Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 - User Guide Bedienungsanleitung

Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 User’s guide www.acronis.com

Installation And Use 10 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005Please take all necessary precautions and following these simple rules: 1. Create a dis

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 11Installation And Use 2.7.3 Running from bootable diskettes or CD Previously, we explained how to create boot

Beginning The Work 12 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Chapter 3. Beginning The Work 3.1 Acronis Disk Director Server Logical Organization Acro

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 13Beginning The WorkInstallation Process»), you can switch to another mode at any time. Select View Æ Automati

Beginning The Work 14 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Acronis Disk Director Server main window, Manual Mode 1. Disk and partition information

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 15Beginning The Work• Hide/Unhide — hide/unhide a partition • Set Active — set an active partition • Resize

Beginning The Work 16 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–20053.4.3 Viewing delayed operations All pending operations are added to the pending operati

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 17Beginning The WorkYou can always change any operation parameter, including type, file system, size, location,

Beginning The Work 18 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–20053.4.7 Wizard operations Pending partition operations created by Acronis Disk Director Ser

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 19Beginning The WorkAcronis Disk Director Server shows the wizard and its results as a user action by creating

2 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005. All rights reserved. Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of

Beginning The Work 20 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 3.6 Viewing logs Acronis Disk Director Server allows users to view its working logs. The

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 21Automatic Partition OperationsChapter 4. Automatic Partition Operations The «Automatic partition operations»

Automatic Partition Operations 22 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Partition creation method selection window 2. If you want to create a partit

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 23Automatic Partition Operations4. On the next wizard page, select partition type — Active (Active Primary), P

Automatic Partition Operations 24 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Partition file system selection window Selecting a partition file system res

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 25Automatic Partition OperationsHard disk partitions are not only assigned letters, but are also numbered. That

Automatic Partition Operations 26 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005Assigning a partition a new letter or hiding it will prevent only its applica

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 27Automatic Partition Operations 2. On the Select Hard Disk Drive wizard page, select a disk on which to creat

Automatic Partition Operations 28 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 The window of existing partition selection to create a new partition By crea

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 29Automatic Partition OperationsIn this case, you will have to return to the previous wizard page and select a

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 3 END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT BY ACCEPTING, YOU (ORIGINAL PURCHASER) INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS. IF

Automatic Partition Operations 30 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005Click Finish on the last wizard page to allow Acronis Disk Director Server to

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 31Automatic Partition Operations«Enlarging a partition at the expense of another partition» is described above:

Automatic Partition Operations 32 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005Note that although selected partition size is increased at the expense of oth

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 33Automatic Partition Operations Selecting a partition to copy 3. On the next Partition Location wizard page, a

Automatic Partition Operations 34 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 The copy will be located after the PROGRAM(H:) partition in the figure below

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 35Automatic Partition Operations The page to select a partition, which will be partly used for a copy location

Automatic Partition Operations 36 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 The page for partition copy size selection The minimum copy size is determi

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 37Manual Partition OperationsChapter 5. Manual Partition Operations Unlike the «Automatic partition operations»

Manual Partition Operations 38 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–20053. In the Create Partition window, enter a partition label and select a file sys

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 39Manual Partition Operations1. Select a hard disk and a partition to copy. Selecting a partition to copy 2.

Table of contents 4 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ...

Manual Partition Operations 40 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–20054. Select the unallocated disk space to copy a selected partition to it. 5. In

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 41Manual Partition OperationsFor example, Windows 98/Me, unlike Windows NT/2000/XP, does not let users assign r

Manual Partition Operations 42 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Unallocated space available for partition moving Note that the unallocated spac

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 43Manual Partition Operations Entering moved partition parameters The size and location of a partition copy can

Manual Partition Operations 44 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–20051. Select the hard disk and a partition to be resized. 2. Select Disk Æ Resize

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 45Manual Partition OperationsAcronis Disk Director Server features a wizard for performing more complex partiti

Manual Partition Operations 46 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Selecting folders to be moved 4. Distribute the source partition free space bet

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 47Manual Partition Operations5. By clicking Proceed, you'll add a pending operation (your actions may only

Manual Partition Operations 48 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005Merging an NTFS partition to a partition with file system not supporting securit

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 49Manual Partition OperationsThe Explore operation shows the real partition contents, read from the disk. If th

Table of contents Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 5 A.7 FORMATTING HARD DISKS ...

