Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Disk Director Server 10.0 Acronis
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Acronis Disk Director Serve r 10 .0 User’ s guide.
2 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000 – 2010 . All rights re served. W indows and MS - DOS are registered trademar ks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respe c tive owners.
Table of contents Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 3 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 5 1.1 W HAT IS A CRONI S D IS K D IRECTOR S ERVER ? .
Table of contents 4 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 A.7 F OR MAT TIN G H ARD D IS KS ................................................................................................................ 88 A.8 F ILE S YS TEMS ..................
Introduction Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 5 Chapter 1. I ntroduction 1.1 W hat is A c ronis Disk Directo r Server ? Acronis Dis k Directo r Server is a complex program that includ es par tition ma n ager and hard disk data edit ing tools .
Introduction 6 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 diskdir ectorcmd.e xe utility. The file is loc ated in a folder where Acronis Disk Directo r Server has been installed, by default it is C: Program Files Acronis DiskDirect or . • Viewing logs Acronis Disk Director Server now k eeps work ing lo gs.
Installation And Use Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 7 Chapter 2. I nstallation And Us e 2.1 System Requirements To take full advantage of Acronis Disk Director Server you should ha ve: • A PC - compatible computer with a Pentium or similar CPU • 128 MB RAM • A floppy or a CD - RW/D VD - RW drive • A mouse (reco mmended) 2.
Installation And Use 8 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 creating bootable medi a (see Chapter 9 “ Bootable Me dia Builde r ” ). Y ou might not n eed this tool if you purchased a boxed product that contains a bootab le C D.
Installation And Use Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 9 A power lo ss, turning off t he PC or pressing the Reset button on your PC during the repartiti oning procedur e could result in partition da m age and dat a loss. Please take all necessar y precautions and following these si mpl e ru les : 1.
Installation And Use 10 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 You can switch between modes at any time (see 3. 1.3 « Switching modes » ). 2.7.3 Running from bootable diskettes or CD Previ ously, we expla ined how to create bootab le diskettes or a CD (see 2.
Beginning The Work Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 11 Chapter 3. B eginning The Work 3.1 Acronis D isk Dire ctor S erve r Logical Orga nization Acronis Dis k Director Server provides t w o ope rati on m odes (see 2.
Beginning The Work 12 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 3.2 Acronis D isk Dire ctor S erve r Ma in W ind ow The program is controlled thro ugh the main win dow. It includes the menu, toolbar, and disk and par tition tree (shown/hidden t hrough the Vi ew menu ) .
Beginning The Work Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 13 Acronis Disk Director Serv er main window, Manual Mode Disk and partition information The main window shows t he partition’s disk number, assigned lett er, label, type, st atus, size, free space size and file sys tem.
Beginning The Work 14 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 • Hide/Unhide — hide/unhide a partition • Set A ctive — set an active partition • Resize Root — resize FAT16 partition roo.
Beginning The Work Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 15 3.4.3 Viewing delayed operatio ns All pending operatio ns are added to the pending operations list.
Beginning The Work 16 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 You can always change any operat ion parameter, including type, file sy s t em, size, location, etc.
Beginning The Work Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 17 3.4.7 Wizard operations Pendi n g part itio n operat ions c reated by Acronis Dis k Director Server wizards di f fer in that a user must prov ide a list of operatio n parameters t o p erfo rm them.
Beginning The Work 18 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Acronis Disk Di rector Se rve r shows the w izard and its results as a user action by cre ating the list of operations . Any pending actio ns can be f ul ly u ndone by any of the m entioned methods, i.
Beginning The Work Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 19 3.6 Viewing logs Acronis Dis k Director Server allows users to view i ts working logs . Th ey provide information about part ition operations, including reasons for failure, if any. To invok e the log window, select Show log on the toolbar or from the Tools menu.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 20 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Chapter 4. Au tomatic Partition Operations The «Autom atic partition operati ons» m ode enables you to perform the fo .
