Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PartitionManager 3 Professional Edition O&O Software
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O&O Partition Man age r - I C opyrights T e xt, ill u strations a n d e xamp le s have be e n produ c e d with gre at care . T he e ditor is ne ith er le gally nor in any ot h er way li able f or in corre c t in form ation given an d its pos sibl e c on se qu en ce s.
O&O Partition Man age r - II C o n t en t s Abo ut O&O Pa r t it io n M anag er 3 1 T ip s and imp o rtant in st ruc tion s 1 Important fe ature s at a glan ce 1 T h e dif f ere nc es be twee .
O&O Partition Man age r - II I Dividin g a large partition in to a nu m be r of small e r one s 1 7 C h a n ge se veral smal l partition s in to o n e large on e . 1 8 Modi f y sy stem partition 1 8 E d it v ari ous di sk t yp e s 19 C on vert to a basic di sk o r a dynam ic di s k.
O&O Partition Man age r - IV Load drivers 3 5 V DS backw ard com patibi li ty un de r W in dows PE 3 6 S u p p ort and co ntac t 37 A u t h orize d rese lle rs 37 E nd u ser li cen se ag ree m e n t 2 .
A bou t O& O Par tition Manage r 3 O&O Partition Man age r - 1 Abo ut O&O Par titio nM a na ger 3 T h an k y ou f o r dec idi ng to pu rc h a se O& O Pa rtition Manage r! A h ard disk .
A bou t O& O Par tition Manage r 3 O&O Partition Man age r - 2 NEW : Proce ss in g of st ripe se ts on all W in dows operatin g sy stem s . A s tripe se t sa ves data alte r n atel y in stripe s on sel ec ted disks.
A bou t O& O Par tition Manage r 3 O&O Partition Man age r - 3 T h e P r ofe ssi on al E di ti on is the version to use f o r a sin gl e PC. I t c an n ot be use d on a server ope ratin g s y stem .
S ys te m requ ire me nts O&O Partition Man age r - 4 System requ ireme n ts l T h e sy stem re qu ire m e n t of eac h ope ratin g s y stem h a ve to be f ulf il le d l 1 GB RA M rec omm en de d .
Installati on O&O Partition Man age r - 5 Insta ll a tio n Installi ng O& O Pa rtition Manage r is v e ry str aigh t f o rward. Ple ase fol low t h e step s be low: 1 . Start the c o mp ute r on wh ic h y ou woul d like to in st all O& O Pa rtition Manage r.
Installati on O&O Partition Man age r - 6 Re gistration W iz ard Us in g t h e t e s t v er s i on You c an test O& O Part ition Manag e r with out makin g any com mitm en ts and f or fre e f or up to 30 days. T he re m ain in g days of t h e trial pe riod are disp layed wh e n ever y ou sta rt up t h e program.
O&O Partition Man age r - 7 Un in s t al l T o rem o v e O& O Part ition Manag e r from y our P C , ple ase f o ll ow the f ollowi n g instru ction s: 1 . Ope n the C ontrol Pane l f rom t h e Win dows S tart me n u . 2 . S e lec t S oftw ar e o r Pr og r ams an d fu n ct i ons .
On lin e r e gi stration O&O Partition Man age r - 8 Online re gis tr at ion In orde r to reg iste r an O&O Produc t onli ne , y o u ’ll n e ed the re gi strat ion c ode th at y o u rec e ived at the tim e y ou pu r- c hase d y our produc t.
On lin e r e gi stration O&O Partition Man age r - 9 F u rth e r adv antage s wil l le t y ou: l B e sup pl ie d with th e late st in f o rmation abou t our produ cts l Make fre e upd a tes o n ne.
G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 0 Ge t ting star te d T h e f oll owin g ch apte rs will give y ou a broad v ie w of the program f u n ction s av ailabl e on O& O Pa rtition Manage r. Many f un ction s on it have bee n de sign e d in a way simi lar to the Win dows Disk Man age r.
G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 1 Te r min olo g y A ll the di ff ere nt disk ty pes will be e xplai n ed in the f ollowin g sec tion . Drive In the f ollowi ng text, the te r m “drive” wil l be use d to de pi c t ( sin gle ) partition s as we ll as logi cal drives in e xpan ded par- tition s and v olu me s .
G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 2 Prima ry a n d ex te nd e d partiti on A pr i m ar y par t i ti on fu n c tion s ju s t like a separate disk: it c an be use d for in sta ll in g an o pe ra tin g sy s tem . It is possible to cre ate one or seve ral logi c a l drive s on an e xt e n ded pa r t it i on .
