Table of contents
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................ 3
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 1. INSTALLATION AND USE 8.............................................................................................
1.1 S RYSTEM EQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 8
1.2 S O SUPPORTED PERATING YSTEMS ....................................................................................................... 8
1.3 I PNSTALLATION ROCESS ...................................................................................................................... 8
1.4 U APGRADING CRONIS IRECTOR DISK D SUITE ...................................................................................... 9
1.5 REMOVING SOFTWARE 9........................................................................................................................
1.6 U ISER NTERFACE ............................................................................................................................... 10
1.7 B Y R AEFORE OU UN CRONIS IRECTOR DISK D SUITE .......................................................................... 10
1.8 R AUNNING CRONIS IRECTOR DISK D SUITE ........................................................................................ 11
CHAPTER 2. BEGINNING THE WORK .............................................................................................. 12
2.1 ACRONIS IRECTOR DISK D SUITE LOGICAL ORGANIZATION ............................................................... 12
2.2 ACRONIS IRECTOR DISK D SUITE AIN M WINDOW .............................................................................. 13
2.3 C P O ALLING ARTITION PERATIONS ..................................................................................................... 14
2.4 P O PARTITION PERATION ROPERTIES .................................................................................................. 15
2.5 PROTECTING ACRONIS IRECTOR DISK D SUITE W A PITH ASSWORD ................................................... 18
2.6 V IEWING LOGS ................................................................................................................................... 19
CHAPTER 3. AUTOMATIC PARTITION OPERATIONS ................................................................ 21
3.1 CREATING A N EW PARTITION ............................................................................................................ 21
3.2 I P F S NCREASING ARTITION REE PACE................................................................................................. 30
3.3 COPYING PARTITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 32
CHAPTER 4. MANUAL PARTITION OPE RATIONS ........................................................................ 37
4.1 M P O AIN ARTITION PERATIONS .......................................................................................................... 37
4.2 A P O DDITIONAL ARTITION PERATIONS ............................................................................................... 56
CHAPTER 5. WORKING WITH ACRONIS RECOVERY EXPERT ............................................... 66
5.1 .................................................................................................................... A R UTOMATIC ECOVERY 67
5.2 MANUAL RECOVERY ......................................................................................................................... 70
CHAPTER 6. ING WITH ACRONIS DIS WORK K EDITOR ............................................................. 73
6.1 G ENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 73
6.2 T HE SELECTION OF THE PARTITION OR A DISK FOR EDITING ............................................................... 73
6.3 M WAIN INDOW OF THE PROGRAM ..................................................................................................... 74
6.4 E H D DIT ARD ISKS .............................................................................................................................. 75
6.5 W B F R F RITE LOCK TO A ILE AND EAD FROM A ILE ............................................................................. 76
6.6 V IEW.................................................................................................................................................. 77
6.7 SEARCH.............................................................................................................................................. 78
6.8 W D EORKING WITH IFFERENT NCODINGS ........................................................................................... 80
CHAPTER 7. WORKING WITH ACRONIS OS SELECTOR ........................................................... 81
7.1 G ENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 81
7.2 S TARTING THE WORK ......................................................................................................................... 81
7.3 SETTING THE BOOT ENUM ................................................................................................................. 83
7.4 B OOTING OPERATING SYSTEMS.......................................................................................................... 83
7.5 SETTING AN OPERATING SYSTEM AS THE DEFAULT ............................................................................ 84
7.6 SETTING OPERATING SYSTEM PASSWORDS ......................................................................................... 84
7.7 SETTING OPERATING SYSTEM PROPERTIES ......................................................................................... 85
7.8 H IDING OPERATING SYSTEMS............................................................................................................. 91
7.9 U SING SHORTCUTS ............................................................................................................................. 92
7.10 DELETING OPERATING SYSTEMS FROM OS SELECTOR BOOT MENU ................................................ 92