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 21 Parti tion creation method s election window 2. If you w ant to creat e a partitio n using unallo c ated d isk space: 1. Set the switch to Unallocated spa ce. 2. The wiz ard wi ll off er to cre ate a part itio n on the lar gest unallo cat ed ar ea.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 22 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 4. On the next wizard page, select partit ion type — A ctiv e (Active Primary), Pr i mary or Logical . 5. Typically Primar y is selected to install an operating system to a part ition.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 23 Parti tion file system sel ection window Selecting a part ition file syste m results in part ition formatting, i.e. creating partit ion data storage st ructures – boot record, file allocatio n table, etc.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 24 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Hard d isk part itions are not only a ssigned le tters, but are also n umbered. That means s ome operati ng system partit ion s a re a ssigned let ters a nd nu mbers , in ot h ers, o nly nu mber s.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 25 Assigning a par tition a new letter or hidi ng it will pr e vent only its applicatio ns and files from running or opening. Other part i tions will not be affected b y t hese operations.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 26 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 2. On the Select Hard Dis k Drive wizard pag e, select a disk on which to create a part i tion. Parti tion disk selection pa ge Note that this wiza rd page represents physical disks ac tually con nected to your P C.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 27 The window of exis ting partiti on selectio n to create a new parti tion By creating a partition usin g the free space o.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 28 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 In this case, you wi ll have t o return to the p revious wizard p age and select a di fferent partitio n from which to t ake the necessary space.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 29 Click Finish on the las t wizard pag e to allow Acronis Disk Director S erver t o create a pend ing operation list for new partition creation (thes e actio ns may o nly mod ify an e x isting oper ation.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 30 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 «Enlarging a partit ion at the expense of another partition» is described above: s ee 4.1 « Creating A New Partitio n ». Selecting a partition to use to i ncrease free sp ace 4.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 31 Note that althoug h selected pa rtition size is increa sed at the e xpense of ot her partition space, unalloca ted space a lso will be used if needed. Unallocated spa ce is aut o matically considered to be th e maximum part ition si ze.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 32 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Selecting a partition to copy 3. On the next Partition Lo cation wizard p age, a record of copied part ition parameters will be cr eated.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 33 The copy will be located after th e P ROGRAM( H :) partition in the figure b e low. The figure below sho ws t he result of locating a partit ion copy after clicking aft er t he P ROGRAM( H :) partition.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions 34 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 The page to sel ect a partition, which w ill be partly used for a copy locati on If you do not s elect a p artition to b.
Automatic Partit ion Operat ions Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 35 The page for pa rtition copy size sel ection The minimu m copy size is determined by the d ata area size of a copied part i tion. The maximum size is dete rmined by the available disk space.
Manual Partition Oper ations 36 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Chapter 5. M anual Partition Operations Unlik e the «Automatic partiti on operat ions » mod e (see 3.1 ), t he «Manu al partition operations » mod e is i nten ded for expe rien ced us ers on ly , a nd off ers muc h wide r o p er ation lists.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 37 3. In the Create Partition window, enter a partit ion label and select a file sy s tem and partition t ype ( Prima ry — L .
Manual Partition Oper ations 38 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 1. Select a hard disk and a partitio n to copy. Selecting a partition to copy 2. Select Disk Copy or a similar it em in the Operations sidebar list or cl ick Co py th e sel ecte d par titi on t o anot her fr ee s pace on the toolbar .
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 39 4. Select t he unallocated disk space t o copy a selected pa rtition to it . 5. In the next wizard page, enter pa rtition co py type ( Logical — Prima ry ), size and location.
Manual Partition Oper ations 40 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 For example, Window s 98/Me, unlike Window s NT/2000/XP, does not let user s assign random lette rs to partition s, so you must move a partition to a s sign it the necessa ry letter.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 41 Unallocated sp ace available for partitio n moving Note that the unallo cated space is smal ler than moved p artition size, but its d ata area is smaller than unallocated space.