G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 3 C h a n gi n g part ition siz e Not e : I f the job is not suc ce ssfu lly run , t h e r e is a risk that data sav ed on t h e drive will be partiall y or fu lly lost.
G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 4 Ch a n ge the s ize of a volume V olu me s are locate d on dynam ic disks. T he re a re simp le and spann ed v olu m e s . A s pan ne d v olu m e ne e ds to be loc at e d on at le a st t wo dynam ic di s ks.
G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 5 2 . N ow spe cif y the re s pe ctive size of the volu m e f or eac h di sk. Se le c t the f irst disk u n der " S e le cte d" and en ter th e size you want the volu m e to be u nde r Dis k sp ac e in M B .
G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 6 Op t im ize t h e size to a minimum You c an shri n k a drive ( v olu m e or partition ) down to its fre e di sk s pac e and e v e n u n t il the last ph y s ic al fi le on th e v ol- u m e .
G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 7 Div id in g a l ar ge p ar t i t ion in t o a n umbe r o f s malle r o n e s T h e r e are va riou s way s of dividi n g a large partition in to a n u mbe r of small er one s, a c c o rdin g to the siz e and amou nt of data alloc a tion .
G e t tin g s tarted O&O Partition Man age r - 1 8 Ch an ge s e ver al s mall p ar t i t ions i n t o o n e l ar ge one . 1 . F irst c opy all the data onto one dri v e so that all the re m ain in g driv e s are e m pty.
Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 1 9 Edi t vario us di sk t yp es O&O Partition Man age r allows yo u to cre ate a n d c on vert v arious ty pe s of disks ( basic or dynam ic ) and lay outs ( MB R o r G PT ) . If a disk is not in ititali ze d, y ou can c on v e rt it in to a basic disk with an MB R o r GPT lay ou t.
Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 0 C on vert a basic di sk t o a dy n am ic di s k. Conver t t o M BR or G PT Dis k You c an con v ert basic an d dy nam ic disks in t o v ar iou s lay ou ts ( MBR or G PT ) .
Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 1 C on vert to GPT layout Cr e at e a pr i mary par t it ion You c an con v ert u nall oc ated spac e s of t h e hard disk ( basic di sk) in to a ne w prim a ry partition .
Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 2 C re ate a prim ar y partition Cr e at e an e xte n de d p ar t i t ion You c an cre ate an exte nde d partition in an u n a ll oc ated space of th e h ard disk ( basic di sk with MB R layout).
Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 3 C re ate an e xten de d part iti on Cr e at e a logical dr i ve A logi c al drive can on ly be cre ated o n an exte n ded partition . It is possible to sub di vide an exte n ded partition in to sev- e ral logi cal driv e s.
Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 4 C re ate a ne w logi c a l drive.
Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 5 Conver t t o logical dr ive You c an con v ert a prim a ry part iti on to a logi c a l driv e and v ic e versa.
Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 6 Cr e at e a ne w st r ip e s e t A str ip e set c a n onl y be c re ated on dy nam ic disks. A mi n imu m o f two disks, e.g., h a rd disks, are re qu ire d f or doin g t h is. A str ip e set sav es data altern ately in stripe s on s e le cte d disks.
Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 7 Cr e at e a ne w mirr o r ed vo l ume A mi r rored v olu m e can on ly be cre ated o n dynam ic di sk s. A m in im u m of two disks, e .g. , hard disks, a re requ ire d for doin g thi s .
Edi t v arious di sk t y pe s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 8 M ir r or dr i ve You c an cre ate a mi rror out of a sim ple v olu me . The data on it wil l the n be copi e d o n to a n othe r drive. Ev ery ch ange th at is mad e to the orig inal drive will autom at ic ally be m ade to t h e mi rr or.
A dvanc ed fu n c t ion s O&O Partition Man age r - 2 9 Advanc e d f un c t ion s In addi tion to t h e v arious man a ge me nt f u nc tions O&O P artition Man a ge r off ers addi t ion a l a dvanc ed fu nc tion s , e.g. t h e sec u re de leti o n of priv ate data.
A dvanc ed fu n c t ion s O&O Partition Man age r - 3 0 Dele t e d r i v e You c an de lete an e xistin g drive by eith er r ig h t-c lic kin g it, o r cl ic kin g un der A c t ion/ Al l j obs . T he d rive a s wel l as the data on it will be lost by thi s .
A dvanc ed fu n c t ion s O&O Partition Man age r - 3 1 S e lec t me thod o f de leti o n Dele t e d is k s e cu r e ly 1 . If y ou want t o rese t a disk's de fau lt s e ttin gs, r ig h t-c lic k a n d se le ct De let e di sk secur e l y . 2 .
