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CONTENTS Introduction ..................................................................................................................7 What’s New in Partition Manager 10 ................................................................................................ 7 Product Components ..................................................................................................8 Features Overview ..................................................................................................
Windows based set of utilities.............................................................................................................................. 14 Linux/DOS based Recovery CD.......................................................................................................................... 14 Installing the Program under Windows .......................................................................................... 15 Starting the Program under Windows..............................
Disk Map ................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Explorer Bar............................................................................................................................................................. 34 Partition List ...................................................................................................................................................
Updating MBR ........................................................................................................................................................ 81 Extra Functionality............................................................................................................................ 82 View Partition/Hard Disk Properties .................................................................................................................... 82 Volume Explorer.....................
Hard Disk Optimization .................................................................................................................. 127 Troubleshooter..........................................................................................................129 Glossary ....................................................................................................................131 Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
INTRODUCTION Paragon Partition Manager™ 10 Personal is an integrated set of powerful tools that is specially designed to tackle most of the problems the user might face while using PC. A highly intelligent program engine together with built-in advanced recovery facilities make it possible to securely carry out partitioning operations of any complexity, optimize performance of NTFS and FAT file systems, migrate the system to another hard disk, etc. without fear to lose precious data.
Express Resize Partitions Wizard. Increase free space on one partition by up-taking the unused space of an adjacent partition of your hard disk (including partitions of Apple Boot Camp). Refined User Interface. Take advantage of an improved two-level user interface to satisfy the needs of the most demanding customer. A context sensitive hint system for all functions of the program.
Support of basic techniques to store backup images: - Backup to local mounted partitions; - Backup to a network drive to stand a better chance of success in case of a hard disk failure. Sector backup to save not only all on-disk information but also the system service structures. It is ideal for making a backup image of an entire hard disk or system partitions to guarantee the operating system’s working capability.
Mount a partition (assign a drive letter) of any file system type to make it available for your operating system. Modify file system parameters (make active/inactive, hide/unhide, volume label, etc.). Install New OS Wizard to make your system ready to install a new operating system. Install Windows OS Wizard to get your Intel-based Mac ready to install Windows either as a sole operating system with the option to back up your Mac partition, or as a second operating system, thus making a dual-boot system.
Paragon Hot Resize™ technology to enlarge NTFS partitions (system, locked) without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work. Paragon Restore with Shrink™ technology to restore a backup image to a free block of smaller size taking into account only the amount of actual data of the image. Paragon Smart Partition™ technology to securely perform hard disk partitioning operations of any complexity.
GETTING STARTED In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to get the product ready to use.
2. Click Create of the Create a Paragon Account section; 3. Fill out a registration form; 4. Click Register. The most important field in the form is an E-mail address, as it serves as a login to enter the system. Besides your access password will be sent to this address as well. TO REGISTER A NEW PRODUCT If you are a registered user and would like to register Partition Manager 10, please do the following: 1. Run an Internet browser and visit the page: www.paragon-software.com/my-account/; 2.
If you have any questions about the company products, please do not hesitate to contact Paragon Technology GmbH. Service Contact Visit Paragon GmbH web site www.paragon-software.com Registration & updates web-service www.paragonsoftware.com/support Knowledge Base & Technical Support kb.paragon-software.com Pre-sale information sales@paragon-software.com SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WINDOWS BASED SET OF UTILITIES To use the Windows utilities, you should install them first.
There may be additional requirements if you want to use advanced features: Network card is required to send partition/hard disk backups to a network computer or to retrieve previously made backups Recordable CD/DVD drive is needed to burn data to compact disks To save copy or backup of a hard disk or partition, removable USB disks can be used. The program supports USB Drives 1.0, 2.0.
8. Copying Files. The Copying Files page shows the overall progress of the installation. Click the Cancel button to abort the setup. 9. Finishing the Installation. The Final page reports the end of the setup process. Click the Finish button to complete the wizard. To accomplish online backup/copy of locked partitions/hard disks the program uses a kernel mode hotcore driver, thus the system reboot is required to complete the installation procedure.
To start up the traditional launcher, please select the Switch to Full Scale Launcher menu item. To know more on the subject, please consult the Windows Components chapter. BOOTING FROM THE LINUX/DOS RECOVERY CD The Linux/DOS Recovery CD can be used to boot your computer into Linux or PTS DOS to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes.
By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period. 4. Click on the required operation to start. Hints on the selected at the moment item will help you make the right choice; 5. Consult the help system by pressing ALT+F1 to know more on the subject. To automatically boot from the Recovery CD make sure the on-board BIOS is set up to boot from CD first.
caused by possible video artifacts. It is just a result of changing video modes and in no way will affect the program functionality. If this is the case, please wait a bit and everything will be OK.
When the Safe mode is selected, the PTS DOS launch menu appears. It has nearly the same functionality as for the Normal mode except the Network Configurator and Log Saver commands. Besides due to certain limitations of the PTS DOS environment, there is no possibility to burn CD/DVD disks. LOW GRAPHICS SAFE MODE When the Low Graphics mode is selected, the PTS DOS launch menu appears. It has the same functionality and looks similar to the Safe mode but graphically simpler.