Manual Partition Oper ations 42 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Enteri ng moved partition pa rameters The size and locati on of a partition copy can be pro vided with a mouse click or by entering data into the Unallocated space be fore , Partit ion size (and Unallocated space after ) fields.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 43 If you nee d to resiz e and/or move a partition: 1. Select the hard disk and a partiti on to be resized. 2. Select Disk Resize or a si m i lar item in the Ope rat ions sidebar list , or click Res ize /mo ve th e sel ecte d par titi on on the toolba r.
Manual Partition Oper ations 44 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Acronis Dis k Direct or Serve r features a wizard for performing more complex partition re sizing (see 4.2 « Increasing Pa rtition»). Simple pa rtition resizing lets you in crease partition size only if there is free ( unallocated) spa ce before or a fter a partition.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 45 Selecting folders to be moved 4. Distrib ute the so urc e partit ion free space b etween the two r esulting partitions .
Manual Partition Oper ations 46 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 5. By clicking Proceed , you'll add a p ending op erati on (you r actio ns may only undo or modify already existi ng op eration; see 3.4. 5 « Modi fying pe ndin g operati ons » ).
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 47 Merging an NTFS partition to a partition with file system not supporting se curity options (for example, FAT32 partition), will result in loss of security setting s (partition ownership data and access permis sions).
Manual Partition Oper ations 48 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 The Exp lore operation shows the real partiti on contents, read from the disk. If there are some operat ion s pending, like splitting a pa rtition, you will not be ab le to explor e parti tion s until the op era tion s are committed o r canceled.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 49 2. Select Disk F orm at or a simi lar item in the Operations sidebar list , or cl ick For mat the sel ect ed p artit io n on the toolbar. 3. Enter the partit ion label in the Format Partiti on window.
Manual Partition Oper ations 50 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 5.1.10 Deleting a partition After a partition is d elete d, its space is adde d to unal located disk space . It can be u sed for a new partition or to resize an exist ing partition.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 51 Attention! Deleti ng a partition dest roys all its data, includi ng files and folders! Dele t ing a system partition will make a PC inopera ble. Take spe cial care when perf orming this operation.
Manual Partition Oper ations 52 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Parti tion check results window 5.1.12 Defragmenting a partition Defragmentation is r eorganizing file storage on a hard disk par tition. Defragmentation is the process of eliminating file fragmentati on, which causes files to be spread across t he disk after operations.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 53 Run partiti on defragmentation window 4. Defragmentation result s are shown in the Defr agme nt Pa rtit ion wi ndow.
Manual Partition Oper ations 54 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 2. Select Disk Wipe or a similar item in the Operations side bar list, or click Wi pe th e s e lected unalloca ted space on the too lbar.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 55 Hard disk cl earing paramet ers win dow 4. By clicking OK , you'll add a p ending operation of hard disk clearing. Deleting hard disk partit ions does not de stroy disk sect or contents.
Manual Partition Oper ations 56 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Change le tte r window 4. By clicking OK in the Change letter window, you' ll add a pending op eration to partitio n letter assignment (your a ctio ns may onl y undo or modi fy alr eady exis ting oper ation; s ee 3.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 57 The main difference between FAT32 and FAT16 is the support of higher - capacity fo lders, files and disks, and more flexible root organiz ation that features unli m ited size and long file- name support.
Manual Partition Oper ations 58 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 If you nee d to hid e a partiti on: 1. Select a dis k and a part ition to hide in t he list in the Acronis Disk Dire ctor Server main window.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 59 2. Select Disk Advanced Unhide or a similar item in the A dvanced sidebar list, or click Unhide the selec ted partition on the toolbar (or select it from part ition or the graphical represent ation context menu).
Manual Partition Oper ations 60 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Set A ctive Partition 3. By clicking OK in t he Set A ctive Parti tion window, you'll add the p ending operation of setting active parti tion ( your acti ons may only un do or modify an exis ting op eration .
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 61 3. Ent er th e new ro ot si ze (a nu mber o f elem ent s) in th e Resiz e Root window.
