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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 de-
fragmentation or consistency check will not be that annoying and time-consuming any more.
By detaching the OS from the rest of the data you can tackle one more crucial issue – in case of a system
malfunction, you can get the system back on track in minutes by recovering it from a backup image located
on the other partition of the hard drive.
But that is not all drive partitioning may be used for. If you are willing to play games in Windows while browsing
the Internet in Linux, 100-percent sure that no virus will attack your PC, drive partitioning is a necessity. In order
to run several OSs on a single hard drive you are to create a corresponding number of partitions to effectively
delineate the boundaries of each OS.
WINDOWS COMPONENTS
In the given section you can find all the information necessary to successfully work with the Windows version of
the product.
INTERFACE OVERVIEW
This chapter introduces the graphical interface of the program. The design of the interface precludes any
mistake being made on the part of the user. Most operations are performed through the system of wizards.
Buttons and menus are accompanied by easy understandable icons. Nevertheless, any problems that might
occur while managing the program can be tackled by reading this very chapter.
GENERAL LAYOUT
The main component of the program is called the Launcher. It enables to run wizards and dialogs, to specify
program settings, to visualize the operating environment and the hard disk configuration.
The Launcher’s window can be conditionally subdivided into several sections that differ in their purpose and
functionality:
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