Sector-Based Backup File-Based Backup Merits It does not dependent on a particular file system. Thus it can successfully process system or encrypted partitions of any file system type, no matter what kind of information they contain. Functioning on a file/folder level, it is ideal for archiving separate files or folders. It can create an exact image of a partition, including its service data.
Finally you can place a backup image to a network drive to stand a better chance of success in case of a hard disk failure. Moreover, by storing it on a special-purpose server you may be pretty sure nothing will happen to it. PARAGON HOT PROCESSING & VOLUME SHADOW COPY SERVICE OFFLINE VERSUS ONLINE DATA PROCESSING In the course of time there have been developed various methods of data processing.
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is designed to provide the copy/backup infrastructure for the Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/Server 2003/2008 operating systems. It offers a reliable mechanism to create consistent point-in-time copies of data known as shadow copies. Developed by Microsoft in close cooperation with the leading copy/backup solution vendors on the market, it is based on a snapshot technology concept.
It can boast improved scalability for business applications that enables to support more customer databases and more simultaneous users on each server. Besides a 64-bit kernel can access more system resources, such as memory allocation per user. A 64-bit processor can handle over 4 billion times more memory addresses than a 32-bit processor. With these resources, even a very large database can be cached in memory.
GB hard drive for the OS, 70 GB for storing video and another 50 GB for your favorite music collections to provide transparent data storage. It is also worth mentioning to that with a hard drive properly partitioned, such routine operations as files defragmentation or consistency check will not be that annoying and time-consuming any more.
1. Main Menu 2. Tool Bar 3. Virtual Operations Bar 4. Common Tasks Bar 5. Explorer Bar 6. Disk Map 7. Partition List 8. Legend Bar 9. Status Bar A number of panels offer similar functionality with a synchronized layout. The program enables to conceal some of them to simplify the interface management. Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
All panels are separated by vertical and horizontal expandable sliders, allowing the user to customize the screen layout. MAIN MENU The Main Menu provides access to the entire functionality of the program.
Reload Disk Info Refresh the current information about disks Wizards Express Create Partition… Create an NTFS partition and make it ready for work Create Partition… Create a partition of any file system Format Partition… Format a partition of any file system Delete Partition… Delete a partition of any file system Express Resize Partitions… Increase free space on one partition by up-taking the unused space of an adjacent partition Undelete Partitions… Recover an accidentally deleted partiti
Partition Create Partition… Create a partition Format Partition… Format a partition Delete Partition… Delete a partition Move/Resize… Move/Resize the selected partition Convert File System… Convert file system of the selected partition Assign Drive Letter… Assign drive letter to the selected partition Remove Drive Letter… Remove drive letter for the selected partition Hide Partition… Make the selected partition unavailable for the operating system Unhide Partition… Make the selected pa
Properties… Get in-depth information on the properties of selected partition View Layouts Manage the Launcher layout with several predefined profiles Toolbar Manage the Tool Bar representation: show / hide standard and navigation buttons, text labels and large icons Status Bar Display the Status Bar Common Tasks Bar Display the Common Tasks Bar Disk Map Legend Display the Disk Map legend Properties and Commands Display the Explorer Bar Disk Map Location Select whether the Disk Map will b
Back up a hard disk or partition Redistribute free space between two adjacent partitions Copy a hard disk Defragment the selected FAT or NTFS partition Open the Help system VIRTUAL OPERATIONS BAR The program supports previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations (socalled virtual mode of execution).
Virtual mode is an effective way of protection from any troubles, since no operations will be executed until clicking the Apply button for confirmation, thus giving a second chance to weigh all pros and cons of this or that particular operation. The program politely reminds the user that there are unsaved changes by showing the following window: COMMON TASKS BAR The Common Tasks Bar is located on the left side of the main window. It is intended for easy access to the program's wizards.
Starting the Redistribute Free Space Wizard to redistribute available disk space of existing partitions. Starting the Undelete Partitions Wizard to recover accidentally deleted partitions. Backup Tasks Starting the Sector Backup Wizard to create an archive of a hard disk or separate partitions. Copy Tasks Starting the Copy Hard Disk Wizard to copy a hard disk. Starting the Copy Partition Wizard to copy a partition.
As the name infers, the Disk Map displays the layout of physical and logical disks. Physical disks are represented with rectangle bars that contain small-sized bars. These small-sized bars represent logical disks. Their color depends on the file system of the appropriate partition. Large-sized bars display the following information about physical disks: Manufacturer, Model. Small-sized bars display the following information about logical disks: Serial number, Drive letter, Total size, File system.
The help system; General information on the product including its name, version and a list of helpful links; Detailed information about disks selected on the Disk Map; Volume Explorer utility.
To easily navigate through browsed pages, the program provides the following functionality: BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Return to the previously browsed page Open the next browsed page Stop loading the current page Refresh the contents of the current page PARTITION LIST The Partition List is another helpful tool that enables you to get a clear-cut picture of the current state of the system hard disks/partitions. Partitions are sorted according to their starting position.
