ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT 2003 Bedienungsanleitung

User’s Guide

PartitionExpert 2003

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER 1. INSTALLATION AND RUNNING ................................................... 7

1.1 WHAT’S INCLUDED ......................................................................... 7

1.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................. 7

1.3 INSTALLATION PROCESS ................................................................. 7

1.4 UPGRADING ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT ...................................... 8

1.5 REMOVING SOFTWARE .................................................................... 8

1.6 USER INTERFACE ............................................................................. 9

1.7 BEFORE YOU RUN ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT ............................ 9

1.8 RUNNING ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT ........................................ 10

CHAPTER 2. BEGINNING THE WORK............................................................ 11

2.1 ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT LOGICAL ORGANIZATION ............... 11

2.1.1 AUTOMATIC PARTITION OPERATIONS........................................................11

2.1.2 MANUAL PARTITION OPERATIONS.............................................................11

2.1.3 SWITCHING MODES ...................................................................................11

2.2 ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT MAIN WINDOW............................... 12

2.2.1 DISK AND PARTITION INFORMATION .........................................................13

2.2.2 CUSTOMIZING THE MAIN WINDOW APPEARANCE ......................................14

2.3 CALLING PARTITION OPERATIONS ................................................ 14

2.3.1 CALLING THE MAIN OPERATIONS ..............................................................14

2.3.2 ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS ........................................................................15

2.3.3 INVOKING ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT WIZARDS ....................................15

2.4 PARTITION OPERATION PROPERTIES............................................. 15

2.4.1 DISPLAYING OPERATION RESULTS ............................................................15

2.4.2 PENDING OPERATIONS ..............................................................................16

2.4.3 VIEWING DELAYED OPERATIONS .............................................................. 16

2.4.4 PERFORMING PENDING OPERATIONS ......................................................... 16

2.4.5 MODIFYING PENDING OPERATIONS ...........................................................16

2.4.6 UNDOING USER ACTIONS ..........................................................................17

2.4.7 WIZARD OPERATIONS ...............................................................................18

2.5 PROTECTING ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT WITH A PASSWORD .. 19

CHAPTER 3. AUTOMATIC PARTITION OPERATIONS.................................... 21

3.1 CREATING A NEW PARTITION....................................................... 21

3.2 INCREASING PARTITION FREE SPACE............................................ 30

3.3 COPYING PARTITIONS.................................................................... 32

CHAPTER 4. MANUAL PARTITION OPERATIONS.......................................... 39

4.1 MAIN PARTITION OPERATIONS ..................................................... 39

4.1.1 CREATING NEW PARTITIONS .....................................................................39

4.1.2 COPYING A PARTITION TO UNALLOCATED DISK SPACE..............................41

4.1.3 MOVING A PARTITION TO UNALLOCATED DISK SPACE............................... 44

4.1.4 RESIZING AND/OR MOVING A PARTITION...................................................47

4.1.5 CHANGING PARTITION LABELS .................................................................49

4.1.6 FORMATTING A PARTITION .......................................................................50

4.1.7 DELETING A PARTITION ............................................................................51

4.1.8 CHECKING HARD DISK PARTITIONS FOR ERRORS .......................................52

4.1.9 DEFRAGMENTING A PARTITION.................................................................53

4.1.10 WIPING UNALLOCATED HARD DISK SPACE ................................................54

4.1.11 CLEARING A HARD DISK............................................................................55

4.2 ADDITIONAL PARTITION OPERATIONS .......................................... 57

4.2.1 CHANGING PARTITION LETTER..................................................................57

4.2.2 CONVERTING A FILE SYSTEM ....................................................................58

4.2.3 HIDING A PARTITION ................................................................................. 59

4.2.4 UNHIDING A PARTITION ............................................................................ 60

4.2.5 SETTING ACTIVE PARTITION......................................................................61

4.2.6 RESIZING ROOT ......................................................................................... 62

4.2.7 CHANGING CLUSTER SIZE .........................................................................63

4.2.8 CHANGING PARTITION TYPE......................................................................64

4.2.9 RESIZING INODE TABLE IN LINUX EXT2/EXT3 .......................................65

APPENDIX A. HARD DISK AND OPERATING SYSTEM .................................. 67

A.1 HARD DISK ORGANIZATION .......................................................... 67

A.2 HARD DISK PARTITION.................................................................. 68

A.3 PARTITION TYPES .......................................................................... 68

A.4 PRIMARY PARTITIONS ................................................................... 70

A.5 EXTENDED PARTITIONS................................................................. 70

A.6 LOGICAL PARTITIONS.................................................................... 70

A.7 FORMATTING HARD DISKS............................................................ 70

A.8 FILE SYSTEMS................................................................................ 71

A.9 FILE SYSTEM MAIN SPECIFICATIONS ............................................ 72

A.9.1 FILE SYSTEM SPECIFICATION SUMMARY ...................................................72

A.9.2 FAT16......................................................................................................73

A.9.3 FAT32......................................................................................................74

A.9.4 NTFS........................................................................................................74

A.9.5 LINUX EXT2 .............................................................................................75

A.9.6 LINUX EXT3 .............................................................................................75

A.9.7 LINUX REISERFS ......................................................................................75

APPENDIX B. GLOSSARY ............................................................................... 76

Introduction

What is Acronis PartitionExpert

Acronis PartitionExpert is a hard disk partition manager, enabling you to:

