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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER 1. INSTALLING AND STARTING WORK WITH ACRONIS RECOVERYEXPERT ........................................................................ 6 1.1 ACRONIS RECOVERYEXPERT SYSTEM PACKAGE............................ 6 1.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................. 6 1.3 INSTALLATION .......................................................
Introduction About Acronis RecoveryExpert Acronis RecoveryExpert is easy-to-use, expert-level software for recovering hard disk partitions. Whether you have deleted a partition by mistake, or you have had a hardware or software failure – Acronis RecoveryExpert will rescue you, your partitions, and your data! Hard disk partitioning is performed with a partition manager, such as the Acronis OS Selector or Acronis PartitionExpert.
Technical Support Users of legally purchased and registered copies of Acronis RecoveryExpert receive free technical support from the Acronis Company. In case you have problems with installation or using the system, which cannot be solved with this guide or readme, e-mail the technical support. You will need to send us the registration number of your Acronis RecoveryExpert copy. This number is written on a registration card, supplied with the package. Support URL: http://www.acronis.
Chapter 1. Installing and Starting Work with Acronis RecoveryExpert 1.1 Acronis RecoveryExpert System Package Acronis RecoveryExpert system package includes: 1.2 • An installation disc, • This guide, • License agreement, • Registration card, • Advertising materials. System Requirements To take a full advantage of Acronis RecoveryExpert one should have: 1.
3. After making your installation choices and copying of Acronis RecoveryExpert files onto your hard disk, you will be offered to create a bootable rescue diskette or CD-R/W (you may omit this step if you have purchased the boxed product that contains a bootable CD). While RecoveryExpert works in Windows, you may need to recovery system partition when your PC fails to boot or recover a hard disk partition with Linux or other PC operating system.
1.4 Repairing/Upgrading Acronis RecoveryExpert In order to repair or upgrade your software, start the Acronis RecoveryExpert installation program again. It will determine that Acronis RecoveryExpert was already installed on your computer and will ask you if you want to restore (update) the program or completely remove it from disk. 1.5 Removing the Software To remove the software select Acronis Æ RecoveryExpert Æ Uninstall Acronis RecoveryExpert from the Programs menu.
1.7 Running Acronis RecoveryExpert Software Acronis RecoveryExpert software runs in different modes during disk/partition image creation or restoration, in case of a serious system malfunction or disk filing structure damage. To create a disk/partition image under Windows, select Start Æ Programs Æ Acronis Æ RecoveryExpert Æ Acronis RecoveryExpert. You will immediately see a welcome window containing the partition (disk) image creation and restoration wizard.
Chapter 2. Working with Acronis RecoveryExpert The Acronis RecoveryExpert starts with the welcome page. This lists all the capabilities of this software program. Then Acronis RecoveryExpert begins reading the partition configuration of your hard disks. After the process is finished you may see a warning that there are no unallocated spaces on your hard disks: Hard disks do not have any unallocated spaces Please note: the entire hard disk space can be partly partitioned and/or partly unallocated.
2.1 Automatic Recovery You can recover deleted partitions automatically or manually. To do so set the switch to the necessary position in the Recovery mode window. Let us describe automatic partition recovery first. Set the switch to Automatic.
In the next Searching for Deleted Partitions window, Acronis RecoveryExpert searches for all deleted partitions. The search progress is shown in the lower part of the window. Deleted partitions search progress The information about hard disk partitions is stored in a special disk area – the 1st sector of 0th cylinder, 0th head – called the Partition Table. This sector is called a boot-sector or the Master Boot Record, MBR.
Partitions found during the search are shown in the list with their main parameters: • number, • status, • label, • capacity, • partition free space, • file system. Please note: Found partitions are automatically added to the list during the search. A deleted partition found Note that you do not have to select partitions for recover in the automatic mode. Acronis RecoveryExpert will recover all partitions found.
The Recovered Partitions window shows a partition to recover as a part of hard disk partition structure, marking it with an icon in the upper right corner of its rectangle. A hard disk partition to be recovered A partition has been found by Acronis RecoveryExpert and is shown in the disk structure, but has not yet been recovered. The next window contains a scenario for partition recovery, generated by Acronis RecoveryExpert.
recovery scenario. Please notice that the Next button of the Wizard is now called Proceed . After pressing Proceed Acronis RecoveryExpert takes care of everything automatically. 2.2 Manual Recovery Set the switch to Manual in the Recovery mode window to select the manual recovery mode.
The Free Space Selection window of Acronis RecoveryExpert shows the partition structure and unallocated disk space. As explained above, existed but deleted partitions may be found on unallocated space only. After deleting a partition, its space becomes unallocated. Thus in the manual recovery mode you must mark the unallocated area that might contain a deleted partition. This window enables you to simultaneously select multiple unallocated spaces for recovery.
From a user’s point of view, the Fast method takes less time, while the Complete method is slower, but more thorough.
The Searching for Deleted Partitions window shows you parameters of a partition that had existed on the selected unallocated space before it was deleted (if it has actually existed and been deleted). A deleted hard disk partition found by Acronis RecoveryExpert Unlike the automatic recovery mode, you do not have to wait until the search for deleted hard disk partitions is finished. As a found partition or multiple partitions are added to the list, you can select them for immediate recovery.
Click the partition rectangle to select the deleted partition and continue recovery. A deleted partition selected for recovery The following Recovered Partitions window shows the location of a partition to be recovered in the disk partition structure.
The next Acronis RecoveryExpert window contains a partition recovery scenario. Partition recovery scenario This is the last page of the Wizard, next the scenario will be executed. So far the program has not performed any actions and has only created the recovery scenario. Please notice that the Next button of the Wizard is now called Proceed . After pressing Proceed Acronis RecoveryExpert takes care of everything automatically.