- Partition type (Primary/Extended /Logical), - File system type, - Size, - Amount of used and unused (free) space, - Start/End cylinder, - Start/End head, - Start/End sector - Free size in sectors/bytes - Active/Inactive attribute - Hidden/Unhidden attribute You may customize outlook of the Partition List by clicking on the arrow icon on the top right side of the panel. By marking a checkbox opposite the required item you can choose whether to display it or not.
LEGEND BAR The Legend Bar explains the color scheme used for disk and partition presentation. You can hide (or show) the bar with the appropriate Main Menu item: View > Disk Map Legend. When it is activated it can be found at the bottom of the Explorer Bar. The program distinguishes between the following types of known file systems: - FAT16/32, - NTFS, - Linux Ext2/3, - Linux ReiserFS. STATUS BAR This is the bottom part of the main window.
This section contains a set of general options that will be taken into account during any operation carried out with the program: Enable data loss protection. Mark the checkbox to make the program work in the fail-safe mode (also referred to as the data-loss protection mode), which ensures reliability for operations by maintaining a special journal.
This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during copy and backup operations: HDD raw processing. Mark the checkbox to copy/back up a hard disk in the sector-by-sector mode, thus ignoring its information structure (e.g. unallocated space or unused sectors of existing partitions will be processed as well). This can help to avoid problems with hidden data created by certain applications or the system administrator. However, it will take more time to accomplish the operation.
In this section you may configure the hot processing mode: Enable hot processing. Mark the checkbox to enable the so called hot data processing mode that is specially designed to process data without restarting your operating system. Hot processing technology. From the pull-down list you can select the required hot processing technology. Always use hot processing. Select the option to process partitions without making them locked. Thus you will be able to keep working with them as usual.
This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during partitioning operations: Enable 64 KB cluster size for FAT16. Mark the checkbox to enable 64KB clusters for FAT16 partitions. Thus you will be able to create FAT16 partitions up to 4GB in size Due to the maximum cluster size of 32KB for Windows 95/98/ME or MS DOS, FAT16 partitions larger than 2GB are not reliably accessible under these operating systems. Request confirmation before partition deletion.
In this section you may configure the virtual mode: Allow virtual mode. Mark the checkbox to enable the virtual mode. It is an effective way of protection from any troubles, since no operation will be executed until confirmation, thus giving you a second chance to weigh all pros and cons of this or that particular operation. We strongly recommend you to enable this mode. Close progress dialog automatically. Mark the checkbox to automatically close the progress dialog after accomplishing operations.
This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account when converting FAT and NTFS file systems. By default, the program takes locale (regional) settings from the system. Problems might occur however because of different standards for file names and file time stamps (Created, Modified and Last Access Time) of NTFS and FATxx file systems. To tackle problems of that kind you can manually set: Time zone to use during the convert operation.
Request confirmation of settings before NTFS < - > FAT/FAT32 conversion. Mark the checkbox to automatically display the local settings dialog to check and modify (if necessary) the default parameters before launching the convert file system operation. E-MAIL OPTIONS This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during the Send log files and Send e-mail notification operations: Outgoing mail server (SMTP).
In this section you may set the preferable defragmentation mode: Fast mode. Partitions will be defragmented rather fast (a 10-30% gain depending on the fragmentation level), but a power outage, hardware malfunction or a system failure during the operation might lead to the data loss. Safe mode.
The model and serial number of the disk serve as the title of the browsed page. The disk layout is shown in form of a circular graph, where the color of a sector corresponds to a file system of an appropriate partition. On the right you may see a table, which contains the following information: Type of hard disk (basic or dynamic), Total size (in GB), Information on geometry of the disk (amount of sectors per track, heads and cylinders). Below there is a list of available wizards.
Type of the logical disk, File system (represented by the color of the graph and the selected bar), Total size, used space and free space (in GB or MB). Below there is a list of wizards, which may be called for this disk. All default values of parameters will correspond to the disk settings. DATA BACKUP AND RESCUE In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to establish a reliable data protection system.
Name and location of the resulted image. Provide a file name for the new image and its exact location. The program automatically offers an easy to understand name containing the date and the time of the archive creation, which can anyway be modified. The program automatically calculates size of the future archive and informs the user about space available on the selected destination. RESULT After the backup operation is completed you receive an image of the selected disk (or the selected partition).
There are several ways to start the Recovery Media Builder: Launcher In the Main Menu: select Tools > Recovery Media Builder… On the Common Tasks Bar: click the Recovery Media Builder item of the Wizards menu. SETUP The wizard offers the following steps to build recovery media: Type of the recovery media. You can place it either on a CD/DVD disc, flash memory or a floppy disk. Contents of the recovery set.
If the inserted disc is not empty, the wizard will suggest erasing its contents (if possible). Once the operation has been confirmed, the program will delete the re-writable disc's contents and begin the recording process. RESULT As a result of the operation, you receive recovery media to use in most emergencies. COPY TASKS In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to make a copy of a hard disk or a separate partition. CLONING HARD DISKS You can clone a hard disk of any file system.