A dvanc ed fu n c t ion s O&O Partition Man age r - 3 2 f r om t h ese f ree spac es. T o be on the safe sid e, bef ore del etin g, c re ate a n im a ge of y our data drive with spe ci a l s oft- ware like O&O D iskImage .
A dvanc ed fu n c t ion s O&O Partition Man age r - 3 3 Drive in form a tion.
U sin g the S t art C D O&O Partition Man age r - 3 4 Using t h e St ar t CD T h an ks t o the S t art CD - the on ly o n e of its k in d in the e nti re world - bei ng able to run i ts v ery own .
U sin g the S t art C D O&O Partition Man age r - 3 5 S tart O&O Part iti onM an age r dire ctl y from C D Lo ad dr i v er s B e fore sta rtin g O& O P artition Manage r, it’s pos sibl e to install h ard disk con trolle r drivers to make su re the program wil l be able to dete ct a ll con ne c te d h a rd disks.
U sin g the S t art C D O&O Partition Man age r - 3 6 Load addition al drivers un de r Win dows PE VDS b ackwar d com p at ib i lit y un de r Wi n dow s PE T h e S tart CD is base d on Wind o ws Se rv er 20 08 PE.
S u pport and c on tact O&O Partition Man age r - 3 7 Su ppor t an d c o nt ac t T o rec ei ve more in f ormation abou t O& O DiskI mag e , ple ase v isit our we bsite , http:// www .o o-sof tware .com , and ge t th e late st inf ormation abou t produ c t de velop m e nts and supp ort.
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 3 8 End u ser lice n se agre em en t 2.5 ( EULA ) O&O S of tware G e ne ra l and S pe ci a li ze d Se cti o n G e n e.
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 3 9 (1) O& O grants y ou, upon payme nt o f the agre ed one -tim e fe e, a pe rm ane n t, spatially un lim ite d a n d n o n -e xcl u s ive righ t to use the sof t ware .
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 0 (5) Un t il pay me n t is made in f ul l, O& O retain s poss e ssion of a ll righ ts , partic ularl y those c on c ern ing c opyr ig h te d r igh ts of use , o n the m at e rials inc lu de d in th is con t ract.
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 1 a) O& O ref use s both kin ds of cu re, even i f it is en title d to do so as a r e su lt of the arisin g exp e nse s or b) t h e c u re is im pos sibl e or c ) the c ure i s un acc ep table to y ou o r d) t h e c u re is un suc c e s sfu l.
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 2 You are respon s ib le f or makin g a standard backu p of y o u r data at le ast onc e a day .
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 3 You are a u th orize d to in sta ll and use th e software produ ct o n all c o mp ute r s a) in th e possession of th.
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 4 T h e software m ay onl y be use d on t h e appropriate ope ra tin g sy s tem i n acc ordanc e with the p re viously me nti on e d con - di tion s for the Workst ation and Se rv er Edition s.
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 5 T h e software m ay onl y be use d on t h e appropriate ope ra tin g sy s tem i n acc ordanc e with the p re viously me nti on e d con - di tion s for the Workst ation and Se rv er Edition s.
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 6 T h e software re qu ire s the Win dows 20 00 Profe ssional , Win dows X P ( all Edi t ion s) , Win dows V ista ( all Editi ons) or Win- dows 7 ( all edi t ion s) ope r atin g s y stem s.
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 7 T h e software m ay onl y be use d on t h e appropriate ope ra tin g sy s tem i n acc ordanc e with the p re viously me nti on e d con - di tion s for the Workst ation and Se rv er Edition s.
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 8 T h e program ov erwri tes the targe t data v olu m e (t h e se in cl u de am on g othe r t h in gs rewri table C Ds or US B st ic ks ). Ple as e make sure th a t no data y o u ne e d is le ft o n the targe t data v olu me .
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 4 9 B e fore makin g c h a n ge s to the Mi crosoft W in dows Reg istry ( in th e f ollow in g Re gi stry ) , y ou shou ld prep are a bac ku p c o py of the Re gistry and en sure th at y o u ’ll be abl e to restore the Re gistry if a proble m s h oul d ar ise .
En d use r li c e nse agre e m e nt 2.5 ( EU LA) O&O Partition Man age r - 5 0 be u s e d wh olly in c o n jun c tion with all h ardware in y our poss e ssion , i.e. thi s lic en se may not be u s e d to prov ide a service to a thi rd party . T hi s lic en se is boun d to a s in gle n a tural pe rson a n d is non -tran s f e r able .
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