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1. i There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Select objects you need to virtualize You re allowed to select any combination of hard disks and partitions but don t forget to choose your system partition Local Disk C in our case to use it as guest Otherwise the resulted virtual machine won t start up Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 75 Please specify what volumes or entire hard disks including connected virtual disks you d like to add to your virtual machine Name Type E E My Computer My Computer m Basic MBR Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev Intemal Hard Disk Driv E Basic MBR Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Intemal Hard Disk Dris E la Basic MBR Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Intemal Hard Disk Dris m g Basic MBR Hard Disk 3 VHD image Virtual Image Virtual Hard Disk Drive E Local Disk Primary 4 Specify the guest OS and a virtualization software vendor If your system hosts several Windows OSes our wizard will find them all and automatically patch to run in a virtual environment However we cannot guarantee smooth startup of all found Windows systems for their configuration parameters may be incompatible with each other This is why we additionally prompt you t
2. With dynamic storage you can perform disk and volume management without the need to restart Windows Limitations e Dynamic disks are not supported on portable computers e Dynamic disks are not supported on Windows XP Home Edition based computers e You cannot create mirrored volumes or RAID 5 volumes on Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional or Windows XP 64 Bit Edition based computers Thus the dynamic disk is a new way of looking at hard disk configuration Dynamic disks offer you more management flexibility without the partition limitation of basic disks Dynamic disks can contain an unlimited number of volumes but they cannot contain partitions or logical drives Dynamic storage can be particularly beneficial for large scale businesses when dealing with many physical hard disks involving complex setup Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 16 uEFI Boot Challenges Introduced back in 2005 by Intel to lift restrictions of the old MBR Master Boot Record and PC BIOS Basic Input Output System uEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is now a recommended platform for new 64 bit Windows 8 computers And the reason is easy to catch besides other unique features impossible for the traditional tandem of BIOS MBR only a uEFl based platform enables to accommodate Windows OS on a partition larger than 2 2TB Despite all uEFl advantages however it has one quite naughty issue a pretty stand
3. ere Delete filter ocx Delete filter wed Delete filter Add category Change general backup options In this section the program enables to specify what data should be automatically ignored during copy and sector based backup operations You can filter certain files or folders either by the manual selection or by creating masks what is more preferable Thus you will be able to effectively manage contents of your backup images or partition hard disk copies By default there are no available filters To create a filter please click the Add Category button Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 30 E Filter Browse Description gt You can use wildcards and as file name mask Wildcards O men rn path are not allowed In the opened dialog the program allows the user to define the following parameters e Name Give to the filter any name you like but try to use an informative one e Filter Press the Browse button to select files or folders you would like to be excluded or specify a filter mask by using or wildcards e Description Add a short description to the filter not to miss it up later Click the OK button and you will get a new item on the list of filters By marking unmarking a checkbox opposite its name you can choose whether to use it or not Log Files Options Lo Log fi i g Log files options Logs directory Ss __ Browse Please select
4. 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Convert to Basic MBR Hard 3 Disk Set the required number of primary partitions if necessary According to the DOS partitioning scheme a hard disk can have up to four Primary partitions If there is an Extended partition on the disk only three primary partitions are allowed That is why if a GPT disk contains several volumes the program enables to choose the number of primary partitions The rest of them if any will automatically be converted to logical disks within the Extended partition Y Conver the basic GFT hard disk to a basic MBR hard disk If there are more than four volumes on the disk only the first three may become primary and the rest logical The hard disk after convert Basic MBA Hard Disk 3 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dey i Hew Volume H 115 8 GE NTFS The resulted hard disk should have at least 1 primary partition s Please select how many primary partitions you need Come J oe The program can only process dynamic GPT disks containing solid simple volumes without extension Converting Basic MBR to GPT The program allows you to easily convert a basic MBR disk into a basic GPT disk while keeping its contents intact The operation is quite safe for the on disk data but you should know that only 64 bit Windows OSes since Vista are able to boot from this type of disks So if you ve got a 32 bi
5. B o Local Dis l fi T Unallocat 171 8 GB FAT S32 154 6 GB NTFS 162 GB Destination disk Select a hard disk with enough unallocated space to perform the operation The wizard will create a copy of Local Disk F from Basic MBAR Hard Disk 1 Mware VMware Virtual SCSI Disk Dev Estimated size of this volume after selected files and folders will be excluded from copy operation 23 3 GB 275 124 715 616 Bytes The copy mill be created on Basic MBAR Hard Disk 3 Mware VA ware irtual SCSI Disk Dev Please select where to create a copy Basic MBA Hard Disk 3 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev ii o Unallocated 119 9 GB i The program enables to copy a partition to a block of free space which is smaller than the partition itself taking into account only actual amount of data e Copy parameters The wizard enables to specify the following options Your hard disk after changes Basic MBA Hard Disk 3 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Deyr Where to place a copy Please specify the size of the new partition 23962 76 MB 122 879 MB Please specify size of free space before the partition 0 OMB 122 803 HB Please specify size of free space after the partition 98917 OMB 122 802 MB Partition size Define the size in Mb of the copied partition Free space before Define the position in Mb of the copied partition relative to the beginning of the availabl
6. Ltility Ping Target www google com D Ping the specified host until stopped Resolve addresses to hostnames Clear output Number of echo requests to send Start Running ping www google com Pinging www google com 1 73 194 71 103 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 173 194 771 103 bytes 32 time 21ms TTL 128 Reply from 173 194 71 103 bytes 32 time 20ms TTL 128 Reply from 173 194 71 103 bytes 32 time 18ms TTL 128 Reply from 173 194 717 103 bytes 32 time 24ms TTL 128 Ping statistics for 173 194 71 103 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost 0 0 loss Approximate round trip times in milli seconds Minimum 18ms Maxdmum 2 4ms Average 20ms ping www google com done e Ping the specified host until stopped Mark the option to ping the chosen host for indefinite time e Resolve addresses to hostnames Mark the option to display hostnames instead of IP addresses e Number of echo requests to send By default the utility sends 4 echo requests which you can modify however 2 If you need to trace a route to some network host please select Trace route then type in the required IP address or its name Click Start when ready Utility Trace route Target 172 30 10 73 Do not resolve addresses to hostnames Madmum number of hops to search for target 1 __Clearoutput Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply 1 Running tracert 172 30 10 73 Tracing route to sb349 paragon sof
7. NTFS NTFS Basic GPT Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk E a 3 j Unallocated NTFS Basic MBA Hard Disk 2 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disl g Unallocated Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disl E S E Local Disk C NTFS NTFS Basic GPT Hard Disk 1 VMware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk E 5 E New Volume E NTFS NTFS Basic MBA Hard Disk 2 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disl g Unallocated Typical Scenarios This chapter lists a number of the most frequently used scenarios that may be accomplished with the program You can find here useful recommendations and descriptions of operations Recovery Scenarios Correcting EFI parameters To specify a bootable device in the EFI boot entry please do the following 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE recovery media Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE recovery environment which you can get here www paragon software com my account To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Launch Boot Corrector 3 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 Select Correct EFI parameters to specify the required bootable device in the EFI boot entry Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 64 Windows installation to comect View the list of all windows installations and co
8. Now you ve got a block of free space to add to the system partition Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 88 Disk map Basic MBR Hard Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive ATA Devi Unallocated 39 9 GB Basic MBR Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev System Reserved Local Disk C 100 MB NTFS 459 5 GB NTFS Basic MBR Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev New Volume 39 9GB NTFS Basic MBR Hard Disk 3 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev i Unallocated 39 9 GB Basic MBR Hard Disk 6 VMDK image Virtual Image New Volume Unallocated i New Volume 479 MB NTFS 196 MB 348 MB NTFS Total size 196 MB Used 0 Bytes Free 196 MB 6 Right click on the system partition then select Move Resize Partition Basic MBR Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev New Volume 35 9 GB NTFS Format Partition Delete Partition Basic MBR Hard Disk 3 VMware VMware ove pe Unallocated Convert File System toa Change Volume Label Basic MBR Hard Disk 4 JetFlash Transcen S Partition Mark Partition as Active a PARAGON G PEEN 3 7 GB FAT32 Change Cluster Size Basic MBR Hard Disk 5 VMDK image Vit Change Serial Number Change Partition ID 100 MB NTFS Test Surface s_ Check File System Integrity Basic MBR Hard Disk 6 VMDK image Vit git View Sectors Local Disk Properties ocal D
9. Partition Table 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 54 Scripting The program actions can also be represented in form of a script The script describes the appropriate operation with macro language commands There is an interpreter utility SCRIPTS exe which is included in the program installation package This utility works in the unattended mode which enables to automate operations Startup You have no need to write a script since the program has a convenient interface for such a task In order to generate a script on the base of the entered parameters of the required operation you should take the following steps 1 Make sure the virtual mode of execution is enabled 2 Carry out with the program all operations you need to be scripted 3 Call the Generate Script dialog by clicking its icon on the Virtual Operations Bar Setup Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Generate button to confirm the operation Generate script All virtual operations you have made will be written to the script Mo operations Will be applied Please specify a name for the task script file script_1 41013_055711 722 psi W Add to Task List Witte a script comment here w More options Ho e Script file name and location By default the program offers to add the
10. Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Hide Unhide Partition i There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation 1 It is strongly recommended not to hide the system partition Otherwise your operating system will fail to boot Set Label of a Partition The Partition Label is a small textual field up to 11 characters that is located in the partition s boot sector It is detectable by any partitioning tool and is used for notification purposes only In order to change a partition label you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Change Volume Label There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 Enter a label for the selected partition WW Are you sure you want to change label on volume Fy Please specify a volume label for easier recognition of your volume Please enter new volume label New Volume Oe j oe 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Change Partition ID Partition ID is a file system identifier It is saved in the Partition Table and is used to quickly detect
11. e Mouse Additional requirements e Network card to send retrieve data to from a network computer e Recordable CD DVD drive to burn data to compact discs e External USB hard drive to store data Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 10 Installation Before the installation please make sure the systems requirements are met If everything is OK please do the following to install the product In case there is some previous version of the program installed on the computer the program will offer the user to uninstall it first 1 Click on the supplied setup file to initiate the installation First your system will be checked for the presence of Visual Studio C 2010 Runtime Library and if not found you will be prompted to install it comes with the installation package Click Install to continue Status Requirement Pending Visual C 10 0 Runtime 66 10 0 30319 1 2 The Welcome page will inform that the application is being installed Click Next to continue 3 Please Read Paragon License Agreement carefully and then select the appropriate option to accept Otherwise you won t be able to proceed with the installation By clicking the Print button the license agreement may also be printed out 4 Provide your product key and serial number 5 On the Customer Information page you are to provide the standard customer information i e a user name and an organization Besides you need to decide wheth
12. 09 42 4M ge WB Test Vip Disk2 vmdk 256 KB 10 14 2013 2 09 42 AM Mista 64 2 Bit wdi 1MB 10 14 2013 2 09 42 AM Fe OX 32 bit vhd 2MB 10 14 2013 2 09 42 AM GE Windows 9 3201 3 10 55 03 AM 2 DYD Drive D Local Disk E gt A Files of type All virtual disk images ka Disk into VMware virtual hard disk IDE Capacity 1 GB 1 073 741 624 Bytes Although you re allowed to map a network share for connecting a virtual disk we do not recommend it due to modest performance especially when you need to accomplish drive partitioning Oo Virtual disks connected from CD DVD BD will be available for reading only All earlier connected virtual disks get on a special list which can be seen by clicking the Recent virtual disks tab inactive initially Just select a disk you ve already worked with and then click Connect for the fast connection 3 By default the selected virtual disk will be connected in the read write mode until you disconnect it or exit the program There are several auxiliary options however that can help in particular situations Connection options Connect disk at the program start Connect disk as read only Non destructive connect e Connect disk at the program start to have the virtual disk connected automatically at every program Start e Connect disk as read only to prohibit modification of data on the virtual disk e Non destructive connect It s a s