• Create hard disk partitions,

• Resize and move them without data loss and destruction,

• Convert partitions to other file systems without data loss,

• Copy (move) partition contents,

• Delete partitions,

• Format, label, assign letters, hide and unhide partitions, set active parti-

tions and perform rarely used operations.

Some terms of this Guide might seem unfamiliar. Appendix A «Hard Disk And

Operating System» and Appendix B «Glossary» provide descriptions of some hard

disk data storage components and used terms.

The purpose of Acronis PartitionExpert

Current hard disks feature 100 GB and higher capacity. To better organize

application files, images, video files, etc. – it makes sense to keep them on

separate partitions.

Disk space should be controlled. Acronis PartitionExpert enables you to re-

configure hard disk partitions any time to use the disk space most efficiently.

By partitioning your hard disk, you get the following advantages:

1. More effective hard disk space usage.

The cluster is a minimal data storage unit in Windows FAT16, FAT32

and NTFS file systems. High-capacity disks usually feature 32 KB clus-

ters. Keeping numerous small files on a disk, wastes much of the disk

space. Having partitioned it, you can significantly reduce space losses.

(For details see A.9.2 «FAT16» — Table 3.)

2. Different partitions for operating system(s), applications and data.

If the system partition (where the OS is installed) is destroyed by a virus,

for example, it will not affect your data partitions.

3. The opportunity to install several operating systems on different

partitions.

Installing several operating systems enables you to master new OS ver-

sions, or work with older, but useful applications.

4. Simpler and faster disk maintenance. Bad sector and OS error check,

defragmentation of a 6–8 GB partition is significantly faster than that of

100 GB hard disk.

Guide contents or how to find the information you need

Acronis PartitionExpert User’s Guide contains:

• Chapter 1 «Installation And Running» — general information about

software installation, running, error recovery, removal, and user inter-

face essentials.

• Chapter 2 «Beginning The Work» — information about the main window

of Acronis PartitionExpert, logical software organization, main features,

methods of calling and executing partition operations.

• Chapter 3 «Automatic Partition Operations» — beginner information

about disk partition operations, performed through Wizards.

• Chapter 4 «Manual Partition» — experienced user information about

manually performed disk partition operations.

• Appendix A «Hard Disk And Operating System» — supplemental informa-

tion about hard disks, partitions, and file systems.

• Appendix B «Glossary» — technical term glossary to help you understand

this Guide.

Software use conditions

The conditions of Acronis PartitionExpert use are listed in the supplied «Li-

cense Agreement». To be able to prove that you legally purchased and use

Acronis PartitionExpert, you receive a registration card along with the pack-

age. Each registration card also has its own unique number.

Based on current legislation the «License Agreement» is considered as a con-

tract between user and software vendor. The contract has the legal effect;

its violation may lead to a trial.

Illegal use or distribution of software is a violation of the law and will be

prosecuted.

Technical support

Users that have legally purchased and registered their copy of Acronis

PartitionExpert receive free technical support from Acronis. If you have problems

installing or using the system that you cannot be resolve with the help of this

Guide and readme file, please e-mail technical support. You will also need to

provide the registration number of your Acronis PartitionExpert copy supplied

with this package.

Support URL: http://www.acronis.com/support/

E-mail: [email protected]

6 Introduction

Chapter 1. Installation And Running

1.1 What’s Included

Acronis PartitionExpert package includes:

• Installation CD-ROM,

• This Guide,

• License Agreement,

• Registration card,

• Advertising information.

1.2 System Requirements

To take full advantage of Acronis PartitionExpert you should have:

• A PC-compatible computer with a Pentium CPU or similar,

• 32 MB RAM,

• A floppy or a CD-RW drive,

• VGA monitor,

• A mouse (recommended).

1.3 Installation Process

To install Acronis PartitionExpert:

1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive and run the installer.

2. Thoroughly follow all instructions.

3. Having answered all installer questions, Acronis PartitionExpert files will

be copied to the hard disk, and you'll be prompted to create Acronis

PartitionExpert bootable diskettes or a CD (pass this step if you pur-

chased PartitionExpert on a bootable CD).

