Installation And Use
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creating bootable media (see
Chapter 9 “Bootable Media Builder”). You might not need
this tool if you purchased a boxed product that contains a bootable CD.
If you have another Acronis product with its own Bootable Media Builder, such as Acronis
True Image, installed on your computer, the installation program will automatically detect
it and will not install another Bootable Media Builder regardless of your setting. You can
create bootable media for all Acronis products using either product.
4. After installation, reboot your PC.
2.4
Upgrading Acronis Disk Director Server
If you already have Acronis Disk Director Server installed on your PC, the installation
program will automatically find it and prompt you on its replacement with the new
version.
Software upgrades (with certain bug fixes) may be downloaded free from the Acronis
Web site:
http://www.acronis.com/support/updates/
.
2.5
Removing Software
To remove Acronis Disk Director Server, select Start
→
Settings
→
Control Panel
→
Add or Remove Programs
→
Acronis Disk Director Server
→
Remove. You will
see a dialog to confirm removal. Click Yes to confirm and Acronis Disk Director Server will
be completely removed.
2.6
User Interface
When Acronis Disk Director Server software is installed, it has a graphical user interface
that is controlled by the mouse or by
Tab
,
Shift+Tab
,
Left
,
Right
,
Up
,
Down
,
Space
,
Enter
and
Escape
keys.
If you regularly work with Windows or X Window applications, you should not encounter
any problems with the Acronis Disk Director Server interface.
Acronis Disk Director Server uses a series of dialogs requiring the user to choose among
several actions or to mark partitions or disks to be manipulated.
2.7
Before You Run Acronis Disk Director Server
PLEASE NOTE: Operations on system, application or data partitions must be done very
carefully to avoid potential hard disk booting or data storage problems.
Acronis Disk Director Server has been thoroughly tested to work with numerous hard
disks, so if problems arise, they are likely caused by improper use, not the software.