The target hard disk. Select a hard disk (if several) where all data of the source disk will be copied to. Copy parameters. The wizard enables to specify the following options: Copy options - HDD raw copy to copy the hard disk in the sector-by-sector mode, thus ignoring its information structure (e.g. unallocated space or unused sectors of existing partitions will be processed as well). This can help to avoid problems with hidden data created by certain applications or the system administrator.
Resize options - Remove free blocks between partitions not to keep blocks of free space between partitions on the targeted hard disk. - Copy data and resize partitions proportionally to make the program proportionally change the size of partitions keeping their relative order intact. The option can be useful when upgrading the hard disk to a larger one.
Destination disk. Select a hard disk with enough unallocated space to perform the operation. The program enables to copy a partition to a block of free space, which is smaller than the partition itself, taking into account only actual amount of data. Copy parameters. The wizard enables to specify the following options: - Partition size. Define the size (in Mb) of the copied partition. - Free space before.
RESULT After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional duplicate of the existing partition. BOOT MANAGEMENT Our program enables to easily manage several operating systems on one computer with the help of the Boot Manager Setup Wizard.
Deactivating/Configuring the Boot Manager. These two options will only be available once the wizard has been completed and launched again. Select the Deactivate option to remove the Boot Manager from the MBR (Master Boot Record) or Configure to modify the previously set parameters of the startup process. RESULT After the Boot Manager Setup Wizard is completed the program updates the original record in the MBR to get control of the booting process and to be able to display the boot menu.
2. The program cannot create new partitions on Dynamic Disks. The current version of the program supports only hard disks that use the DOS partitioning scheme (in Windows 2000 and XP these disks are named Basic Disks). 3.
EXPRESS CREATE PARTITION WIZARD SETUP Thanks to a highly intelligent work algorithm, the wizard requires minimal involvement in the operation, thus you only need to choose a method you find the most suitable to create the partition (if several available), which actually differ in the amount of space to allocate. For easy perception, you can see the resulted disk layout on the disk map by selecting this or that mode. The number of available methods depends on your disk layout.
By default, the program allows you to create a new partition only as the last primary or as the last logical drive within the extended partition. However, by activating the advance mode on the first page of the wizard you can remove this restriction that in its turn might result in some boot problems. Partition size. There is no restriction on size of the future partition, merely depending on space available on the hard disk.
- Partition type. From the pull-down list select a file system the newly created partition will be formatted to, otherwise the partition will remain unformatted (so that it will not be ready to use). - Volume label. Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field. It is an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification. - Surface test level.
File system for new partition. From the pull-down list select a file system the newly created partition will be formatted to, otherwise the partition will remain unformatted (so that it will not be ready to use). Volume label. Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field. It is an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification. Drive letter assignment. The pull-down list contains vacant drive letters that can be associated with the newly formatted partition.
SUPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS The program provides the ability to format partitions of the following file systems: - FAT12 & FAT16 - FAT32 - NTFS - Ext2 - Ext3 - Linux Swap v. 2 - HPFS This operation can be accomplished either with the Format Partition Wizard or the Format Partition Dialog. WIZARD STARTUP There are several ways to start the Format Partition Wizard: Launcher In the Main menu: select Wizards > Format Partition… On the Common Tasks bar: click the Format Partition item of the Wizards menu.
As a result of this operation contents of the selected partition will be lost. Partition properties. On the next page of the wizard you can set the following partition parameters: - Partition type. From the pull-down list select the desired file system type. In fact, the program displays only those file systems that can correctly be placed to the selected partition, taking its capacity into account. - Volume label. Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field.
Whether the surface test will be performed. Define the level of the surface check to make the program find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata. The amount of sectors per boot. This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. Set the number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this spinner control. The amount of root entries. This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 file system.
Whether the surface test will be performed. Define the level of the surface check to make the program find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata. The amount of sectors per boot. This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. Set the number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this spinner control. The amount of root entries. This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 file system.
Call the popup menu for the selected partition (right click of the mouse button) then select the menu item: Delete Partition. WIZARD SETUP The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation: Partition to delete. Select a hard disk (if the computer has several hard disks) and then the required partition to delete. As a result of this operation contents of the selected partition will be lost. Merge free blocks.
Enter the volume label to confirm deleting. To confirm deletion of the selected partition, enter its Volume Label. The current volume label is displayed above. Do not ask volume label next time. Mark the option to inhibit confirmation next time you start the dialog. RESULT By default, the operation takes only a fraction of a second. However, the program waits until Windows completes the modification of the disk layout.
The partition to merge with. Choose the second partition for the merge operation, the contents of which will be placed in a folder on the resulted joined partition. By default, the program offers an easy-tounderstand folder name to store files of the second partition, which however can be customized. Be particularly careful when selecting system partitions to process, since the incorrect order, in which two partitions have been chosen, will result in inability to boot the operating system.
The Express Resize Partitions Wizard enables to easily increase free space on one partition by up-taking the unused space of an adjacent partition of your hard disk. STARTUP There are several ways to start the Express Resize Partitions Wizard: Express Launcher Click the Partitioning button and then select Resize Partitions. Launcher In the Main menu: select Wizards > Express Resize Partitions… On the Common Tasks Bar: click the Express Resize item of the Wizards menu.