13. 480 4 GB 8 Finish the wizard to accomplish the operation Copying data from a parent virtual disk to one of its snapshots Let s assume you ve got a virtual machine with several snapshots You need to copy some data from a parent image to one of its snapshots You can t just roll back to the parent image as you don t want to lose the latest data of the snapshot so the best way out is to copy the required data from the parent image to the snapshot To copy data from a parent image to one of its snapshots please do the following 1 Connect the required snapshot disk to our program 2 Connect its parent disk to our program It ll be connected for reading only 3 Copy the required data from the parent disk to the snapshot 4 Disconnect the virtual disks or close the program Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 93 Migrating from one virtual environment to another V2V Let s assume you re willing to shift to another virtualization software vendor e g from Microsoft Virtual PC to VMware Workstation The only thing that holds you back from it is a lot of virtual machines of MS Virtual PC which are not fully compatible with VMware Workstation Don t worry we can help you out Before you start please make sure you ve got enough free space to accomplish the operation To make a virtual machine of one vendor out of an existing virtual machine of another vendor please do the followi
14. Drive letter assignment The pull down list contains vacant drive letters that can be associated with the newly formatted partition In addition there is the possibility to make further detailed settings although the default values will do in most cases To activate the advance mode you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page Depending on the chosen file system the following options become available W Use 0S built in format routine Please select number of sectors per cluster E hi Restore defaults e Use OS built in routine Mark the option to restrict the available values according to the used OS e The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control Oo Number of available options depends on the selected file system type Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition Formatting Partitions Any partition should contain some file system to be used for keeping data The process of installing a file system is commonly known as formatting A huge variety of file systems have been developed these days Supported File Systems The program provides the ability to format partitions of the following file systems FAT12 amp FAT16 FAT32 HFS NTFS Ext2 Ext3 Ext4 Linux Swap v 2 Dialog Startup 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object
15. In order to cope with different tasks the product contains several components Windows based set of utilities is the crucial part of the product With the help of an easy to use launcher you may find and run tasks of any complexity in the field of data and system protection hard disk partitioning and cloning etc WinPE based recovery environment Especially for keen followers of Windows our product offers the option to prepare a WinPE based bootable media Unlike the Linux DOS recovery environment it can boast an excellent hardware support and the same interface as the Windows version can However its system requirements are much tougher Features Overview This chapter dwells upon key benefits and technical highlights of the product Key Features Connect VD to connect a virtual disk as if it s an ordinary physical disk thus opening up all functionality available for physical disks to virtual P2V Copy to migrate a Windows physical system to a virtual environment in the online mode P2V Restore to migrate a Windows physical system backed up with a Paragon disaster recovery tool to a virtual environment P2V Adjust to recover the startup ability after unsuccessful virtualization with a 3rd party tool Create VD to create an empty virtual disk or with specific data of one of the supported virtualization vendors P2P Adjust to successfully migrate a Windows physical system to a different hardware platform P2P by allowing automatic
16. We can help you do that To migrate your system to a hard disk that doesn t exceed the 2 2TB capacity limit please do the following 1 Connect both source and destination disks to the computer 2 Turnon the computer 3 Click the Copy amp Migration tab on the Ribbon Panel then select Copy Hard Disk There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 4 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 5 On the Select Hard Disk to Copy page select a source disk a hard disk you want to copy On this page you can choose a hard disk you would like to copy All partitions from this hard disk Will be copied to the destination you will choose on the next page Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev i p Local Disk C 499 6 GB NTFS Basic MBA Hard Disk 1 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev i 2 l l i i i Unallocated a 334 6 GE 6 On the Select Target Hard Disk page select a destination disk a hard disk to copy contents of the source disk Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 66 Select a target hard disk All data from the source hard disk will be copied there During copy operation target disk content will be deleted Basic MBA Hard Disk 1 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev i pe Unallocated 334 6 GB Basic MBA Hard Disk 2 Mware Mware Yi
17. a folder name to place an engine log files stubact log etc White logs in Bluescreen Choose this option to allow engine operations logging when actions need to be restarted and continued in Bluescreen mode Stubact log file truncation Choose a storage lite span for the stubact log file Please note once the defined period has been expired the file wall be ernptied f Infinite f Minimal f Custom 1 hours Clean now In this section you can set up the program logging engine e Logs directory to specify location of program log files By default all logs are placed to C Program Files Paragon Software product s name program e Write logs in Bluescreen to enable the program logging in a special boot up mode e Stubact log file truncation to specify a storage life span for the stubact log file Infinite not to empty the file ever Minimal to have the file emptied all the time Custom to set a certain storage life span for the file Please note once the defined period has been expired the file will be emptied Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 31 We strongly recommend you not to choose the Minimal option as in case of having 1 problems with the program our Support Team won t be able to study operation logs thus help you out Viewing Disk Properties The Disk Map and the Disk and Partitions List are the main tools to get information on the properties of hard
18. a partition of the supported type By manually changing its value you can manipulate accessibility of partitions In order to change a partition ID you should take the following steps 1 Selecta partition on the Disk Map Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 49 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Change Partition ID Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 Seta new ID for the selected partition s Are you sure you want to change system ID of the Z partition F Curent system ID is 0x07 NTFS ExFAT ReFS Changing system IO might prevent some operating systems from working with the partition 0x07 NTFS ExFAT ReFS f Please enter 1D manually De _ e Predefined ID Select from the pull down list the required ID e Enter ID manually With the spinner control set the required ID value It has to be a 1 2 digit hexadecimal number 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Change Serial Number of a Partition FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS file systems include the Serial Number parameter A partition s serial number is saved in the boot sector Its value is generated while formatting The program enables to modify the serial number parameter for FAT16 FAT32 or NTFS partitions without re formatting In order to c
19. amount 1024 MB Minimum memory size Recommended memory size J Maimum memory size f taken more you could face extensive swapping Note The selected virtual machine version does not officially support the quest OS s0 we cannot guarantee its startup Please select another version of the virtual machine If the selected version does not officially support the guest OS you will be notified and prompted to select another one 7 Set properties of the resulted virtual disk s e Virtual disk interface By default the wizard sets the most appropriate interface for each disk Anyway you ve got the option to change it to one of the supported by your guest OS Just click on a disk and then select the required interface from the pull down list But be ready to provide drivers for it on the next page Virtual disk info Interface Virtual disk Dis a copy of the disk 0 19 9 GE SCSI LS Logic B IDE SCS BusLogic SCSI LSI Logic SCSI LSI Logic SAS Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 81 C Wsers wser Downloads wmscsi 1 2 0 4 flp Browse Windows 7 has been found on the source partition and the disk controller type has been set to SCS BusLogic Please provide a path to an iso or flp image that contains a driver for the selected disk controller Oo Our program supports injection of drivers delivered in iso or flp images so you can for instance download and inject drivers fo
20. amp Primary IDE Channel Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device amp Intel A 82371AB7 EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device z 3 N YHware Accelerated AMD PCHet Adapter Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device ie Mware SCSI Controller gwinn scsi int te e Manually add a driver for a device that has not been found by our wizard by clicking then specifying the required INF file Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device 8 IDE Channel Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device Please select an INF file nettpsmp inf 5 15 2001 4 00 00 PM e E nettsbnt inf 32KB 5 15 2001 4 00 00 PM e E netupard inf 45KB 5 15 2001 4 00 00 PM g netvt 6 inf 4 1KB 5 15 2001 4 00 00 PM netw840 inf 54KB 5 15 2001 4 00 00 PM netw926 inf 21KB 5 15 2001 4 00 00 PM ee netw940 inf 24KB 5 15 2001 4 00 00 PM netwlan2 inf 8KB 6 19 2003 12 05 04 PM e netwv48 inf 9 8KB 5 15 2001 4 00 00 PM BE netw2c inf 3 7KB 6 19 2003 12 05 04 PM Files of type INF files inf Please select hardware the driver is designed for Compex RL2000 PCI Ethemet Adapter 1 EI 22 Winbond W89C940 PCI Ethemet Adapter Only show hardware found on this computer Select an INF file Cancel Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 74 When sele
21. because for these systems they are very modest Technology Application Let s consider a number of situations when the Adaptive Restore technology can help you out e If you need to migrate to a different hardware platform with minimal effort Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 15 e If you need to upgrade hardware while keeping all programs and settings intact e If you need to replace failed hardware and cannot find an exact match for original system specifications Known Issues 1 After transferring Microsoft Vista and later versions to different hardware you will need to re activate license of the system It s normal behavior as these systems keep tracking any change of hardware Re activation is legally justified in this case as you transfer your system to another PC 2 If you ve installed several operating systems on one partition we can only add drivers to the latest version of OS Microsoft highly recommends that you install an operating system on a separate partition 3 Please note drivers are not cached during selection That s why if you select a driver to add to the system but it s already unavailable during the operation the program will end the operation with an error Dynamic Disks As you probably know MS DOS Microsoft Windows 95 98 Me NT 2000 XP Vista Server 2003 2008 support four primary partitions per physical hard disk one of which can be extended Certainly there is th
22. by the right mouse click then select Format Partition Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 38 Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Dialog Setup Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Format button to confirm the operation Are you sure you want to format volume F You are about to format volume F New Yolume NTFS Your computer may na longer boot or work correctly Please select new file system gap Please enter new volume label New Volume More options No e File system From the pull down list select the desired file system type In fact the program displays only those file systems that can correctly be placed to the selected partition taking its capacity into account e Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field It is an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification In addition there is the possibility to make further detailed settings although the default values will do in most cases To activate the advance mode you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page Depending on the chosen file system the following options become available W Use 0S built in format routine Please select number of sectors per cluster Ee a Rest
23. disks and partitions available in the system To know more on the subject please consult the corresponding chapters of the Interface Overview chapter Copy Tasks In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to make a copy of a hard disk or a separate partition Cloning Hard Disks You can clone a hard disk of any file system During the hard disk copying process the program moves controlling records of used partitioning scheme the bootstrap code and on disk partitions That s why this operation cannot be substituted by simply copying all on disk partitions Copy Hard Disk Wizard The Copy Hard Disk Wizard is a traditional like wizard By going through its steps you configure all the necessary settings to launch the copy operation To minimize the possibility of making any mistake the wizard provides auxiliary information on every single option Moreover you can get an in depth description to any setting control or field of the wizard just by clicking the hint button and then the object you need i You need at least two hard disks to carry out this operation Startup e Click the Copy amp Migration tab on the Ribbon Panel then select Copy Hard Disk There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the copy hard disk operation e The hard disk to copy Select a hard di
24. following 1 Click Configure Network 2 Inthe opened dialog provide an IP address a network mask default gateway etc for your network device aik CAREER ENE SES Neericcnncsiony 425 Ethemet adapter Intel R PRO 1000 MT Network Connection IP address configuration es o Obtain an IP address automaticaly Renew address Release address f Use the following IP address IP Address 192 168 40 170 subnet Mask 209 295 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 400 2 Advanced DNS WINS configuration W Obtain DNS server address automaticaly DNS server 197 166 40 2 Advanced W Obtain WINS server address automaticaly Primary WINS server 192 16840 2 Secondary WINS server fo Oo 0 0 Load from file Save to file Apply Cancel 3 Click the Network drivers tab to map a network share Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 96 Map Network Drive Disconnect Drive 4 Click Map Network Drive and provide all the necessary information to map a network share in the opened dialog Remote location mapping Anetwork share pel Map to drive letter z Make permanent connection Cs Connect as user Cancel e Click the standard browse button to browse for the required network share or manually enter a path to it e Define a letter from the pull down list of available drive letters e Click the Connect as user button at