You might have to run the software from bootable diskettes or CD in

two situations:

(1) After a serious Windows failure, forcing you to reinstall it and re-

configure partitions,

(2) For working with Acronis PartitionExpert on a non-Windows, for

example Linux-based, PC.

Having installed Acronis PartitionExpert, reboot your PC.

1.4 Upgrading Acronis PartitionExpert

If Acronis PartitionExpert was damaged during installation or execution, run its

installation program again. The software will determine that Acronis

PartitionExpert has already been installed to your PC and ask if you want to

recover (update) or completely remove it from the disk.

In the installation wizard window select Recover/Update Acronis

PartitionExpert and click Next . All Acronis PartitionExpert files will be copied

to your hard disk again to restore the software.

Software upgrades (with certain bug fixes) may be downloaded freely from Acronis

website: http://www.acronis.com/ support/updates/.

1.5 Removing Software

To remove the software select Acronis ÆPartitionExpert ÆRemove Acronis

PartitionExpert from the Programs menu. You will see the dialog box to con-

firm removal of the software from your PC hard disk.

To confirm removal click Yes. Acronis PartitionExpert will be completely re-

moved from the PC hard disk.

8 Chapter 1 : Installation And Running

1.6 User Interface

Acronis PartitionExpert software is installed in OS Windows, has graphical

user interface and is controlled by the mouse or by Tab, Shift+Tab,

Left, Right , Up, Down, Space, Enter and Escape keys.

If you regularly work with Windows or X Window applications, you should not en-

counter any problems with the Acronis PartitionExpert interface.

While working with Acronis PartitionExpert software, a user deals with a se-

quence of dialogs, in which he/she selects one further action, of several pos-

sible, by setting switches to the necessary position or choosing a value from

a list, or marking the necessary partitions or disks for work.

1.7 Before You Run Acronis PartitionExpert

PLEASE NOTE: Operations on system, application or data partitions must be

done very carefully to avoid potential hard disk booting or data storage prob-

lems.

Acronis PartitionExpert is thorou

hly tested for workin

with numerous hard disks, so

any potential problems are not caused by the software, but only from improper use.

A power loss, PC power cut, or pressed Reset might result in partition damage

and data loss.

Please take all necessary precautions and following these simple rules:

1. Create a full backup of the disk that partitions are to be reconfigured.

It will assure you that your data will not be lost under any circum-

stances.

Almost all current PCs feature CD-R/W drives. Having a hard disk or the

most important data CD backup will enable you to work on partitions

with full confidence.

Acronis offers extremely effective hard disk and partition backup software —

Acronis TrueImage (visit http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/). Acronis

TrueImage creates a hard disk and partition backup, stored in a compressed ar-

chive file, whose contents can be restored any time.

2. Test your disk to make sure it’s fully functional and does not contain

bad sectors or file system errors.

You can invoke system hard disk checking tools directly from Acronis

PartitionExpert by selecting Disk ÆCheck or clicking Check the selected parti-

tion for errors toolbar button.

3. Do not perform any partition operations while running other software

that has low-level disk access, for example anti-virus or backup tools.

Close such programs before running Acronis PartitionExpert.

Following these simple rules, you will protect yourself against data loss.

1.8 Running Acronis PartitionExpert

Running under Windows

Under Windows Acronis PartitionExpert can be run by selecting Start ÆPro-

grams ÆAcronis ÆPartitionExpert ÆAcronis PartitionExpert.

Having been run under Windows, Acronis PartitionExpert can perform operations on any

partitions, including primary, logical, system, or data without rebooting your PC.

Running Acronis PartitionExpert for the first time

Having run Acronis PartitionExpert for the first time, you will be prompted to

choose if you want to work in the Automatic Mode or in the Manual Mode.

Automatic Mode provides enough functionality to create almost any partition

configuration on your PC hard disks.

If you need a detailed partition structure representation with a complete set

of partition operations and controls, choose the Manual Mode.

Working with Acronis PartitionExpert, you can switch between modes any

time (see 2.1.3 «Switching modes»).

Running from bootable diskettes or CD

Previously we have explained how to create bootable diskettes or a CD (see

1.3 «Installation Process» #3.). While working with Acronis PartitionExpert

you may need to use the disks/disc: (1) after a serious Windows failure or

(2) to work on a Linux-based PC.

Your PC BIOS must be set correctly to boot and run the software from boot-

able diskettes or CD.

Bootable diskettes or CD can be created during Acronis PartitionExpert installation

(see 1.3 «Installation Process»). If you need to do this after installation, select Start

ÆProgram ÆAcronis ÆPartitionExpert ÆBootable Rescue Media Builder. If you

purchased Acronis PartitionExpert on a CD-ROM, you do not have to create bootable

media, as the CD-ROM itself is bootable.

10 Chapter 1 : Installation And Running

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