Available operation scenarios: Increasing Size of a System Partition by Taking Unused Space of an Adjacent Partition Resizing Partitions of Apple Boot Camp REDISTRIBUTE FREE SPACE WIZARD The Redistribute Free Space Wizard helps to increase free space on one partition by up-taking the on-disk unallocated space and the unused space of other partitions. By default, the wizard adds to the target partition all existing blocks of the free space. Besides you can specify partitions to act as a space donor.
Partition size. By default, the program leaves 50% of the unused space on a partition and removes another 50% to add it to the target partition. However, the size to take can be customized by moving the slider or by manually entering the exact value. RESULT After the operation is completed free space of the specified partition will be increased by up-taking the on-disk unallocated space and the unused space of other partitions.
Select a block of free space on the Disk Map and click the Recover Lost Partitions item on the page that appears in the Explorer Bar. Call the popup menu for the block of free space (right click of the mouse button) then select the menu item: Recover Lost Partitions… SETUP The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation: Free blocks to scan for lost partitions. Choose a free block from a tree-like list of available hard disks. Search method.
A partition to undelete (if several). By default, the program searches records of any deleted partition ever existed on the selected block of free space. So you can get several partitions to choose from. Most likely the required partition will be found first. If so, you may abort the search operation by pressing the Stop search button. RESULT After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition.
Launcher In the Main menu: select Wizards > Install New OS… On the Common Tasks bar: click the Install New OS item of the Wizards menu. SETUP The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation: Partition to install a new operating system. The program offers two ways of installing a new OS, i.e. to create a new primary partition for it or use an existing one. Only primary partitions can be used to install an operating system.
- In case the second option has been marked, the wizard enables to choose an existing primary partition to install a new operating system. Your computer may fail if any other OS has already been installed on the selected partition. Partition properties. - Partition type. From the pull-down list select the desired file system type. In fact, the program displays only file systems that can be correctly placed to the selected partition, taking its capacity into account. - Drive letter assignment.
RESULT As the final step the wizard will offer you to insert a distributive CD/DVD of the new operating system and restart the computer to launch the installation procedure. The program will update your MBR, so most likely you won’t be able to start up any of the previously installed operating systems. Please launch the Boot Manager Setup Wizard after the installation has been completed to fix this issue.
Volume size. Define size (in Mb) of the modified partition. Free space before. Define the partition position (in Mb) relative to the beginning of the available range of disk space. Free space after. Define the amount of trailing free space (in Mb) at the end of the available range of disk space. Sector to sector move. Mark the checkbox to move the partition in the sector-by-sector mode to process its unused space as well.
With our program you can change type of the used file system without destroying its data. While performing the operation, it first checks the current file system for consistency and then verifies whether the on-partition data meet the requirements of the desired file system or not. After having passed the testing, the program reorganizes the file system metadata and user files.
The cluster size value is expressed in sectors per cluster. To get it in Kbytes, please divide it into half. You may only decrease the current cluster size. Surface test level. Define the level of the surface check to make the program find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata. 4. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.
The program enables to set an active/inactive flag for primary partitions of a hard disk. By default, an operating system will boot only if its partition is active or bootable. In order to mark a partition active/inactive you should take the following steps: 1. Select a primary partition on the Disk Map. 2. Call the Mark Partition Active/Inactive dialog to set up the operation. There are several ways to do it: Select in the Main Menu: Partition > Mark Partition as Active/Inactive.
The Partition Label is a small textual field (up to 11 characters) that is located in the partition's boot sector. It is detectable by any partitioning tool and is used for notification purposes only. In order to change a partition label you should take the following steps: 1. Select a partition on the Disk Map. 2. Call the Change Volume Label dialog to set up the operation. There are several ways to do it: Select in the Main Menu: Partition > Modify > Change Volume Label.
3. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation. EXTRA FUNCTIONALITY This chapter describes the supplementary functionality available in the program. VIEW PARTITION/HARD DISK PROPERTIES The program enables to obtain in-depth information on the properties of hard disks and partitions. Besides the general information, such as capacity, used space or file system type it provides the possibility to get info on hard disk geometry, cluster size, exact partition location, etc.
In the opened dialog information will be grouped according to its properties, thus by clicking tabs you can get information you need. VOLUME EXPLORER Volume Explorer is a special tool to browse and export contents of the local mounted/unmounted volumes formatted to FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Ext2FS, Ext3FS, ReiserFS file systems. Besides it enables to access Paragon backups as regular folders to explorer their contents or to retrieve certain files.
Restoring Separate Files and Folders from a Backup MOUNT PARTITION The program enables to assign or remove drive letters of existing formatted partitions. ASSIGN DRIVE LETTER In order to mount a partition you should take the following steps: Launcher 1. Select a partition on the Disk Map. 2. Call the Add Drive Letter dialog to set up the operation.
3. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation. Modifying drive letter of the system partition will result in inability to boot the operating system. After having processed partitions with installed software, some programs may not run properly. DEFRAGMENT PARTITION Defragmentation is the process of rewriting parts of a file to contiguous sectors on a hard disk to increase the speed of access and retrieval.