Manual Partition Oper ations 62 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Cluster size win dow 4. By entering a new clus ter size and clic king OK i n the Cl uster Size window, y ou'll add the pending oper ation of cl uster resiz ing ( your a ctions may only undo or mo dify an existi ng ope ration, See 3.
Manual Partition Oper ations Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 63 Parti tion type window 4. By clicking OK in the Pa rtition type wi ndow, you'll add t he pending oper a tion of partitio n type changing ( your act ions m ay only undo or modi fy an e x isting operation, See 3.
Manual Partition Oper ations 64 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 2. Select Disk Advanced Change By tes per i- nod e o r a similar item in t he Advanced sidebar list, or cli ck Change t he number of by t es per i- node o n the too l bar (or select it from parti tion or the grap hical repres entation co n t ext menu).
Working in the command - line mod e Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 65 Chapter 6. W orking in the command - line mode Acronis Disk Di rector Serv er supports t he command -lin e mode for most important partitio n operations with diskdirecto rcmd.
Working in the command - line mod e 66 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Deletes a p artiti on. /partition:[partition number] Supported opti ons: Specifies the part ition wil l be delet ed. The list of available partitions is pr ovided by /list command Partition numbers are specified as <dis k number> - <partit ion number>, e.
Working with Acronis R ecovery Expert Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 67 Chapter 7. W orking with Ac ronis Recovery Expert Acronis Recove ry Exp ert allows recovery of hard disk partitions accidentally d e leted or damaged due to a hardware or software fail ure.
Working with Acronis R ecovery Expert 68 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Acronis Reco very Exp ert checks to see if your hard disks contain unallocated space. If y ou have no ne , then it makes no sense to search for delet ed partitio ns. If you have unallocated space, it m ay hav e contained one or more partitions.
Working with Acronis R ecovery Expert Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 69 Delete d partitions searc h progress The information about hard disk partitions is st ored in a specia l disk area – the 1 st s ector o f 0 th cyli nder, 0 th hea d – call ed the partition table.
Working with Acronis R ecovery Expert 70 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 A deleted partition found Note that you do not have to select parti tions for recovery in the automatic mode. Acro nis Recove ry Exper t will re cover all part itions found.
Working with Acronis R ecovery Expert Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 71 If you exit Acr onis Di sk Dir ecto r Server witho ut confir ming the partiti on reco very ope ration, it will be ca n cel ed. 7.2 Manual Recovery Set the switch to Manua l in t he Recov er y mode window to select the manual r e covery mode.
Working with Acronis R ecovery Expert 72 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Searchi ng method selection The Searching for Deleted Partitions window shows you paramet ers of a pa r tition th at exist ed on the select ed unallocated space befor e it was deleted.
Working with Acronis R ecovery Expert Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 73 The manual recovery mo de allows you to select a ll found partitions for recovery.
Working with Acronis Dis k Editor 74 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Chapter 8. W orking with Ac ronis Disk Editor 8.1 Gene ral info rmat ion Acronis Disk E dito r is a professional - grad.
Working with Acronis Disk Editor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 75 8.3 Main Wi ndo w of the Program The main window shows t he numbers of disk and s ector where the inter nal pr o gr am cursor is positioned . It usually contains information about the work of var i ous modes.
Working with Acronis Dis k Editor 76 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 The current editing position is shown by the curso r that can be either in t he left or right part of the window In this section of the guide, a ll examples of A cronis Disk Editor’s main window vi ew modes are given for demonstrat ion purposes.
Working with Acronis Disk Editor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 77 see that the Save sector item in Edit menu will become e n abled as well as the appropri ate toolbar button . If you do not sav e your c hanges , you e ffect ively re ject th em.
Working with Acronis Dis k Editor 78 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Write to a fi le To read a block from a file and insert it into a disk sector, y ou must place the cursor on the necess ary sect or byte an d then sele ct Read fro m file… menu item.
Working with Acronis Disk Editor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 79 View men u The edit or offers sev en view modes: • hex • partitio n table • FAT16 boot sector • FAT32 boot sector • FAT32 FS info sector • NTFS bo ot sector • FAT folder 8.