25. following 05 will be used as guest a indows Vi H H Windows Vista Please select a virtual software vendor gt VMware Workstation VMware Fusion Microsoft Virtual PC Oracle VirtualBox 5 Set properties of the future virtual machine e Virtual machine version Please make sure you choose a version which is supported by your virtualization software otherwise you won t be able to work with the newly created machine Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 84 e Virtual machine name By default the wizard picks the name of your guest OS which can be modified however e CPU number If your computer supports multiprocessing select how many CPUs you d like to allocate for the virtual machine e Memory amount Depending on the guest OS the wizard calculates the recommended size of RAM which can be modified however Virtual machine version Oracle VirtualBox 4 A Virtual machine name My_Vista_ Backup CPU number 1 ee Memory amount 768 MB A ry A Minimum memory size Recommended memory size J Maximum memory size f taken more you could face extensive swapping If the selected version does not officially support the guest OS you will be notified and prompted to select another one 6 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Connecting a virtual disk Connect VD You ve got the option to connect a virtual disk of one of the supported types directly to our pro
26. hardware ready to use not zipped or in exe files e Your OS is unrolled on the new computer not in a backup image To make a Windows physical system bootable on different hardware please do the following 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE recovery media Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE recovery environment which you can get here www paragon software com my account To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Launch the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Oo The WinPE based environment offers excellent hardware support However in case it doesn t have a driver for your disk controller your hard disks will be unavailable Please Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 68 consult the Adding specific drivers scenario to know how to tackle this issue 3 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 From the list of all found Windows systems if several select one you need to adjust to the new hardware If you re willing to adjust them all just re launch this wizard for each Os E Volume TO Label De Capacity Microsoft Windows XP Local Disk C No label 20GB 5 There are two execution modes to choose from fully automatic and advance Below we will go set by step through the automatic scenario to show the whole process and then take a closer look at specifics of the advance scen
27. hide all ribbon tabs click on the arrow button at the right top corner of the program window Virtual Operations Bar The program supports previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations so called virtual mode of execution In fact when the virtual mode is enabled the program does not accomplish operations immediately but places them on the List of Pending Operations for later execution The Virtual Operations Bar enables to manage pending operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY ly Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Display the List of Pending Operations Launch the real execution of virtual operations Cancel all virtual operations on the List of Pending Operations Generate a script out of all pending operations Schedule pending operations Virtual mode is an effective way of protection from any troubles since no operations will be executed until clicking the Apply button for confirmation thus giving a second chance to i weigh all pros and cons of this or that particular operation The program politely reminds the user that there are unsaved changes by showing the following window A You have unsaved changes Express Mode Button By clicking on this button the user can switch to the express mode of operation at any time Disk Map As the name infers the Disk Map displays
28. log files and then send it to the Paragon Support Team Log files do not contain any confidential information on the operating system settings or the user documents Oo The Send Log Files function is only available when outgoing mail server SMTP and the user e mail address are properly set To learn more about it please consult the Settings Overview chapter View Logs With a handy dialog you can study logs on any operation carried by the program To make this job as easy as possible all the information is structurally divided besides there is the possibility to see the disk layout before and after an operation what is very convenient In order to view logs on carried out operations click Tool Button then select View Log Files Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 63 a amp Sessions Session operations Session event Show Source launcher exe Operation parameters Started 10 24 2073 at 7 06 32 4M Ze Applying at 7 30 34 AM Mount Unmount partition virtual succeeded Start time O7 14 31 Type of operation Wirtual Result Succeeded Show Source Operation parameters Create partition committed succeeded Total 6 operations 3 virtual and 3 committed Warning This session did not finished corectly Most probably the program was abnormally terminated Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disl E S i Local Disk C
29. not available for VMware only Pre allocate all disk space You can choose whether to pre allocate all space of the future virtual disk or do it dynamically not available for VMware ESX and Oracle VirtualBox Select your virtualization software VMware Workstation VMware Fusion 1 024 MB gt IDE A E Create a split disk C Pre allocate all disk space 6 Microsoft Virtual PC 6 Oracle VirtualBox 5 Specify a file name for the resulted virtual disk and its location File name for the virtual disk CNM virtual disks Mivare virtual hard disk mdk Browse a The virtual disk will take about 256 KB on Local Disk C There will be still 489 7 GB of free space on the volume after creating the file a 6 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Making Windows Vista 7 backup bootable on virtual hardware P2V Adjust OS As you probably know Windows Vista and later operating systems from Microsoft include a built in disaster recovery tool which enables to create backup images of Windows OS in a vhd Virtual Hard Disk format used now by Microsoft Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 83 Virtual PC Server Hyper V and Oracle VirtualBox Unfortunately you cannot just take this type of backup to run Windows OS in a virtual environment it won t start up We can help you out with this naughty problem Our P2V Adjust OS Wizard can patch Windows OS inside a vh
30. on the link at the bottom of the page to see what boot critical devices have no drivers Oo The wizard names all devices according to their model description not some alphanumeric code which is very convenient 9 Though you ve got the option to continue without injecting missing drivers for boot critical devices The Ignore all missing drivers option we strongly recommend you not to do it Otherwise we cannot guarantee your Windows will start up on the new hardware There are no drivers for the following devices a nen p23 1AB EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller 8 Primary IDE Channel 8 Secondary IDE Channel You have chosen ta ignore these devices and continue with the OS adjustment Your OS will not start up on the new hardware if there are no drivers for boot critical devices Are pou sure vou want bo continue 10 The wizard can search for drivers on a local disk or a mapped network share In our case it s on a network share this is why we need to map it first Please specify an additional path to the missing drivers Add a folder to the drivers source list Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 70 F Floppy Disk Drive A E E Local Disk C A Map Network Drive j 2 Network Ple Remote location mapping server pool Driver Repository Map to drive letter i D P Make permanent connection Windows Security X Enter Netw
31. performed while your partition is in use or locked in other words Please agree to reboot your machine to make the program accomplish the operation in a special boot up mode run an operation and restart the machine as required but it just boots back into Windows without accomplishing the operation Please run chkdsk f for the partition in question cannot create a new partition on the disk There can be a number of reasons for that e The program cannot create a new partition on a dynamic disk e The program allows creating new partitions only within blocks of un partitioned space It cannot convert a free space on an existing partition to a new partition cannot copy a partition There can be a number of reasons for that The source or target disk you select is a dynamic disk 4 primary partitions or three primary partitions and an extended one already exist on the target disk need to copy a partition But when selecting a place where to make a copy always get a crossed circle sign no matter which partition is selected Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 100 The program enables to copy a partition only to a block of un partitioned space If you don t have a block of free space on your hard disk please delete or reduce an existing partition to accomplish the operation 6 cannot do anything with my USB flash drive get a crossed circle sign when trying to select any area
32. script to the Task List with a name containing its creation date and time Unmark the Add to Task List checkbox to define an exact location and a filename for the script file The default file extension that is reserved for scripting files is psl which however can be modified e Add to Task List By default the script will be automatically added to corresponding list If necessary add a small comment to it In addition there is the possibility to make further detailed settings although the default values will do in most cases To activate the advance mode you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page so you will be able to define Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 55 Please select script generation options Allow to interact with the user Turn this option off if you do not want to get confirmation dialogs when the script is being carried out We Commit after each operation Turn thi option on to ensure the changes will be committed after each operation W Check for errors after each operation Turm this option on to make scnpt interpreter to check the result of each operation Use disk ID Turn this option on to use a disk ID instead of an indes in the script e Interaction with the user Mark the option to pause the script interpreter during the execution to prompt the user s confirmation or other input Otherwise the program will not stop using de
33. the layout of physical and logical disks Physical disks are represented with rectangle bars that contain small sized bars These small sized bars represent logical disks Their color depends on the file system of the appropriate partition By looking at the size of the bar s shaded area it is possible to estimate the used disk space For the selected at the moment object there s the possibility to call a context sensitive popup menu with available operations Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 20 Disk map m Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Deyr l i Local Disk C 499 6 GB NTFS Large sized bars display the following information about physical disks e Type basic or dynamic MBR GPT e Manufacturer e Model Small sized bars display the following information about logical disks and blocks of free space e Volume label if exists e Drive letter e Total size e File system The Disk Map is synchronized with the Context sensitive Menu and the Properties Panel Thus by selecting a disk on the map the two will automatically display detailed information on it To know more on the subject please consult the Viewing Disk Properties chapter Oo Since the Disk Map and the Disk and Partitions List have the same purpose the user is allowed to extend only one at the moment by using a corresponding arrow button Disk and Partitions List The Disk and Partitions List
34. to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Click Next to continue Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 92 wizardspartitioningadvanced png img _wizardspantitioni 20k png img 20 ok png 201 delete2 png fimg 201 delete png _ about_large png img about_large png Ql Ee about_small png img about_small png 200k png 201 delete png _wizardspartitioningadvanced png ry i0153_ 0405 png adb_add png Total data size 8 2 6 Select the Save data to local network drives item Click Next to continue are several ways the Wizard can store your data Please select how would you like to save the data Save data to physical partitions Bum the data to CD DVD or BD Select the option to save your data locally on a mounted partition with drive letter assigned or on a network share To store your data on the network you will need a mapped network dive or a mounted directory on the server You will be prompted to choose an exact location for your data later in the wizard 7 Specify the exact place to copy the data to Please select the destination path where to save the data from clipboard 9 24 2009 5 21 50 PM i 7 14 2009 7 20 08 AM I Program Files 8 7 2013 4 56 13 PM k ajd Program Files 86 8 7 2013 5 03 21 PM H i Users 8 24 2009 5 04 05 PM F Total data size 8 2 KB Space available on destination
35. when a data sensitive operation has been abruptly interrupted as a result of a computer reset or a power outage there are several techniques that correspond to the options below Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 24 Do not protect No protection but maximum performance If you re not 100 sure you re completely safe from a power outage or an accidental reset of your computer please do not use this option Reset Standard protection with acceptable performance Maintaining a special journal our program enables to automatically complete a data sensitive operation interrupted by an accidental reset of your computer from our bootable recovery media thus reviving the corrupted partition Power loss Maximum protection but minimal performance Besides journaling our program will also disable cache of your disk when accomplishing data sensitive operations to avoid data loss even in case of a power outage General Copy and Backup Options General copy and backup options HOD raw processing Copy an entire hard disk sector by sector without taking into account its partition structure Partition raw processing Copw Backup each partition sector by sector All sectors will be processed one by one even Unused sectors Requires more time to complete the operation W Automatic BCO update Add Boot entry for target partition to BCD hive on copy restore source partition This section
36. 100 ME NTFS Local Disk A4 ME NTFS Local Disk 479 MB NTFS 4 Format Partition Delete Partition Move Resize Partition Convert File System Hide Partition Mark Partition as Active Make Partition Logical Change Cluster Size Change Serial Number Change Partition ID Test Surface Check File System Integrity Eqit View Sectors Properties In case you ve got more than two partitions on the disk and the required space donor is not adjacent to the system partition you can still use this scenario by consecutively redistributing free space between all partitions involved in the operation In the opened dialog drag and drop the left edge of the partition to the right to release the required amount of the free space displayed in aqua green You can also do it manually by entering the exact size of free space Are you sure you want to move resize volume You are about to move resize NTFS volume Local Disk C Basic MBR Hard Disk 6 VMDK image Virtual Image i Unallocated i 215 9 MB 2eqme 9MB 479MB Free space before 215 MB j O bytes 469 MB Free space after 0 Bytes 2 gt Obytes 468 MB Sector to sector move Select this option to move partition areas that dont contain any data This allows you to keep the partition s content after move exactly as it was but will require more time Local Disk 264 MB NTFS Volume size 5