Sort by time. Sort files according to the last time of update. In addition, there is the possibility to make further detailed settings (although the default values will do in most cases). To activate the advance mode, you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page: Skip auxiliary files. Mark the option to ignore contents of the PAGEFILE.SYS and HIBERFIL.SYS system files. These files are used temporarily in the operating system. Defragmentation Mode.
4. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation. CHECK FILE SYSTEM INTEGRITY The program allows you to check integrity of a file system. It can be used to detect possible file system errors before performing any operation on a partition. To start the system integrity check you should take the following steps: Launcher 1. Select a partition on the Disk Map 2. Call the Check File System Integrity dialog to set up the operation.
The program enables to simplify the procedure of sending support requests to the Paragon Support Team. In case of having difficulties with handling the program, you, with the help of this very function, can address the company support engineers and provide them with all the information they need such as the disk layout, performed operations, etc. in order to tackle the encountered problem. Information of that kind is stored in Log files.
Bio95log.txt Log files do not contain any confidential information on the operating system settings or the user documents. The Send Log Files function is only available when outgoing mail server (SMTP) and the user e-mail address are properly set. To learn more about it please consult the Settings Overview chapter. VIEW LOGS With a handy dialog you can study logs on any operation carried by the program.
BACKING UP A HARD DISK OR PARTITION TO A NETWORK DRIVE To back up an entire hard disk or a separate partition and then place the resulted image to a network share, please do the following: 1. Click the Back up a Disk or Partition item of the Wizards menu (any of the ways described earlier can also be used here). 2. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button. 3.
5. Edit the archive name if necessary. Please take into account values of the parameters Estimated archive size and Space available on backup destination - if the archive size exceeds the available space, another network drive needs to be selected. 6. On the Backup Summary page review all parameters of the operation and modify them if necessary. Click the Next button to start the backup process.
5. On the Wizard's Welcome page, select the Correct the Master Boot Record (MBR) option. 6. On the next page choose the required hard disk from the pull-down list (if several) and then select the Update the MBR executable code option. 7. Confirm the operation. Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
8. After the operation is completed click the Report button to see a well informative summary page. The program also enables to store the resulted report. To do that, just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog. 9. Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector. 10. Eject the CD. 11. Reboot the computer. FIXING WINDOWS STARTUP ABILITY Let’s assume that due to an unknown reason your Windows fails to complete the startup procedure.
By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period. 4. In the Linux launch menu select Boot Corrector. You can find it in PTS DOS as well. 5. On the Wizard's Welcome page, select the Search for Windows installations to correct option. 6. On the next page choose the required Windows installation from the list of found installations (if several), then select the Edit the Boot.ini file option.
7. Examine the file – maybe that’s where the problem is. If it contains a mistake, correct it by using the appropriate buttons. 8. If the Boot.ini file does not contain any mistake, please return to the Correct Windows Installations page to correct drive letters in the Windows System Registry. Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
9. On the next page choose a hard disk from the pull-down list (if several), then the required partition. If you’re not sure which installation you need, please use the Properties button to get more info on the selected item. 10. Click the Edit Letters button to correct an existing drive letter or assign a new one in the Windows System Registry. Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
11. Once you’ve assigned the appropriate drive letter, close the dialog, then click the Apply button. 12. Confirm the operation. 13. After the operation is completed click the Report button to see a well informative summary page. The program also enables to store the resulted report. To do that, just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog. 14. Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector. 15. Eject the CD. 16. Reboot the computer.
By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period. 5. In the Linux launch menu select the Restore Wizard. 6. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button. 7. On the What to Restore page, click the standard browse button [...] to find the required archive. When done, double click on it to select. Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
8. On the Image Properties page, make sure that you select the correct image by viewing the provided information about the archive. 9. On the next page specify a hard disk to restore the image to. Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
All contents on disk selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation. 10. On the Restore Summary page you can see your hard disk layout before and after the operation. Click the Next button to initiate the restore process. 11. In the Progress window you can see in real-time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program. 12. After completing the operation close the wizard, take out the disc and then reboot the computer.
2. Browse for the required archive and then open it by double click of the left mouse button. 3. Call the popup menu (right click of the mouse button) for a file/folder you need and then select the Export item. 4. Select a place on the disk where the file/folder will be extracted to. Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
5. Click the OK button to accomplish the operation. RESIZE SCENARIOS CREATING A NEW PARTITION TO DETACH OPERATING SYSTEM FROM THE REST OF DATA Let’s assume that you’re a rank and file user who is most likely to have only one hard disk with only one partition (the only partition is always system).
The number of available methods depends on your disk layout. To learn more on the way the wizard works, please click the corresponding link on the first page of the wizard. 5. That’s basically it. By clicking the Next button the wizard will start modifying your disk layout. If you’ve got to do with the system partition resize, like we do in our case, you will be asked to restart your computer in a special boot-up mode to accomplish the operation. So click the appropriate button to agree. 6.
