User Guide

Table of contents
Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2010
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 5
1.1 WHAT IS ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SERVER? ...................................................................................... 5
1.2 WHAT’S NEW IN ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SERVER 10.0? ................................................................... 5
1.3 SOFTWARE USE CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................ 6
1.4 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION AND USE ............................................................................................. 7
2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 INSTALLATION PROCESS ...................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 UPGRADING ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SERVER .................................................................................. 8
2.4 REMOVING SOFTWARE ........................................................................................................................ 8
2.5 USER INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................. 8
2.6 BEFORE YOU RUN ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SERVER ......................................................................... 8
2.7 RUNNING ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SERVER ....................................................................................... 9
CHAPTER 3. BEGINNING THE WORK .............................................................................................. 11
3.1 ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SERVER LOGICAL ORGANIZATION ............................................................ 11
3.2 ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SERVER MAIN WINDOW ........................................................................... 12
3.3 CALLING PARTITION OPERATIONS ..................................................................................................... 13
3.4 PARTITION OPERATION PROPERTIES .................................................................................................. 14
3.5 PROTECTING ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SERVER WITH A PASSWORD................................................ 18
3.6 VIEWING LOGS ................................................................................................................................... 19
CHAPTER 4. AUTOMATIC PARTITION OPERATIONS ................................................................ 20
4.1 CREATING A NEW PARTITION ............................................................................................................ 20
4.2 INCREASING PARTITION FREE SPACE ................................................................................................. 29
4.3 COPYING PARTITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 31
CHAPTER 5. MANUAL PARTITION OPERATIONS ........................................................................ 36
5.1 MAIN PARTITION OPERATIONS .......................................................................................................... 36
5.2 ADDITIONAL PARTITION OPERATIONS ............................................................................................... 55
CHAPTER 6. WORKING IN THE COMMAND-LINE MODE.......................................................... 65
6.1 SUPPORTED COMMANDS .................................................................................................................... 65
6.2 DISKDIRECTORCMD.EXE USAGE EXAMPLES ........................................................................................ 66
CHAPTER 7. WORKING WITH ACRONIS RECOVERY EXPERT ............................................... 67
7.1 AUTOMATIC RECOVERY .................................................................................................................... 68
7.2 MANUAL RECOVERY ......................................................................................................................... 71
CHAPTER 8. WORKING WITH ACRONIS DISK EDITOR ............................................................. 74
8.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 74
8.2 THE SELECTION OF THE PARTITION OR A DISK FOR EDITING ............................................................... 74
8.3 MAIN WINDOW OF THE PROGRAM ..................................................................................................... 75
8.4 EDIT HARD DISKS .............................................................................................................................. 76
8.5 WRITE BLOCK TO A FILE AND READ FROM A FILE ............................................................................. 77
8.6 VIEW .................................................................................................................................................. 78
8.7 SEARCH.............................................................................................................................................. 79
8.8 WORKING WITH DIFFERENT ENCODINGS ........................................................................................... 81
CHAPTER 9. BOOTABLE MEDIA BUILDER .................................................................................... 82
9.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 82
9.2 CREATING BOOTABLE MEDIA ............................................................................................................. 82
CHAPTER 7. HARD DISK AND FILE SYSTEMS .............................................................................. 85
A.1 HARD DISK ORGANIZATION ............................................................................................................... 85
A.2 HARD DISK PARTITION ...................................................................................................................... 86
A.3 PARTITION TYPES .............................................................................................................................. 86
A.4 PRIMARY PARTITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 87
A.5 EXTENDED PARTITIONS ..................................................................................................................... 88
A.6 LOGICAL PARTITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 88