Manual Partition Operations 50 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–20052. Select Disk Æ Format or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list, or cli

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 51Manual Partition Operations5.1.10 Deleting a partition After a partition is deleted, its space is added to u

Manual Partition Operations 52 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005The new partition structure will be graphically represented in the Acronis Disk

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 53Manual Partition Operations Partition check results window 5.1.12 Defragmenting a partition Defragmentation

Manual Partition Operations 54 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Run partition defragmentation window 4. Defragmentation results are shown in t

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 55Manual Partition Operations2. Select Disk Æ Wipe or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list, or click

Manual Partition Operations 56 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Hard disk clearing parameters window 4. By clicking OK, you'll add a pendi

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 57Manual Partition Operations Change letter window 4. By clicking OK in the Change letter window, you'll a

Manual Partition Operations 58 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005The main difference between FAT32 and FAT16 is the support of higher-capacity fo

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 59Manual Partition Operations1. Select a disk and a partition to hide in the list in the Acronis Disk Director

Introduction 6 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 What is Acronis Disk Director Server? Acronis Disk Director Server

Manual Partition Operations 60 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–20053. By clicking OK in the Unhide Partition window, you'll add the pending op

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 61Manual Partition Operations3. By clicking OK in the Set Active Partition window, you'll add the pending

Manual Partition Operations 62 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005FAT16 can contain a maximum of 65,520 elements. 4. By clicking OK, you'll

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 63Manual Partition Operations Cluster size window 4. By entering a new cluster size and clicking OK in the Clu

Manual Partition Operations 64 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Partition type window 4. By clicking OK in the Partition type window, you'

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 65Manual Partition Operations2. Select Disk Æ Advanced Æ Change Bytes per i-node or a similar item in the Adva

Working in the command-line mode 66 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Chapter 6. Working in the command-line mode Acronis Disk Director Server s

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 67Working in the command-line mode Deletes a partition. Supported options: /partition:[partition number] Specif

Working with Acronis Recovery Expert 68 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005Chapter 7. Working with Acronis Recovery Expert Acronis Recovery Expert

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 69Working with Acronis Recovery ExpertAcronis Recovery Expert checks to see if your hard disks contain unalloca

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 7Introduction diskdirectorcmd.exe utility. The file is located in a folder where Acronis Disk Director Server h

Working with Acronis Recovery Expert 70 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Deleted partitions search progress The information about hard disk pa

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 71Working with Acronis Recovery Expert A deleted partition found Note that you do not have to select partitions

Working with Acronis Recovery Expert 72 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 If you exit Acronis Disk Director Server without confirming the partit

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 73Working with Acronis Recovery Expert Searching method selection The Searching for Deleted Partitions window s

Working with Acronis Recovery Expert 74 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005The manual recovery mode allows you to select all found partitions for

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 75Working with Acronis Disk EditorChapter 8. Working with Acronis Disk Editor 8.1 General information Acronis D

Working with Acronis Disk Editor 76 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–20058.3 Main Window of the Program The main window shows the numbers of disk a

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 77Working with Acronis Disk EditorThe current editing position is shown by the cursor that can be either in the

Working with Acronis Disk Editor 78 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005see that the Save sector item in Edit menu will become enabled as well as t

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 79Working with Acronis Disk Editor Write to a file To read a block from a file and insert it into a disk sect

Installation And Use 8 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005Chapter 2. Installation And Use 2.1 System Requirements To take full advantage of Acroni

Working with Acronis Disk Editor 80 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 View menu The editor offers seven view modes: • hex • partition table •

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 81Working with Acronis Disk Editor The Search dialog window A search line can be set both as char and numeric (

Working with Acronis Disk Editor 82 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–20058.8 Working with Different Encodings The main window of the program featur

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 83Bootable Media BuilderChapter 9. Bootable Media Builder 9.1 General information There are situations in which

Bootable Media Builder 84 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Selecting components to place on the bootable media Acronis Disk Director Server off

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 85Bootable Media Builder Selecting type of the bootable media 4. If you are creating a CD, diskettes or any rem

Hard Disk And File Systems 86 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Appendix A. Hard Disk And File Systems These appendices contain additional infor

Hard Disk And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 87 A.2 Hard Disk Partition After low-level formatting creates disk sectors, partiti

Hard Disk And File Systems 88 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 • Create a primary partition with a single logical disk • Create an extended p

Hard Disk And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 89 A.5 Extended Partitions The extended hard disk partition was developed as a way t

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 9Installation And Use If you have another Acronis product with its own Bootable Media Builder, such as AcronisT

Hard Disk And File Systems 90 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 A.8 File Systems The logical structure that has been created on the hard disk is

Hard Disk And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 91Table 1. Windows file systems. File system FAT16 FAT32 NTFS Operating systems

Hard Disk And File Systems 92 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005A.9.2 FAT16 The FAT16 file system is widely used by DOS (DR-DOS, MS-DOS, PC-DOS,

Hard Disk And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 93 A.9.3 FAT32 The FAT32 file system appeared in Windows 95 OSR2 and is also support

Glossary 94 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Appendix B. Glossary Absolute sector. All the sectors of a hard disk can be numbered sequentially,

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 95 GlossaryCylinder. A group of all the tracks on all the magnetic platters of a hard disk that can be accesse

Glossary 96 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 Hidden partition. A partition that is somehow made invisible to the operating system. Usually part

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005 97 GlossaryMBR can contain not more than one partition entry and one table entry. This simplifies the partiti