After completing the operation your computer will be automatically restarted back to Windows where you can see the newly created NTFS partition. Now you’ve got a place to keep your stuff apart from Windows. INCREASING SIZE OF A SYSTEM PARTITION BY TAKING UNUSED SPACE OF AN ADJACENT PARTITION Let’s assume you’ve got several partitions on your hard disk.
If you’ve got more than two partitions on your hard disk and a partition you need to increase is surrounded by other partitions, you’ve got the choice to choose which partition will act as a space donor. Just click on the left partition of the pair, as the right one will be selected automatically. 4. Increase size of the system partition with the slider or manually by entering the required value.
7. In the Progress window you can see in real-time a detailed report on all actions carried out at the moment. After completing the operation your computer will be automatically restarted back to Windows where you can see that your system partition is bigger now. INCREASING SIZE OF A SYSTEM PARTITION BY TAKING UNUSED SPACE FROM ANY OTHER Let’s assume you’ve got several partitions on your hard disk.
2. In the main window of PM select the required hard disk (if several) on the Disk Map. 3. Choose a space donor partition and then call the context menu for it (right click of the mouse button) to launch the Move/Resize dialog. Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
4. In the opened dialog shift the edge of the partition to the right by the drag-and-drop technique. While doing this, free space from the partition will be released (displayed in aqua-green). You can also do it manually by entering the exact size of free space. Click the Yes button to continue. 5. Now you’ve got a block of free space to add to the system partition. You cannot do it directly however, but by carrying out a number of extra move/resize operations. 6.
partition and then call the context menu for it (right click of the mouse button) to launch the Move/Resize dialog. 7. At first shift the right edge of the partition to the right, then do the same with the left edge. Make sure the partition size has been left unchanged. 8. Now you can resize the extended partition to take the block of free space out of it. Call the context menu for it (right click of the mouse button) to launch the Move/Resize dialog. 9.
10. The block of free space has been released. 11. Now you need to move the second primary partition just the way we did it with the logical partition to make the block of free space adjoin the system partition. 12. Finally increase size of the system partition. Call the context menu for it (right click of the mouse button) to launch the Move/Resize dialog. 13. In the opened dialog shift the edge of the partition to the right, thus increasing its size. 14. Apply all introduced changes.
15. The program will require the system restart to accomplish the operation in a special boot-up mode. Click the appropriate button to agree. RESIZING PARTITIONS OF APPLE BOOT CAMP Let’s assume you’re a Boot Camp user who’s got Windows XP as the second operating system. Initially allocated space for the Windows partition has turned out to be insufficient for your current needs. The only way out is to take some space from your Mac partition, thus redistributing the unused space between the partitions.
5. On the next page of the wizard you need to confirm the operation by selecting the appropriate option. 6. That’s basically it. By clicking the Next button the wizard will start modifying your disk layout. If you’ve got to do with the system partition resize, like we do in our case, you will be asked to restart your computer in a special boot-up mode to accomplish the operation. So click the appropriate button to agree. 7.
After completing the operation your computer will be automatically restarted back to Windows where you can see that your system partition is bigger now. CREATING DUAL BOOT SYSTEMS FOR WINDOWS COMPUTERS Release of Windows Vista has given a new impetus to the problem of establishing a dual boot system. In this connection we decided to consider two the most frequently used situations a rank and file user may face, i.e. Windows Vista + Windows XP and Windows XP + Windows Vista.
1. Click Boot Management and then select Install New OS in the Express Launcher. 2. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button. 3. Select the appropriate option to create a new primary partition on your hard disk. 4. On the next page of the wizard, define size of the new partition. If the selected hard disk contains blocks of free space, the wizard will automatically merge them all and allocate the resulted space to create the partition.
On this page you can specify a number of additional parameters that can also be of help. However here we pay attention to the most relevant to fulfill our task. 6. Enter a label for the future partition in the textual field. It will later be used for the drive identification. 7. Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes. By default, PM works in the virtual mode of execution, so you have to confirm all operations to let the program accomplish them.
- To automatically start your computer from this CD, make sure the on-board BIOS is set up to boot from CD first or press F12 during startup to select a bootable device; - Do not forget to select the newly created partition as destination. 10. So if everything is OK, you’ve got to have by this moment Windows XP successfully installed. Your Windows Vista however is still non-bootable. To fix this issue you need to launch the Boot Manager Setup wizard.
13. Now restart the computer to make sure you have got a dual boot system. TRADITIONAL WAY This scenario implies that operating systems will be installed on different partitions to provide better security and system independence. 1. Click Switch to Full Scale Launcher in the Express Launcher. 2. In the main window of PM select your hard disk on the Disk Map to make a block of free space on it. Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
3. Release some free space (not less than 10 GB to install Windows XP) from the partition. To do that, please call the context menu for the selected partition (right click of the mouse button) and launch the Move/Resize dialog. 4. In the opened dialog shift the edge of the partition to the left by the drag-and-drop technique. While doing this, free space from the partition will be released (displayed in aqua-green). You can also do it manually by entering the exact size of free space.