37. 32 this operation will in no way be possible to accomplish The same goes for any copy hard disk partition or restore hard disk partition operation involving an extra upsizing E Mail Options pA E mail options Specify your e mail account options Outgoing mail server SMTP User e mail address SMTP port number 0 Mp outgoing server requires authentication User name Password Send test e mail Click this Button to test e mail account options The program will send generated e mail message to the address you ve specitied in User e mail address field Specify e mail notification options Send E Mail notification on apply To Enter an e mail address here Send mailin HTML format Send complete report after applying operations Send graphical view of the disk sub system before and after apply Select the operations wou would like to be notified about This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during the Send log files and Send e mail notification operations e Outgoing mail server SMTP To send messages by using the built in mail client it is necessary to have access to a computer running an SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server All outgoing messages are first sent to the SMTP server which in its turn delivers them to the required recipients The address may be represented as a traditional Internet host name e g mail com or as an IP numeric address e g XXX XXX XX
38. 9 GIOSSAUY sac tesstebatcectactedeaies saacacuectcpatesesiacaansewunsubveanacaeseutatenssenaceucaweures R ene sss 101 Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved Introduction More and more people today face the problem of smooth and cost saving system migration It mostly has to do with constant hardware improvement Traditional approach involving complete re installation and re setup of the operating system and all applications requires a lot of time and labor resources few can afford Moreover it doesn t guarantee all software will flawlessly work on a new hardware platform Paragon Virtualization Manager 14 Professional is an elegant solution that can help you accomplish the following tasks e Transfer your live Windows or from a Paragon s backup to a virtual environment of Microsoft Virtual PC VMware Workstation Fusion or Oracle VirtualBox 4 0 P2V P2V Restore e Transfer your Windows to a different hardware platform When upgrading to newer or just replacing failed hardware use our unique P2P technology to guarantee startup of your system on a dissimilar hardware configuration P2P e Transfer your virtual Windows back to a physical environment V2P e Migrate your Windows from one virtual environment to another V2V e Connect a virtual disk as if it s an ordinary physical disk thus opening up all functionality available for physical disks to virtual Connect VD e Make OS start up after unsucc
39. ISOFTWARE GROUP G PARAGON Software GmbH Earacen Pa racon Heinrich von Stephan Str 5c 79100 Freiburg Germany Tel 49 0 761 59018201 Fax 49 0 761 59018130 Internet www paragon software com Email sales paragon software com Virtualization Manager 14 Professional User Manual Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved Contents PIV EROGUCKION meserna EEE EE EE E E 5 What s New in Virtualization Manager 14 ssssssssesscsssssssseososessesseososessososososesscssososesessosssosesessssososeseesseosese 5 Product COMPONENTS arrere a E A E E EE T A EE EE 6 Feature S OV CUO W serrin e E E EEE N E EE T E EEAO 6 SAAN CS I E E E A E T S E E E A E S A E 6 Supported TECNMOIOBIES siirroissa ne a E A E E EN EN 7 Supported Virtualization Software sesessesessscessececescecesoesesoecesoecesoecesoececescessececesoesesoesesoecesoscesesoesssoesseseoe 8 POr EC Vr a ara VE TYDE a EE E E E 8 Supported virtual machines for P2V SCENALIOS ccccccesseccccesscccceesececcuseceeceeccecsusececausececsuneceesensecessunececsunecesseueceesagsecesagneess 8 Supported FIle SYSTEMS csc ca caa cic sees edna teen cece a A EE E AE E E 8 Supported Mediasi onnenn i E E 8 Geine Sa OO e E E ee ahececieeetesisssvecesisaveneeieeuncuees 9 System Reg irementS sssrsssirscrsrdsenierirsedie re konit hno ni TEEN AENEAN EEEE SE E SES 9 AStA ON oessa aran nE E EE E E 10 FSE SUA n E E 11 Building Recovery Medid scteitcscca
40. Undelete Partition Wizard Startup e Click the Partitioning tab on the Ribbon Panel then select Undelete Partitions There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the undelete partition operation e Free blocks to scan for lost partitions Choose a free block from a tree like list of available hard disks Click the check bos nest to any hard disk drive or free Block you want to esamine Name Type Ai My Computer My Computer F ta Basic MBA Hard Disk 4 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dey Internal Hard O ae CA Unallocated Free space The summary size of fragmentis to analyze is 7 9 GB e Search method By default the wizard selects the fastest search method for your operating system In most cases that will do to find any accidentally deleted partition However if you re under Windows XP for instance the Conventional Search option is selected but the deleted partition you re looking for has been created with the Disk Management utility under Vista the wizard won t be able to find this partition unless you manually select the appropriate option Quick Search for Partitions Created by Vista or Later OS Moreover if the wizard still fails to find the partition you need you can select the Thorough Search option to scan every single sector in the specified search area to get the
41. X XX e User e mail address Specify an e mail address that has been assigned by the Internet Service Provider or organization s e mail administrator e My outgoing server requires authentication Activate the option to allow the program to make authentication on the server before sending messages User name Enter the name that will be used to log in to the e mail account Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 27 Password Enter the password that will be used to access the mail server When you re ready with the settings click on the Send test e mail button to check if everything is OK e Send e mail notification on apply Specify an e mail to send notifications on the carried out operations Send mail in HTML format Activate the option to create messages in the HTML format instead of plain text Send complete report after applying operations Activate the option to create an in depth report on the carried out operations and send it after performing the last operation Send graphical view of the disk sub system before and after apply Activate the option to allow the program to attach two pictures of the disk layout made before and after the operation is completed By clicking the link at the bottom of the window you can jump to the Operation Dependency Options Operation Dependency Options Operation dependency options Please select a task to be cared out when one or more of the followi
42. a 1 woa8Ph Wag TL anI V UEF A aDT Jr A it BF f tfh EYW lh h B V SfuUth fh ah 1 220 6 T E L T E eo0oe7 Ekad e AlInvalid tion table loading op ng system g operating em c rli Careless use of the Edit Sectors function may result in the irreversible data corruption Send Log Files The program enables to simplify the procedure of sending support requests to the Paragon Support Team In case of having difficulties with handling the program you with the help of this very function can address the company support engineers and provide them with all the information they need such as the disk layout performed operations etc in order to tackle the encountered problem Information of that kind is stored in Log files In order to send log files to the Paragon Support Team you should take the following steps 1 Click Tool Button then select Send Log Files 2 Provide a customer name and a product serial number 3 Give a detailed description on the encountered problem Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 62 Send log files Please enter short description of your problem and send log files to support Customer Mame J ohn Smith Seral Number O9fde 654ec a49fc 7daf8 237a2 Content of inquiry Help Send Cancel By clicking the Send button the built in mail client will generate a template request with attached compressed
43. a apenceaaueauaeewanenahceaeee 63 Recovery SCONANIOS concoa a oi a ced ened se acastacsus a cded ounce ee vakeedue ce alaedeis tacos owas cocusiiedescastieseds 63 COPPecling ER ParaiMe vers vaccsscsticceorensvivtantelaabeontsamacnademaan aude N du dseucsanaratdnaniuaaareelcdaeuanenacantoaee 63 Correctine BCD BOOt COMMeURATIOIY Data nuen sticns dc ceca ates ccd au cise Ge haka us detdeutcntialetauacs ass eae iatadcnd do avccaabetiuacdvaecaneaieteuss 64 System Migration SCONAMIOS sisciccadccsvadisruciecadsceccatcinciscesscevedevswctecadstawecaviaacsnvesseeagbvenaiecadsadecedecesaiiendconueiaawerens 65 Migrating system to a new HDD up tO 2 2TB in SIZE eeece cc eeeeseccccceeeseccccceeeseccceeeuseecccseueneccceseuesecceesauenecsessugeneesessueeneeeetegs 65 Making system bootable on different hardware P2P Adjust OS ccccccsssseccccceseecececeseeceeseeeeeeeeseeeseccesseeeeeseseaeneeeetegs 67 VirtUalizing the Current system P 2 V COPY wsdetcctaieecdossatet A sacoaten dosdawekous nGatrsauesatane eessieaaetonte 74 Virtualizing system from its backup image P2V REStOre ccccccccccssseeccceseeseeccecceeecccesaueseeceeseueneccssseuesceessageeceeesaggseeess 77 Creating an empty virtual disk Create VD ccccccccsssccccccssseccccceeseccesceussecccsceuseeceeseeeseececeeuuseecesseuesseessseueeeeeesssegeseeeetegeass 82 Making Windows Vista 7 backup bootable on virtual hardware P2V Adjust OS cccccccccccsscessseesseeseeeeeeeecesss
44. able recovery environment Supported Technologies Along with using innovative technologies from outside Paragon has developed a number of its own original technologies that make its products unique and attractive for customers e Paragon Adaptive Restore technology to successfully migrate a Windows physical system to a different hardware platform P2P e Paragon Power Shield technology to provide data consistency in case of a hardware malfunction power outages or an operating system failure e Paragon UFSD technology to browse partitions of any file system including hidden and unmounted modify and copy files and folders etc e Paragon Hot Resize technology to enlarge NTFS partitions system locked without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work e Paragon Smart Partition technology to securely perform hard disk partitioning operations of any complexity e Paragon VIM Virtual Image Management technology that enables Paragon products work with virtual disks as though they are physical hard disks e Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS to provide the copy backup infrastructure for the Microsoft Windows XP Vista 7 Server 2003 2008 operating systems It offers a reliable mechanism to create consistent point in time copies of data known as shadow copies Developed by Microsoft in close cooperation with the leading copy backup solution vendors on the market it is based on a snapshot technology concept e Mi
45. akes proper account of these differences and enables to adjust timestamp values 1 An incorrectly chosen time zone might lead to inability to launch certain software Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 29 e Language for file names to use during the convert operation NTFS stores file names in Unicode while FAT FAT32 uses ANSI to save short file names also called the DOS aliases The codepage information is required for the correct conversion of non English file names from Unicode to ANSI and vice versa 1 An incorrectly chosen codepage will certainly result in corruption of non English file names e Request confirmation of settings before NTFS lt gt FAT FAT32 conversion Mark the checkbox to automatically display the local settings dialog to check and modify if necessary the default parameters before launching the convert file system operation Copy Backup Exclude Options a Exclude from Copy Backup Specity masks for files and folders that must be excluded from copybackup operations Files that contains your e mail data 9 filters Add filter Rename category Delete category wab Delete filter pab Delete filter _oab Delete filter pa Delete filter ost Delete filter _dbx Delete filter log Delete filter _ wz Delete filter contact Delete filter Executable amp Installations 8 filters Add filter Rename category Delete category dil Delete filter
46. ard operation with a bootable device for instance involving its connection to another SATA port results in unbootable Windows You ll get the same result if trying to boot from a cloned system hard disk or from a restored hard disk All these problems originate from the way UEFI GPT bundle is organized Microsoft provides how to guides to tackle this type of problems but they demand a great deal of experience from the user involving the use of the cmd diskpart and bcdedit tools Paragon has a better way Introducing an elegant technology realized at the user side as one simple option you can define a system GPT volume you re willing to boot from Below is a list of wizards where the uEFI switch boot device option can be found e Copy Hard Disk Wizard e Copy Partition Wizard e Boot Corrector ae The uEFI switch boot device option is only available through the 64 bit WinPE media at the moment 64 bit Support The bulk of software today is written for a 32 bit processor It can meet the requirements of almost any end user However that is not the case when dealing with servers processing large amounts of data with complex calculations of very large numbers That is where 64 bit architecture comes into play It can boast improved scalability for business applications that enables to support more customer databases and more simultaneous users on each server Besides a 64 bit kernel can access more system resources such as memory allo
47. ario g Adjust the OS to the new hardware autdatically Perform the 05 adjustment in automatic mode The wizard will automatically set parameters and inject drivers Set parameters for the OS adjustment Perform the OS adjustment in advanced mode You will be able to manually set parameters and inject drivers Y 6 Select Adjust the OS to the new hardware automatically 7 The wizard will automatically accomplish all the necessary actions Process driver MnP ecwandd int from Windows driver repository L The only action that might be required from your side is to set a path to an additional driver repository in case the wizard has failed to find drivers for some boot critical devices in the built in Windows repository Generally together with new hardware you get its drivers for different operating systems on removable media mostly CD or DVD By collecting all these drivers in one folder you can let the wizard automatically pick and install only those required for your OS Select Search for drivers in a specific folder Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 69 The wizard has failed to find drivers for some devices What would you like to do Search for drivers In a specifie folder gt Specify a local or network path to the missing drivers Ignore all missing drivers Continue to adjust the 05 without injecting the missing drivers Which devices have missing divers Click
48. artition Initially the program suggests some consistent value for this parameter So you may just press the Yes button to confirm the operation Car Assign a drive letter 7 This allows access to the volume by using the drive letter assigned The assignment Is Mok recommended if the volume contains a file system not supported by your operating system Assign the following drive letter No However you can manually define the required letter by selecting it from the pull down list of available drive letters 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Remove Drive Letter In order to un mount a partition you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Remove Drive Letter Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 59 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Modifying drive letter of the system partition will result in inability to boot the operating 1 system After having processed partitions with installed software some programs may not run properly Test Surface The program enables to test surface of existing partitions and blocks of free space for bad or unstable sectors If found any it automat