Working with Acronis Dis k Editor 80 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 The Searc h d ialog window A search line can be set both as char and numeric (hexadecimal) value s . Du r ing a s earch, you can ignore letter case as well as search for a given line at a g iven offset inside t he sector .
Working with Acronis Disk Editor Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 81 8.8 Working w ith Differ ent Encodings The main window of the p rogram features a lis t of encodings av ailable in Acronis Disk Edi tor . This list is shown closed and dro pped dow n below .
Bootable Media Builder 82 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Chapter 9. B ootable Media Builder 9.1 Gene ral info rmat ion There are s ituations in which you mig ht have to run Acronis Disk D.
Bootable Media Builder Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 83 Selecting components to place on the bootable media Ac ronis Disk Director Serve r offers the following components : • Disk Dire.
Bootable Media Builder 84 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Selecting type of the bootable media 4. If you are creat ing a C D, diskettes or a ny removable me dia, inse rt the blank dis k so the program c an d etermine it s capacity .
H ard Disk And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 85 Appendix A. Hard Disk And File Systems These a pp endices contain additional information about hard disk construction and d ata storage, p artitions, file systems and interaction of operating systems with hard disks.
Hard Disk And File Sys tems 86 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 A. 2 Hard Disk Partition After low - level fo rmatting crea tes disk se ctors, partit ions must b e created on t he disk . A p artitio n is an area on a hard disk t hat can be used to install an operating s y s te m and/or used as data storage.
H ard Disk And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 87 • Create a primary partit ion with a sing le logical dis k • Create an extended p artition and divide it into logical par.
Hard Disk And File Sys tems 88 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 A. 5 Extended Partiti ons The extended har d disk partitio n was developed as a way to av oid the four - primary - partitio ns limit. The extended partiti on is used only for creating a d e sired number of log ica l par titio ns .
H ard Disk And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 89 A. 8 File Sy stems The log ica l structure that has been created on the hard disk is s upported by means of the operating sy stem. The file syst em itself prese nts the inform a tion on the disk as an ensemble o f files and f olde rs .
Hard Disk And File Sys tems 90 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Table 1. Windows file systems. File sy stem FAT 16 FAT 32 NTFS Operating sys tems Almost all Windows 95OS R2/98/Me, 2000/XP , Linux Windows NT/2000/ XP, Linux (for reading) Max.
H ard Disk And File Systems Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 91 A .9.2 F AT 1 6 The FAT16 file sy stem is widely used by DOS (DR - DOS, MS - DOS, PC - DOS, etc.), Wi ndows 95/98/Me, Windows NT/2000/XP operating systems and is supported by most other systems.
Hard Disk And File Sys tems 92 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 A .9.3 F AT 3 2 The FAT32 file sy stem appeared in Windows 95 OSR2 and is als o sup ported by Win dows 98/Me and Windows 2000/XP.
Glossary Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 93 Appendix B. Glossary Abso lu te se ctor . All the secto rs of a hard disk can be numbered sequentially , starting with zero. Such numbered secto rs are called absolute. A ctive pa rtition . One of the primary partitions of a hard disk is usually active.
Glossary 94 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 Cylinder . A g roup of all the tracks on all the magnetic platt ers of a hard disk that can be accessed without mov ing th e magnet ic head. A ccess to t he data ins ide on e cylinder i s much faster than moving the head from one cylinder t o another.
Glossary Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 95 Hidden partition . A part ition that is somehow made inv isible to the operat ing sy s te m. Usually parti tions are hidden by changing their type. Label . An opt ional name that can be assigned t o a partit ion to simplify its ident i fication.
Glossary 96 Copyright © Acronis, Inc ., 2000 – 20 10 MBR can contain not m ore than one partiti on entry and one table entr y . This simplifies the pa rtition structure grea tly – all the logical part i tions form one chain. Partit ion tabl e . It is the table that contains the information about partitions and links to other partit ion tables.
An important point after buying a device Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