The Move/Resize dialog offers a number of additional parameters that can also be of help. However here we pay attention to the most relevant to fulfill our task. 5. Now you have a block of free space sufficient in size to hold a new partition. 6. Create a new partition to install Windows XP. To do that, please call the context menu for a newly created block of free space (right click of the mouse button) and launch the Create Partition dialog. 7. Define parameters of the future partition.
The Create Partition dialog offers a number of additional parameters that can also be of help. However here we pay attention to the most relevant to fulfill our task. 8. As a result of the operation we have got a newly created FAT32 partition just enough in size to comfortably work with Windows XP. 9. Hide the Windows Vista partition to avoid writing any data on it during the Windows XP installation, as it is the best way to provide system independence.
11. The program will require the system restart to accomplish the operation in a special boot-up mode. Click the appropriate button to agree. After all the operations are completed you will not be able to restart the system, what is quite normal. Nevertheless if you do try it, the following error will occur: 12. Install Windows XP on the newly created partition.
14. Click Boot Management and then select Boot Manager in the Express Launcher. 15. Set up the Boot Manager wizard. The most relevant option here is the possibility to hide other primary partitions except the one selected to boot and it is by all means should be activated to make Windows Vista and Windows XP unaware of each other. The rest of the parameters offered by default will do in our case, so just complete the wizard and it will automatically find the two operating systems and update the MBR.
FOR MAC COMPUTERS Let's assume you've got an Intel-based Mac where you're going to use Windows XP/Vista/7 as a second operating system. With the Install Windows OS Wizard you can easily allocate some space for Windows by taking a slice from your Mac partition, create an NTFS partition, and finally reboot the computer to launch the installation procedure. To get your Mac ready to install Windows as a second operating system, please do the following: 1.
5. At first you will be prompted to make a backup of your Mac disk. If you haven't done that yet, we strongly recommend it to you. In our case we just mark the appropriate checkbox to skip this action. 6. In the opened dialog set a size for the future Windows partition by moving the slider. Please note, available space to allocate for your Windows partition depends on the unused space of the Mac partition. If your Mac partition has less than 5 GB of the unused space, the wizard will not continue.
7. In the Progress window you can see in real-time a detailed report on all actions carried out at the moment. 8. After completing the operation insert a Windows distributive CD and then press the Close button to reboot the computer and launch the installation procedure. SYSTEM HARD DISK MIGRATION To migrate your system hard disk to a larger disk, please do the following: 1. Connect both source and destination disks to the computer. 2. Turn on the computer. 3. Launch the Hard Disk Copy Wizard.
6. On the Select Target Hard Disk page, select a destination disk (a hard disk to copy contents of the source disk). During the operation all contents of the destination disk will be deleted. 7. On the next page of the wizard, define the copy options. In our case we’d rather copy data with a proportional resize to occupy the entire disk. Besides we recommend you to enable the surface test to make sure your new hard disk is flawless. 8.
9. Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes. 10. When copying is completed, shut down the computer. 11. Disconnect (physically) the source hard disk. 12. Boot the computer from the destination hard disk. HARD DISK OPTIMIZATION To defragment an NTFS or FAT partition, please do the following: You must have administrator’s privileges to accomplish defragmentation of the system partition. 1. Click Switch to Full Scale Launcher in the Express Launcher.
2. In the main window, select a partition you want to defragment on the Disk Map. 3. Launch the Defragment Partition dialog by calling the popup menu for the selected partition (right click of the mouse button) and then selecting the menu item: Defragment Partition… Copyright© 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
4. In the opened dialog define settings of the operation. To improve the performance we recommend you to mark the Do not save content of the Pagefile.sys or (and) Hiberfile.sys checkbox as these files are only needed for the current Windows session. The Defragment Partition dialog offers a number of additional parameters that can also be of help. However here we pay attention to the most relevant to fulfill our task. 5. Start the operation by clicking the Yes button.
There are a number of operations that cannot be performed while your partition is in use (or locked in other words). Please agree to reboot your machine to make the program accomplish the operation in a special boot-up mode. 2. I run an operation and restart the machine as required, but it just boots back into Windows without accomplishing the operation. Please run 'chkdsk /f' for the partition in question. 3. I cannot create a new partition on the disk.
Most likely you try to back up a FAT32 partition, which is not supported by VSS. Please use the Paragon Hot Processing mode instead. 9. I cannot back up my hard disk to an external hard drive. Once started, the operation is aborted with the following error: Hard Disk management, Error Code 0x1100a. What is wrong here? The problem is that the Microsoft VSS service is set as the default Hot Processing mode in the program. But this service has not been started in your WindowsXP/Windows2003/Vista.
Bootable Archive is created by adding a special bootable section when backing up the data to CD/DVDs. Thus you will be able to restore the data from these archives without having to run the program, but by simply booting from these CD/DVDs. Cluster is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. All file systems used by Windows organize hard disks based on clusters, which consist of one or more contiguous sectors.
The MBR capacity is not sufficient to contain sophisticated boot programs. That’s why the on-boot software is allowed to use the entire 0th track of the disk. For example, boot managing utilities such as LILO, GRUB and Paragon Boot Manager are located in the 0th track. Partition ID (or File system ID) is a file system identifier that is placed in the partition. It is used to quickly detect partitions of supported types.