49. as akc go BO 01 ONS mesra E E A eer ee 23 General Copy and BackUp OPEOMNSxjavcerivetectd avetabeleat as Mare ei R bd avctabalseiiat Maile kG bls ak 24 FIOL PROCESSING ODUIONS ainarra en A A N sana caanatolausretaccaenaucaasumanacaananmomunsennneuaeapuseansueuseans 25 PANE O MINE ODON S iar E E E A E E N E O E E A E E E 25 E MSO DUONS arna a a a A a ao 26 Operation Dependency OPUONS iir N A E E E A E E A A S 27 Virtua lModS Options esini E Ae dc a a ee 28 PIE SYVStEhI GCONVENSION ODON S iira E N E N 28 CODY Backup EXClUde OPU ONS eaea N E E teeccadeeieades 29 Log Files ODOM Skta n a aa a a a A te Seine cots plea alia bat at 30 Viewing Disk Propertie S cresine a ctcaidveetedsasideascceentenee cutee 31 CODY TASKS cci EAT E O AT 31 Conner DIK oaa Stee ram rer te eS nent ee ee ee ne ene ero eee ees 31 Conine Partons aaen patentee file tetas tate iene tel ee teeta ee ete Sener Cee aie ete Seta e il Nee AO 33 Partion Manageme aesan iccsevaderasuaaeiavawsndanencdes sacs cvederssatasicususadanwececeudeseseneten veneatenevederasetes 35 Basic Partitioning O DeraviOMns srcane cuicwioterocusenbonerab aceon vine uecwiat nies inbattianneet a aT 35 Advanced Partitioning OPerationSciws aittened oxi loks Ak eileeie aS OA ile kh AS 39 Changing Partition Att mio Utes scssctacsscten cs sforctcnbutag tc E A samen coueinaseeoantuscgnccauressseneieoaemrasiessndutaroetanguserapeaecee 47 Hare DISKWlAM ASIN Ecsica teri voacvicsueceeas shes saiw eastewae E tea rade scoot 50 Convert
50. aster File Table MFT is a relational database that consists of rows of file records and columns of file attributes It contains at least one entry for every file on an NTFS volume including the MFT itself MFT is similar to a FAT table ina FAT file system MBR amp 1st track of the hard disk is the Oth sector of the disk MBR Master Boot Record contains important information about the disk layout The used partitioning scheme The starting records of the Partition Table The standard bootstrap code or the initial code of boot managers disk overlay software or boot viruses Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 102 Generally the Oth sector is used for similar purposes in all existing partitioning schemes The MBR capacity is not sufficient to contain sophisticated boot programs That s why the on boot software is allowed to use the entire Oth track of the disk For example boot managing utilities such as LILO GRUB and Paragon Boot Manager are located in the Oth track Partition ID or File system ID is a file system identifier that is placed in the partition It is used to quickly detect partitions of supported types A number of operating systems completely rely on it to distinguish supported partitions Partition ID is saved in appropriate entries of the Partition Table and takes only 1 byte of space Partition Label or Volume Label is a small textual field up to 11 characters that is loc
51. ated 128 MB 119 8GB Basic GPT Hard Disk SCSI Disk Dey e Virtual S Properties Panel Type Internal Hard Disk Drive Status Online Disk GUID 2B1EE845 C6EB 48650 9CB3 FC7A1EFDB32D Total size 500 GB Status Bar Sectors per track 63 Heads 255 Cylinders 65270 Disk and Partitions List Disk and partitions list v No changes 1 Tool Button 2 Ribbon Panel 3 Virtual Operations Bar 4 Express Mode Button 5 Disk Map 6 Disk and Partitions List 7 Context sensitive Menu 8 Properties Panel 9 Status Bar A number of panels offer similar functionality with a synchronized layout The program enables to conceal some of them to simplify the interface management Tool Button By clicking on this button the user can e Launch auxiliary wizards e Get access to the program settings e Collect and send a log files package to the Support Team e Goto Paragon s website to download a free update register the product visit Paragon s Knowledge Base etc Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 19 Ribbon Panel An area across the top of the program s window is called the Ribbon Panel It makes almost all the product capabilities available to the user in a single place A Ribbon Tab is an area on the panel that contains buttons organized in groups by functionality Each button corresponds to a certain program wizard or dialog Oo If you d like to
52. ated in the partition s boot sector This value is used for notification purposes only It is detectable by any partitioning tool including the DOS FDISK utility Modern operating systems save it within a file system e g as a special hidden file Thus it is able to contain a relatively large amount of text in multiple languages Partitioning Scheme is a set of rules constraints and format of the on disk structures to keep information on partitions located on a hard disk There are known several partitioning schemes The most popular of them is the so called DOS partitioning scheme It was introduced by IBM and Microsoft to use multiple partitions in the disk subsystems on IBM PC compatible computers Another popular partitioning scheme is the so called Logical Disks Model LDM that originates from the UNIX mainframe systems Veritas Executive accommodates a simplified version of LDM to the Windows 2000 operating system Windows 2000 and XP support two quite different partitioning schemes the old DOS partitioning scheme and the new Dynamic Disk Management DDM The problem is that earlier versions of Windows do not support DDM In addition most hard disk utilities do not support it as well Recovery Media is a CD DVD disc a USB flash card or even a floppy disk from which you can boot for maintenance or recovery purposes Root Directory is the top level directory of a formatted logical drive to include other files and directories In mode
53. ation neede exclusive access to the volume You may be asked to restart your computer to complete the operation Check disk options Automatically fie file system errors 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Edit View Sectors With the built in Edit View Sectors tool the program enables to view edit sectors on existing partitions hard disks providing the possibility to directly access and modify sectors save and restore sectors from specified files navigate through the system metadata etc In order to edit view sectors of a hard disk partition you should take the following steps 1 Select a hard disk partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Edit View Sectors Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 61 Gar Edit sectors on Basic MBER Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual sS SCSI Disk Dey Current sector is 0 of 1 048 575 999 Oz00000000 Oz00000000 Ox00000000 Oz00000000 Ox00000000 Ox00000000 Ox00000000 Ox00000000 Oz00000000 Ox00000000 Ox00000000 Ox00000000 Ox00000000 Oz00000000 Ox00000000 Ox00000000 Oz00000000 Oz00000000 Ox00000000 Oz00000000 Ox00000000 Oz00000000 Ox00000000 Oz00000000 Ox00000000 Ox00000000 Ox00000000 Ox00000000 ee a a a a a a a a
54. cation per user A 64 bit processor can handle over 4 billion times more memory addresses than a 32 bit processor With these resources even a very large database can be cached in memory Although many business applications run without problems on 32 bit systems others have grown so complex that they use up the 4 GB memory limitation of a 32 bit address space With this large amount of data fewer memory resources are available to meet memory needs On a 64 bit server most queries are able to perform in the buffers available to the database Some 32 bit applications make the transition to the 64 bit environment seamlessly others do not For instance system level utilities and programs that provide direct hardware access are likely to fail Our program offers a full fledged support of the 64 bit architecture providing fault tolerant work for such system dependent modules as Hot Processing Copy Operations Hard drive duplication nowadays is becoming highly popular among PC users That is due to some definite advantages it can offer First of all many people clone hard disks just to back up data for security reasons The present day copy Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 17 utilities enable to successfully transfer all on disk information including standard bootstrap code and other system service structures thus maintaining the operating system s working capability In case of a system malfunction the user ca
55. ce Restrictions 1 Do not use the Create Partition function in order to undelete the last deleted partition 2 The program allows creating new partitions only within blocks of un partitioned space It cannot convert a free Space on an existing partition to a new partition 3 The program cannot create new partitions on Dynamic Disks Dialog Startup 1 Select a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Create Partition Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 36 Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Dialog Setup Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Yes button to confirm the operation Are you sure you want to create a new partition on disk 37 Tou are about to create a new partition in Unallocated 119 9 GB area Please select size position and file system of the new partition Basic MBA Hard Disk 3 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev l E o Hew Volume H l 114 7 GE NTFS Create new partition as Please specify new partition size 1 17546 OMB 122 879 MB Please specify size of free space before the partition 2551 OMB 122 870 MB Please specify size of free space after the partition 2782 OMB 122 870 MB Please select file system for new
56. chive_db 8 7 2013 11 57 39 PM 2 Et Ti Drivers 8 7 2013 11 13 10 PM Pj ob efa ManiGuitg 94 KB 9 19 2003 5 44 10 AM Network Places bee Oemsetup inf 640 Bytes 10 17 2002 7 28 08 AM El di Image Storage 6 7 2013 10 49 00 PM H i PertLogs 7 13 2009 7 20 08 PM iI di Frogram Files 8 7 2013 10 34 18 PM iI di Program Files 86 8 77 2013 10 25 10 PM j Users 6 26 2013 5 29 22 AM E J Windows 8 7 2013 11 09 06 PM cH Drive D CD_ROM E E Boot 0X File name NETD LKAT INF Files of type Inf Files Oo To know how to map a network share please consult the Configuring network scenario 3 You will be notified on the successful accomplishment of the operation Click Yes to load another driver or No to close the dialog Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 95 Driver c driversinetdlkrtinf has been loaded successfully Would you like to load another driver s Oo The WinPE recovery environment can either be 32 or 64 bit so are to be drivers for injection Configuring network If your local network has a DHCP server a network connection will be automatically configured once the WinPE recovery environment has been started up Otherwise you will need to do it manually with a handy dialog by providing an IP address a network mask default gateway etc Besides with its help you can easily map network shares To manually set up a network connection and map a network share please do the
57. contains a set of options that will be taken into account during copy and backup operations e HDD raw processing Mark the checkbox to copy back up a hard disk in the sector by sector mode thus ignoring its information structure e g unallocated space or unused sectors of existing partitions will be processed as well This can help to avoid problems with hidden data created by certain applications or the system administrator However it will take more time to accomplish the operation e Partition raw processing Mark the checkbox to copy a partition in the sector by sector mode to successfully process unknown file systems However it is not recommended to enable this option when working with supported file systems as it takes more time to accomplish the operation e Automatic BCD Update Unmark the checkbox to suppress automatic update of BCD Boot Configuration Data after copy restore operations Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 25 Hot Processing Options A Hot processing options W Enable hot processing Hot processing technology Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service is a reliable technology designed to back up volumes being locked by numerous active transactions of 55 supporting applications Micrasoft 55 technology requires over 300 MB of free space on any mounted NTFS volume for temporary data This technology i provided for Windows SF and newes
58. crosoft Dynamic Disk simple soanned striped mirrored RAID 5 to offer more management flexibility without the partition limitation of basic disks Dynamic storage can be particularly beneficial for large scale businesses when dealing with many physical hard disks involving complex setup Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 8 e GUID Partition Table GPT It is the next generation of a hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MBR GPT disks are now supported by Windows Vista 7 Server 2008 Mac OS X and Linux Supported Virtualization Software For direct access to virtual hard drives e Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 e Microsoft Windows Virtual PC e Oracle Virtual Box 1 0 4 x e VMware Player e VMware Workstation e VMware Fusion 1 Snapshot disks of Oracle VirtualBox are not supported Supported virtual hard drive types e VMware Virtual Machine Disk Format VMDK e Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk VHD e Oracle Virtual Desktop Image VDI e Paragon s backups PBF pVHD Supported virtual machines for P2V scenarios e Microsoft Virtual PC e VMware Workstation e VMware Fusion e Oracle VirtualBox 4 0 Supported File Systems e Full read write access to FAT16 FAT32 partitions e Full read write access to NTFS Basic Disks under Windows Linux and PTS DOS Compressed NTFS files are also supported e Full read write access to Ext2FS Ext3FS Ext4FS partitions e Limi
59. cting an INF file that contains several driver records for hardware you both have in the system and don t have you can filter the list by marking the appropriate checkbox e Remove a driver for a device which has not been found in the system X ER ee Remove the selected device From the installation list Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device Secondary IDE Channel ginntinn mehde int S Primary IDE Channel ginntinn mehde int Intel A 82371AB7EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller ginntinn mehde int YHware SCSI Controller xl i E mE i ess uF Virtualizing the current system P2V Copy Let s assume that you re about to migrate to a brand new hardware platform with the latest operating system available for it Your current system is quite obsolete but you still need access to some of its software You don t want to waste time re installing the old software to the new system and you do know for sure that the bulk of it won t work anyway The best way out is to virtualize your old system But before you start please make sure the following conditions are met e Your hard disk has enough free space to store a virtual image of your Windows depends on the system e You ve got one of the supported virtualization software To make a virtual disk out of your current system please do the following 1 Click the Copy amp Migration tab on the Ribbon Panel then select P2V Copy
60. d backup image according to the specified virtualization vendor to let you start up and work with your Windows on virtual hardware To make a Windows vhd backup image start up in a virtual environment please do the following 1 Click the Copy amp Migration tab on the Ribbon Panel then select P2V Adjust chapter to know more on the subject There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Browse for the required vhd backup image of your Windows Local Disk C 7 BX g Look in ii archive_db di My virtual disks di my_vista vhd WB vdisk0 vhd ES di vista vmdk _ VMware virtual hard disk vmdk di FerfLogs j Program Files E di Users di Windows 9 BD ROM Drive D E DVD Drive E Files of type Disk info Microsoft Virtual PC hard disk Capacity 8 7 GB 9 438 879 44 Bytes All virtual disk images Date 6 6 2013 11 35 01 PM 6 7 2013 2 19 48 AM 6 7 2013 2 35 26 AM 8 7 2013 2 35 30 AM 8 7 2013 2 07 35 AM 6 6 2013 11 11 07 PM 7 13 2009 7 37 05 PM 8 6 2013 10 56 56 PM 1 28 2011 12 02 29 PM 9 6 2012 11 39 50 PM r 4 Our wizard will detect a version of Windows OS inside the image and offer to specify a virtualization software vendor At the present moment the vhd format is supported by Microsoft Virtual PC Server Hyper V and Oracle VirtualBox We choose the last one The
