format Volume (p. 282) - Formats a volume giving it the necessary file system
The full version of Acronis Disk Director will provide more tools and utilities for working with
volumes.
Acronis Disk Director Lite must obtain exclusive access to the target volume. This means no other disk
management utilities (like Windows Disk Management utility) can access it at that time. If you receive a
message stating that the volume cannot be blocked, close the disk management applications that use this
volume and start again. If you can not determine which applications use the volume, close them all.
6.11.6.1
Creating a volume
You might need a new volume to:
Recover a previously saved backup copy in the “exactly as was” configuration;
Store collections of similar files separately — for example, an MP3 collection or video files on a
separate volume;
Store backups (images) of other volumes/disks on a special volume;
Install a new operating system (or swap file) on a new volume;
Add new hardware to a machine.
