User ManualTable of ContentsEND-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT3Introduction6What is Acronis Disk Director Suite?6What’s new in Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0?6How to find the information you need in this guide7Software use conditions7Technical support8Installation And Use9What’s Included9System Requirements9Installation Process9Acronis Disk Director Suite installation9Acronis OS Selector installation10Upgrading Acronis Disk Director Suite11Removing Software11User Interface11Before You Run Acronis Disk Director Suite11Running Acronis Disk Director Suite12Running under Windows12Running Acronis Disk Director Suite for the first time12Running from bootable diskettes or CD13Beginning The Work14Acronis Disk Director Suite Logical Organization14Automatic partition operations14Manual partition operations14Switching modes14Acronis Disk Director Suite Main Window15Disk and partition information16Customizing the main window appearance16Calling Partition Operations17Calling the main operations17Advanced operations17Invoking Acronis Disk Director Suite wizards18Partition Operation Properties18Displaying operation results18Pending operations18Viewing delayed operations18Performing pending operations19Modifying pending operations19Undoing user actions19Wizard operations20Protecting Acronis Disk Director Suite With A Password21Automatic Partition Operations23Creating A New Partition23Increasing Partition Free Space32Copying Partitions34Manual Partition Operations40Main Partition Operations40Creating partitions40Copying a partition to unallocated disk space41Moving a partition to unallocated disk space43Resizing and/or moving a partition46Changing partition labels48Formatting a partition48Deleting a partition49Checking hard disk partitions for errors51Defragmenting a partition52Wiping unallocated hard disk space53Clearing a hard disk54Changing partition letter55Converting a file system56Hiding a partition57Unhiding a partition58Setting active partition59Resizing a root60Changing cluster size61Changing partition type62Resizing i-node table in Linux Ext2/Ext363Working with Acronis Recovery Expert65Automatic Recovery66Working with Acronis Disk Editor72General information72The selection of the partition or a disk for editing72Main Window of the Program73Edit Hard Disks74Write Block to a File and Read from a File75View76Search77Working with Different Encodings79Working with Acronis OS Selector80General information80Starting the work80Setting the Boot Menu82Booting operating systems82Booting an OS using the boot menu82Booting OS from the Acronis OS Selector main window82Setting an operating system as the default83Setting operating system passwords83Setting operating system properties83General Properties84Boot configuration84Partitions85Folders86Files87Advanced87Hiding operating systems88Using shortcuts89Deleting operating systems89Renaming operating systems89Copying operating systems89Setting Acronis OS Selector options90General options90Startup Options91Display properties91Passwords92Input devices93Installing and using several operating systems on a single P95Introduction95Installing several Windows copies to a single PC95General information95Preparing partitions for Windows installation96Installing a New Operating System96Re-activating the Acronis OS Selector boot menu97Installing additional Windows copies98New Operating System Wizard98Installing Linux and Windows on the same PC100General information100Linux peculiarities100Preparing partitions for Linux installation101Installing Linux101Setting the Boot menu after Linux installation101How to install several OS on the same partition102Bootable Media Builder103General information103Invoking the Bootable Media Builder Wizard103Creating bootable diskettes for Acronis Disk Director Suite104Creating bootable diskettes for Acronis OS Selector104Creating bootable CDs105Hard Disk Organization106Size: 4.06 MBPages: 126Language: EnglishOpen manual