61. den data created by certain applications or the system administrator However it will take more time to accomplish the operation Partition raw copy to copy the on disk partitions in the sector by sector mode to successfully process unknown file systems However it is not recommended to enable this option when working with supported file systems as it takes more time to accomplish the operation Create new EFI boot entry for destination drive If you ve got to do with a 64 bit Windows configured to the uEFI boot mode the following option will become available for you to define what instance of Windows OS you d like to boot from once the operation is over Anyway you can specify a bootable device at any time through Boot Corrector Oo The option above will be available to the user only if the target disk becomes Bootable GPT as a result of the migration process Resize options Remove free blocks between partitions not to keep blocks of free space between partitions on the targeted hard disk Copy data and resize partitions proportionally to make the program proportionally change the size of partitions keeping their relative order intact The option can be useful when upgrading the hard disk to a larger one Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional duplicate of the existing hard disk To make Windows bootable on different hardware please additionally complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Ava
62. do before automatically rebooting the system and accomplishing the operation in a special boot up mode e Timeout between attempts in seconds Here you can set a time period between different attempts to start Microsoft VSS e Switch between hot processing technologies Mark the checkbox to automatically switch between Paragon Hot Processing and Microsoft VSS if one of them is unavailable at the moment Partitioning Options E Partitioning Options Confirmations W Ask for volume label before partition delete Ask confirmation when converting FATT6 to FAT 32 Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 26 This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during partitioning operations e Request confirmation before partition deletion Mark the checkbox to activate an additional security mechanism Thus when going to delete a partition you will be automatically requested to enter its label e Request confirmation when converting FAT16 to FAT32 Mark the checkbox to automatically request confirmation before converting FAT16 to FAT32 There are a number of situations when this kind of conversion is the only way out to accomplish the operation For instance you are going to migrate your system to a larger hard disk with the proportional resize of existing partitions what is very convenient As a result you can get original FAT16 partitions go beyond the 4GB limit Thus without conversion to FAT
63. e C at the espence of some other volumes Please click the check box next bo any volume to take free space from tt Partition size By default the program leaves 50 of the unused space on a partition and removes another 50 to add it to the target partition However the size to take can be customized by moving the slider or by manually entering the exact value four disk after the changes Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev El Local i 137 5 GB NT Select new size 370 818 MB 230 114 ME 511 522 66 MB GE Curent volume size 362 1 GB The volume size has been increased on 137 4 GB Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 42 Result After the operation is completed free space of the specified partition will be increased by up taking the on disk unallocated space and the unused space of other partitions Undeleting Partitions When simply deleting a partition without additional wiping disk management software only removes references to it in the Partition Table thus leaving the possibility to recover it later The program enables to find and recover these partitions A restored partition will be fully functional as long as other partitions were not created moved or exceeded the disk space occupied by that partition That is why the program offers this function only for blocks of free space The operation can be accomplished with the
64. e click the Next button 7 Click on the left partition of the pair of partitions you need to merge as the right one will be selected automatically During the operation all contents of the right partition will be placed in a folder on the resulted joined partition By default the program offers an easy to understand folder name which can be customized however Please note that itis possible to select only FAT FAT S2 of NTFS adjacent partitions or FAT FATS of NTFS partitions separated from each other by free block You will not be able to proceed further if no pair of partitions of these types are presented on the disk Select left partition from a pair you would like to merge Aight partition will be selected automatically Please note that content of right partition will be placed within a folder placed in a root of left partition ou can specify this folder name in a field below Basic MBA Hard Disk 1 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dey E New Yolume i E New Volume F 207 4 GB NTFS 292 5 GE NTFS Specify a folder name to keep content of right partition Folder Hame merged_partition_content Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 91 1 If a system partition is the right one of the selected pair Windows OS will become unbootable after the merge operation is over 8 Review the changes and complete the wizard 9 Apply all introduced changes By default our program works in the
65. e range of disk space Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 35 Free space after Define the amount of trailing free space in Mb at the end of the available range of disk space Partition size and position may also be defined by using the drag and drop technique To do that just carry out the required operation on the Disk Map Create new EFI boot entry for destination drive If you ve got to do with a 64 bit Windows configured to the uEFI boot mode the following option will become available for you to define what instance of Windows OS you d like to boot from once the operation is over Anyway you can specify a bootable device at any time through Boot Corrector Oo The option above will be available to the user only if the target disk becomes Bootable GPT as a result of the migration process Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional duplicate of the existing partition To make Windows bootable on different hardware please additionally complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Partition Management In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to carry out partitioning operations supported by the program Basic Partitioning Operations Here you can learn how to accomplish basic partitioning operations create format delete Creating Partitions The program provides the ability to create a new partition within a block of un partitioned spa
66. e cursor points to Settings Overview To call the Settings dialog please click Tool Button then select Settings All the settings are grouped into several sections which functions are described in the following paragraphs The list of sections is placed on the left side of the dialog By selecting a section from the list you can open a set of options Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 23 To get a detailed description to any setting control or field of the program just click the hint button and then the object you need General Options 3 General options Partition Alignment Mode Vista Align partitions according to the rules used in Windows Vista and later OSes Check FS integrity policy Once Standard protection from data loss with acceptable performance The file system integrity will be checked for each volume only once just before accomplishing data sensitive operations Data Loss Protection mode Reset Medium protection from data loss This section contains a set of general options that will be taken into account during any operation carried out with the program Partition Alignment mode There are three options you can choose from Legacy DOS and Windows OSes before Vista required that partitions had to be aligned to the disk cylinder or 63 sectors to address and access sectors correctly It was OK until 4K hard drives came into scene When partit
67. e it amp sectors 4 RB 4 096 Bytes Smaller clusters may provide more effective usage of disk space Please enter new cluster size in sectors Eg S7 Oo The Cluster Size value is expressed in Sectors Per Cluster To get the Cluster Size in Kbytes divide it into half 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Making Logical Primary The program allows you to include a primary partition in the extended partition or exclude a logical partition from the extended partition without partition duplication In order to change a partition type you should take the following steps 1 Select a primary or logical partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Make Partition Logical Primary Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 47 sT Are you sure you want to make the partition logical You are about to make the partition C No label NTFS logical The Make Primary gt Logical option is only available when the selected partition is adjacent to the extended partition and vice versa The Make Primary gt Logical option of the system partition will result in inability to boot the operating system 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation C
68. e possibility to create logical drives within the extended partition Such types of disks are called basic Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 2008 follow the same strategy You can have a maximum of four primary partitions one of which can be an extended partition with logical drives However these operating systems also introduce a new disk configuration type dynamic disk which must be understood to effectively configure and manage hard disks Dynamic disk is a physical disk that doesn t use partitions or logical drives Instead it contains only dynamic volumes Regardless of what format you use for the file system only Win2K computers can access dynamic volumes directly However computers that aren t running Win2K can access the dynamic volumes remotely when connected to the shared folders over the network Dynamic disks can co exist on a system with basic disks The only limitation is that you cannot mix Basic and Dynamic disks on the same hard drive There are five types of dynamic volumes simple uses free space from a single disk soanned created from free disk space that is linked together from multiple disks striped a volume the data of which is interleaved across two or more physical disks mirrored a fault tolerant volume the data of which is duplicated on two physical disks and RAID 5 volumes a fault tolerant volume the data of which is striped across an array of three or more disks
69. e target hard disk Select a hard disk if several where all data of the source disk will be copied to Select a target hard disk All data from the source hard disk will be copied there During copy operation target disk content will be deleted Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dey fa t Local Disk C 499 6 GB NTFS Basic MBA Hard Disk 2 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev i New Volume H Backup Capsule 312 7 GE NTFS mee 43r 2GB Basic MBA Hard Disk 3 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev E Unallocated Ha ee Basic MIBR Hard Disk 3 Mware Vivhware Virtual SCSI Disk Dew J 40 Copy parameters The wizard enables to specify the following options Choose copy options that suit best your task Copy options HOD raw copy Partitions raw copy Ferom incremental copy j new EF ot eriy fr destination ave Resize LS tions Remove free blocks between partitions Copy data and resize partitions proportionally Manager for destination hard drive G Mark the checkboe to create new EFI boot entry called Windows Boot Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 33 Copy options HDD raw copy to copy the hard disk in the sector by sector mode thus ignoring its information structure e g unallocated space or unused sectors of existing partitions will be processed as well This can help to avoid problems with hid
70. e to find a driver for this device Driver is already installed e Filter devices without drivers by clicking Unlike the automatic mode where only boot critical devices storage controllers without drivers are being reported here you can view and inject drivers for network cards as well x a 8 Intej 20ly show devices without drivers Show all devices Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device E SG Intel R PRO 1000 MT Network Connection Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device 8 IDE Channel Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device 8 LS Adapter SAS 3000 series 3 port with 1068 Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device e Add a driver for each device that lacks it by clicking on the device then browsing for the required location The wizard will then match the device with drivers inside the given location and pick the right one Et J archive_db 8 7 2013 1 23 35 PM PerfLogs 7 14 2009 6 37 05 AM Program Files 8 7 2013 10 38 32 AM I Python31 11 3 2009 3 32 46 PM Users 11 3 2009 3 01 47 PM J Windows 11 3 2009 3 31 23 PM eH Drive D iI te E a Driver Directory A device driver has been found Press OK to install this driver Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 73 Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device
71. er to make the program available for all users of this computer if several or only for the current one 6 On the next page click Change to install the utility to a different location by default C Program Files Paragon Software Paragon Virtualization Manager 14 Professional Edition Otherwise click Next to continue Do not install the program on network drives Do not use Terminal Server sessions to install and run the program In both cases the program functionality will be limited 7 On the Ready to Install the Program page click Install to start the installation or Back to return to any of the previous pages and modify the installation settings 8 The Final page reports the end of the setup process Click Finish to complete the wizard Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 11 First Start To start Paragon Virtualization Manager 14 under Windows please click the Windows Start button and then select Programs gt Paragon Virtualization Manager 14 gt Paragon Virtualization Manager The program provides wide opportunities in the field of hard disk structure modification so 1 just to be on the safe side please make a backup of your data before carrying out any operation The first component that will be displayed is called the Express Launcher Thanks to a well thought out categorization and hint system it provides quick and easy access to wizards and utilities that we consider worth u
72. essful migration with 3rd party tools P2V Adjust OS P2P Adjust OS e And many more Most functionality of the product is offered through handy intuitive wizards that s why not only IT pros but also inexperienced users can find it easy and efficient In this manual you will find the answers to many of the technical questions which might arise while using the program Our company is constantly releasing new versions and updates to its software that s why images shown in this manual may be different from what you see on your screen What s New in Virtualization Manager 14 e Complete uEFI support Below you can find only new features introduced in this version A 64 bit Windows OS system configured to the uEFI boot mode can be adjusted to successfully start up on another hard disk during copy accomplished directly under Windows Previously the uEFI fixup was only available under WinPE A 64 bit Windows OS system configured to the uEFI boot mode will successfully start up in a virtual environment after P2V migration e Copy Restore to dissimilar sector size Previously not allowed now you can for instance copy or restore contents of a 512 byte hard disk to a 4k hard disk with no additional actions from your side e Uplifted Recovery Media Builder Paragon s Recovery Media Builder a simple alternative to Boot Media Builder can help you prepare either Linux or WinPE based bootable environment on a USB thumb drive or in an Copy
73. f you use Windows exclusively the active partition can be the same as the system volume In the DOS partitioning scheme only primary partitions can be active due to limitations of the standard bootstrap The term backup originates from the time when the best way to protect valuable information was to store it in form of archives on external media It s become now a general notion to mean making duplications of data for protection purposes Bootable Archive is created by adding a special bootable section when backing up the data to CD DVDs Thus you will be able to restore the data from these archives without having to run the program but by simply booting from these CD DVDs Cluster is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file All file systems used by Windows organize hard disks based on clusters which consist of one or more contiguous sectors The smaller the cluster size the more efficiently a disk stores information If no cluster size is specified during formatting Windows picks defaults based on the size of the volume These defaults are selected to reduce the amount of space that is lost and the amount of fragmentation on the volume A cluster is also called an allocation unit Extended Partition is a partition type you create only on a basic MBR Master Boot Record disk Extended partition is used if you want to create more than four volumes on a disk since it may contain multiple logical drives File S
74. face extensive swapping 6 Set properties of the resulted virtual disk s e Virtual disk interface By default the wizard sets the most appropriate interface for each disk Anyway you ve got the option to change it to one of the supported by your guest OS Just click on a disk and then select the required interface from the pull down list But be ready to provide drivers for it on the next page Virtual disk info Interface a lan ee ere ey ee ete ee C5 Buslogic IDE SCS BusLogic C Users user Downloads wmscsi 1 2 0 4 flp Windows 7 has been found on the source partition and the disk controller type has been set to SCS BusLogic Please provide a path to an iso or flp image that contains a driver for the selected disk controller D Our program supports injection of drivers delivered in iso or flp images so you can for instance download and inject drivers for the BusLogic controller from the VMware website e Additional properties that depending on the selected virtualization vendor may include Size of the virtual disk By default the wizard offers to create a virtual disk exactly the size of the selected object s which you can resize however available for all Resize partitions proportionally If you upsize the resulted virtual disk you can make the wizard proportionally change the size of partitions keeping their relative order intact available for all Create a split disk You can choose whether to automat
75. family operating systems are notorious for their excessive sensibility to hardware especially when it turns to replacement of such a crucial device as HDD controller or motherboard actually Windows will most likely fail to boot as a result of this operation In 2008 our company came with an exclusive technology called Paragon Adaptive Restore Initially aimed at restore of Windows Vista or Server 2008 from a backup to a different hardware configuration its current realization available in the P2P Adjust OS Wizard enables to make any Windows OS since XP bootable on dissimilar hardware by allowing automatic injection of all required drivers and the other actions crucial for this type of migration Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 14 Technology Concept Let s take a closer look at how Paragon Adaptive Restore works Source environment ae ae i wW Modifying OS a NS Adjusting HA i 2 Adjusting kernel gt a a oe intemal settings ee M p a ot wn wA 7 M _Brivers for PS 2 Modifying additional _ Resetting CPU Seine we settings parameters Injecting drivers for boot critical devices and NICs From additional driver repositories Fram the Windows Repository Destination Environment As you see successful migration of a Windows system to a different hardware platform involves several actions 1 Change of the Windows kernel settings according to the new conf
76. fault values for parameters if needed e Commit after each operation Mark the option to commit changes after each operation e Check for errors after each operation Mark the option to insert a special code in script which checks the status of the last executed operation and stops the script processing if there are errors of any kind e Discard all operations on close Mark the option to empty the List of Pending Operations after generating the Script Result After the operation is completed you receive a new script file It is placed into the specified destination its features defined in the dialog i This command is unavailable if there are no operations on the List of Pending Operations To learn more about scripts please consult the Paragon Scripting Language manual Extra Functionality This chapter describes the supplementary functionality available in the program View Partition Hard Disk Properties The program enables to obtain in depth information on the properties of hard disks and partitions Besides the general information such as capacity used space or file system type it provides the possibility to get info on hard disk geometry cluster size exact partition location etc To get properties on a partition hard disk please do the following 1 Choose a partition hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Properties There are other way
77. fy partitions to act as a space donor The wizard will automatically recalculate positions of the partitions and move their contents to new locations Startup e Click the Partitioning tab on the Ribbon Panel then select Redistribute Free Space There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 41 Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation Partition to enlarge Select a partition the size of which will be increased at the expense of other partitions Blocks of the free space if any will be automatically added to the target partition Choose a volume to expand Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dey j E o Local Disk C E o Local Disk Z 2 47 GB NTFS 274 9 GE NTFS G Capacity of the volume C is 224 7 GB The wizard can expand this volume up to 499 5 GB at the expence of other volumes How will the wizard expand the volume e Partition to donate Choose any partition s not only adjacent to donate free space Select volumes to take space from Free space from that volume will be used to enlarge the volume you have selected on the previous page Wolurne File system Type Capacity Used space Free space Co There iz no unallocated space on the hard disk you have selected The wizard can only expand the volum
78. gram as if it s an ordinary physical disk so opening up enormous possibilities e Exchange data between your physical environment and the virtual one through Volume Explorer data import only or File Transfer Wizard data import and export The way we offer is much easier and faster as you don t need a VM shared folder the network or the slow goer drag and drop e Import data from a parent virtual disk to one of its snapshots e Accomplish drive partitioning create format delete move resize etc e Modify partition attributes Active flag Hidden flag Volume Label etc e Clone a partition or an entire hard disk e Edit View sectors and many more Direct connection 1 Click the Copy amp Migration tab on the Ribbon Panel then select Connect a Virtual Disk 2 Inthe opened dialog click on the Local VD tab then browse for the required virtual disk You can connect a virtual disk from a local disk a flash stick a mapped network share or CD DVD BD When selecting one of the supported virtual disks you will see detailed information on it below Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 85 Local WD vSphere Lookin LocalDisk C il e F Name Size Date 77 gg mogeoorage POO Te I di PerfLags 6 22 2013 12 50 47 AM di Program Files 10 10 2013 12 18 37 AM di Users 9 3 2013 3 24 45 PM Ji YD Storage 10 14 2013 2 09 42 4M be Server 2003 64 bit vdi TMB 1014 2013 2
79. hange a serial number you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Change Serial Number i There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 Enter a new serial number for the selected partition It should contain 8 hexadecimal figures 0 9 or A F The operation cannot proceed until you enter all 8 symbols Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 50 TA Are you sure you want to change serial number of volurne Fy our computer may no longer boot or work correctly Please enter new seral number in hexadecimal format FE 44 0513 4404 CED e e 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Hard Disk Management In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to carry hard disk operations supported by the program Converting Dynamic MBR to Basic The program allows you to convert a dynamic MBR disk containing simple volumes into a basic one while keeping its contents intact In order to convert a dynamic MBR disk into basic you should take the following steps 1 Select a dynamic MBR disk containing simple volumes on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Convert to Basic 3 Set the required number of pri
80. hanging Partition Attributes This chapter explains how you can change partition attributes Active flag Hidden flag Volume Label etc Mark Partition Active Inactive The program enables to set an active inactive flag for primary partitions of a hard disk By default an operating system will boot only if its partition is active or bootable In order to mark a partition active inactive you should take the following steps 1 Select a primary partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Mark Partition as Active Inactive Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject A Are you sure you want to set the volume as active Tou are about to set the volume F No label NTFS as active If you already have active volumes this action might render your system unbootable 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation There can only be one active partition on a hard disk otherwise your operating system will fail to boot Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 48 Hide Unhide Partition The program allows you to hide unhide primary and logical partitions By default an operating system does not mount hidden partitions thus preventing access to their contents In order to hide unhide a partition you should take the following steps 1
81. he program enables to process both mounted and unmounted without drive letter assigned partitions Besides it is possible to map a network drive Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 57 Source La m x E Local Disk C DVD RW Drive D m E New Volume E Local Disk F NEW VOLUME G gt Physical partitions so System Reserved Disk 0 p w NEW VOLUME Disk 2 par E Network places EI Network Object s of operation Choose files directories you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the Add button To delete a file directory from the Clipboard select it in the Clipboard pane and press the Remove button You can also create a new folder rename or irreversibly delete existing files directories of the left pane by pressing the appropriate buttons Clipboard Source EF Local Disk F BX images F images Hame S BOOTNAT be S config sys a 8 pagetile sys a 5 swaptile sys gt ov0 A Drive D PARAGON E New Yolunne E E Local Disk ell Total data size 1 GB Oo Files directories deleted from the Clipboard remain intact on source disks Destination to store the object s The File Transfer Wizard allows copying data to local or network drives to physical partitions without drive letters assigned or burning them to CD DVDs Choose the way the data will be stored mele are several ways t
82. he Wizard can store your data Please select how would you like to save the data f Save data to physical partitions f Burn the data to CD OVO or BD Revision of changes The Transfer Summary page provides structurally divided information on all the actions made in the wizard Check the changes and come back to any step of the wizard if necessary by following the required hyperlink Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 58 Please overview the transfer options You can return to the corresponding page and change the options by clicking on title hyperlinks Objects to transfer Object s selected 1 Total data size 1 GB 1 078 198 27 2 Bytes Transter destination Destination path C4 Space available on destination 485 9 GB 521 742 041 086 Bytes Overwrite existing files No Result After the operation is completed the required data will be placed into the specified destination Mount Partition The program enables to assign or remove drive letters of existing formatted partitions Assign Drive Letter In order to mount a partition you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Assign Drive Letter There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 Specify a drive letter for the selected p
83. ically cut the resulted virtual image to files of 2 GBs or not available for VMware only Pre allocate all disk space You can choose whether to pre allocate all space of the future virtual disk or do it dynamically not available for VMware ESX and Oracle VirtualBox Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 77 Please preview the resulting layout of the virtual disk before you proceed Basic MBR Hard Disk 3 VMware virtual image Virtual Image Local Disk SCSI LSI Logic Z Create a split disk T Pre allocate all disk space Current size is 40967 MB 17 8GB l l iii V Resize partitions proportionally Oo The maximum limit you can downsize the virtual disk is the capacity of its first partition 7 Specify a file name for the virtual machine and its location By default the wizard scans all your local disks for available free space and picks the most appropriate location taking into account the total capacity of all virtual disks inside the virtual machine File name for the virtual disk G New VMware virtual hard disk The virtual disk will take about 10 5 GB on PARAGON G The selected volume has only 3 4G6B of free space and cannot hold the virtual disk file Help me to find an appropriate place for the disk 8 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Virtualizing system from its backup image P2V Restore Let s assume that your system has been co
84. ically marks them unusable in the file system metadata thus minimizing the risk of data loss In order to start the surface test you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition or a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Test Surface There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 From the pull down list choose the level of the surface check Gar Test surface of volume C ar Testing volume surtace allows to find bad blocks and other problems Please select a surface test level Pe miiie lt p 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Check File System Integrity The program allows you to check integrity of a file system It can be used to detect possible file system errors before performing any operation on a partition To start the system integrity check you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Check File System Integrity There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 60 Y Check volume C No label NTFS for errors Please note that check oper
85. iecccanc ascetic cacsa enan E EEEE ERE e 11 Booting from the WinPE Recovery Media sessesessesessssessesesssoessscecesoesescecesoecoesoecesoecesoecesseceseecesesoesesoesessese 12 E acc E E E A E A E 12 BASIC CONCEDIT S aian A ces uussbatercuesivasnensaaoncsanoasarsistsarcuersanesenes 13 System Virtu alizati N ssssirssirsicsssrosrovirconissorasaies intesiet e aE r e r raia 13 PAAP VE RE TOTO oe EE E E TE E ee ee eee 13 Dynami DISK Sereen E E T T EE E E EE 15 LEFI BOOT CAG OCS aj si ccrceccctnctsacs nren E E E A E 16 OA DIE SUDDO osiers E E S 16 CODY OGL ALOIS oirresrsir ninri rron EEE EE TE EEE E OEE T O 16 Windows Components ois cscs sce acerca ct spec ccs neces ceececansdiecnenceneees ceessensnceescsensctueunecics 17 ter ace OV CUO serri rar E OAE EEE O EEE E EO ETE O A EE OOE 17 ETA LVO E E ee ee eee one ee ee eres ane 17 TOIPOTO N an eA T AE esas A 18 PRIN OI PANE ea E E E E cso canweuseseuasuesesueeneeeavaremessuaeneeees 19 VOD TON Ba ie nny ete Ree CC Pea eS oo ee eee eee 19 ESS Mode BOUTON aea E tte tte teats neers ceredesskc See E E A 19 DERM 9 ean ce ee eRe ee a a ee ee ne ee eee 19 Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved Diskand Partitions Ci Uses Scene Sects na iis a A es ea ogee tenn a ts ected pew eames maa a Baa ca anaes 20 Contex Sensitive MEPs a E aihidueuien Saanena tenuate tteantweianad E 21 Properes Pane I toast seat a E E a A 21 SLAUUS Ba oonan a a a a o N O e 22 SELLINES OVEIVICW aiic E 22 Cl
86. iguration The program detects the given hardware profile and automatically installs the appropriate Windows HAL and kernel 2 Installation of drivers for boot critical devices The program detects those without drivers and automatically tries to install lacking drivers from the built in Windows repository If there s no driver in the repository it prompts the user to set a path to an additional driver repository strongly recommending not to proceed until all drivers for the found boot critical devices are installed In case drivers for these devices are installed but disabled they will be enabled 3 Installation of drivers for a PS 2 mouse and keyboard This action will only be accomplished for Windows XP Server 2003 4 Installation of drivers for network cards The program detects those without drivers and automatically tries to install lacking drivers from the built in Windows repository If there s no driver in the repository it prompts the user to set a path to an additional driver repository These actions guarantee a Windows system will start up on dissimilar hardware After the startup Windows will initiate reconfiguration of all Plug n Play devices It s a standard procedure so please don t worry and prepare the latest drivers at this step to get the most out of the system Though all Windows systems have built in driver repositories please be prepared to have i additional drivers when dealing with Windows XP Server 2003
87. ilable operation scenarios e Migrating system to a new HDD up to 2 2TB in size Cloning Partitions You can duplicate partitions to protect oneself from downtime in case of a system malfunction or for cloning sample partitions The program enables to duplicate all partition data including files the exact structure of directories and file system metadata location of files security information access quotas etc The Copy Partition Wizard will help you copy a partition of any file system To minimize the possibility of making any mistake the wizard provides auxiliary information on every single option Moreover you can get an in depth description to any setting control or field of the wizard just by clicking the hint button and then the object you need Startup e Click the Copy amp Migration tab on the Ribbon Panel then select Copy Partition Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 34 Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the copy partition operation e The partition to copy Select a partition you want to copy On this page you can choose a volume to copy Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev E Local Disk C 499 6 GE NTFS Basic MBA Hard Disk 1 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev R o Local Disk E
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89. injection of all required drivers and the other actions crucial for a migration of this kind Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 7 e Partition hard disk copy to successfully transfer all on disk information including standard bootstrap code and other system service structures thus maintaining the operating system s working capability e Easy size setup for virtual disks with the partition auto resize option e Disk file split for VMware to automatically cut the resulted virtual image to files of 2 GBs each e Undelete Partitions Wizard to recover an accidentally deleted partition e Merge Partitions Wizard to consolidate the disk space which originally belongs to two adjacent partitions NTFS FAT16 FAT32 into a single larger partition e Redistribute Free Space Wizard to increase free space on one partition by up taking the on disk unallocated space and the unused space of other partitions e Scripting to make the program create a script of any set of operations you need Besides support of all operations available in the interactive mode the unattended mode provides some additional features such as conditional execution subroutines repeatable iterations disk partition properties analysis errors management etc e Boot Corrector to fix most of the system boot problems that can be a result of a human factor program error or a boot virus activity Oo Boot Corrector is only available for the boot
90. ions are aligned this way on this type of disk each logical cluster is linked to two physical 4K clusters thus resulting in a double read write operation Vista Since Windows Vista operating systems do not use the archaic CHS cylinder head sector addressing scheme but the Logical Block Addressing LBA where sectors are addressed continuously over the whole disk drive It is optimal for both 512B and new 4K disk drivers Inheritance Select the option to disable automatic alignment of partitions Check FS integrity policy Accomplishment of any data sensitive operation resize move merge redistribute change cluster size etc is potential with data loss To minimize this risk it s recommended to check integrity of your file system before this type of operations despite the fact that it s quite time consuming We offer you several options to let you choose which is best for you Always Maximum protection but minimal performance The file system integrity will be checked each time it s necessary to guarantee the maximum protection for the on disk data Once Standard protection with acceptable performance The file system integrity will be checked for each volume only once just before accomplishing data sensitive operations Never No protection but maximum performance If you re not 100 sure your disk is rock solid please do not use this option Data Loss Protection mode To guarantee safety for your information
91. is another helpful tool that helps to get a clear cut picture on the current state of the system hard disks and partitions All objects disks partitions or blocks of free space on the list are sorted according to their starting position For every item there is the possibility to call a context sensitive popup menu with available operations Disk and partitions list Name File svstem Yolume size Partition size Used Free Volume label Hidden Ac Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 VMivare VMware Virtual 5S SCS Disk Dev n00 GB E System Reserved NTFS 350 ME 350 ME 256 8 MB 931MB System Reserved No YE G Local Disk C NTFS 499 6 GB 499 6 GE 11 GB 40 9 GE Mo label E Basic MBA Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev g 6 Unallocated Back Up Hard Disk Bytes 499 9GB No label No Ne Basic MBA Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5S SCS Disk Dey Burn Hard Disk on CD DVD or BD GS Unallocated H a Bytes 749 9 GB No label No Me Basic MBA Hard Disk 3 VMivare VMware Virtual 5S SCS Disk Dev Unallocated Restore Hard Disk Bytes 119 9GB No label No Ne Update MIER Convert to GPT hard disk TI Undelete Partitions Wipe Hard Disk EditWiews Sectors Properties Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 21 The Disk and Partitions List provides detailed information on all hard disks and partitions found in the system including the follo
92. isk 479 MB NTFS 544 ME NTFS 7 Inthe opened dialog shift the right edge of the partition to the right end thus increasing its size Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 8 g 89 Are you sure you want to move resize volume You are about to moveyresize NTFS volume Local Disk Basic MBR Hard Disk 5 VMDK image Virtual Image Volume size 11 023MB 9MB 1 023MB Free space before 0 Bytes a O bytes 1 013 MB Free space after Bytes a O bytes 1 012 MB Sector to sector move Select this option to move partition areas that dont contain any data This allows you to keep the partition s content after move exactly as it was but will require more time Apply all introduced changes By default the program works in the virtual mode of execution so you have to confirm all operations to let the program accomplish them To do that just click the Apply button on the Virtual Operations Bar When done either disconnect the virtual disk or close our program Merging a system partition with an adjacent logical partition on a virtual disk Let s assume you ve got several partitions on your virtual hard disk After installing a number of resource consuming applications and system updates your system partition has started to suffer from the lack of free space But an adjacent logical partition has a plenty of redundant space That s just enough to make your system part
93. ition Mark Partition as Active Properties Panel The Properties Panel provides information on the object disk partition or block of free space selected either on the Disk Map or the Disk and Partitions List Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved Local Disk C Yolume letter VYolume label Type File system Root entries Sectors per boot Sectors per cluster Seral number Partition ID 22 C Mo label Primary NTFS 16 a 6 S46E 4601 6E4B 9B1E Ox0 NTFS ExFAT ReFS HTFS version Volume size Partition size Used space Free space Active Hidden 3 01 499 6 GB 499 6 GB 11 7 GE 467 9 GB No No The Properties Panel helps to obtain the following data For a hard disk e Model e Serial number e Type of hard disk basic or dynamic MBR GPT e Total size in GB e Information on geometry of the disk amount of sectors per track heads and cylinders For a partition e Drive letter assigned to the disk e Volume label if exists e Type of the logical disk e File system e Root entries e Serial number e NTFS version e Partition ID e Total size used space and free space in GB etc Besides you can modify practically any partition property by clicking on the required value For a block of free space e Total size in GB Status Bar This is the bottom part of the main window The Status Bar displays menu hints for each item th
94. ition suffer no more To merge a system partition with an adjacent partition please do the following 1 Connect the required virtual disk to our program In the main window select the required logical volume on the Disk Map Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev Local Disk C New Yolume E 200 3 GB NTFS E 219 3 GE NTFS Call the context menu for it right click of the mouse button to launch the Make Partition Primary dialog Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 90 Backup Capst Back Up Partition j 213 3 GB Burn Partition on CD DWD or BD Copy Partition Disk Dev Restore Partition Adjust OS p Hew Yolume F une 7925 GE NTFS Format Partition i Delete Partition Disk Dev Mlowe Resize Partition Convert File Syster Defragment Partition Defragment MFT Compact MFT 8 a Disk Dev Change Volurne Label Remove Orive Letter Hide Partition Make Partition Primary 4 Confirm the operation by clicking the Yes button By default our program works in the virtual mode of execution so you can either confirm all operations to let the program accomplish them or continue work in the virtual mode eT Are you sure you want to make the partition primary Tou are about to make the partition F New Yolume NTFS primary 5 Click the Merge Partitions item of the Wizards menu 6 On the Wizard s Welcome pag
95. lect Disconnect Virtual Disk 5 Complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Migrating a Windows 7 vhd Let s assume you need to make your Windows 7 contained in a vhd file start up on another computer You ve copied the virtual disk added info on it to the BCD boot menu then tried to start up the OS but to no avail your Windows goes BSOD with the 0x000007B error code We can help you out with this naughty problem To make a vhd image of Windows 7 start up on different hardware please do the following 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE media 2 Connect the required virtual disk to our program Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 94 3 Complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Extra Scenarios for WinPE Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE recovery environment which you can get here www paragon software com my account Adding specific drivers The WinPE based recovery environment offers excellent hardware support Anyway you ve got the option to add drivers for specific hardware with a handy dialog To add drivers for specific hardware please do the following 1 Click Load Drivers 2 Inthe opened dialog browse for an INF file of the required driver package located on a floppy disk local disk CD DVD or a network share Then click the Open button to initiate the operation Lookin E Local Disk C m r ws 5 Disk Drives B J Local Disk C e J ar
96. mary partitions if necessary According to the DOS partitioning scheme a hard disk can have up to four Primary partitions If there is an Extended partition on the disk only three primary partitions are allowed That is why if a dynamic disk contains several simple volumes the program enables to choose the number of primary partitions The rest of them if any will automatically be converted to logical disks within the Extended partition Gar Convert dynamic hard disk to basic W IF the disk has more than four simple volumes the first three of them wall become primary partitions and the rest will be converted to the logical ones The hard disk after convert Basic MBA Hard Disk 3 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dey i Hew Volume H 119 9 GE NTFS The resulting basic hard disk can hawe no more than 1 primary partitions Please select how many primary partitions the basic disk should hawe a The program can only process dynamic disks containing solid simple volumes without extension Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 51 Converting GPT to Basic MBR The program allows you to convert a basic or a dynamic GPT disk containing simple volumes into a basic MBR disk while keeping its contents intact In order to convert a basic or a dynamic GPT disk into a basic MBR disk you should take the following steps 1 Select a basic or a dynamic GPT disk containing simple volumes on the Disk Map
97. most accurate results Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 43 Choose how to look for the deleted partitions f Quick search for partitions created by Vista or later OS f Conventional search f Thorough search y Show file systems search options D To know more on the available search methods please use the context sensitive hint system e File system filter By default the wizard will search for all known file systems However by clicking on the appropriate option on the second page of the wizard you can specify only those file systems you need amp Hide file systems search options FAT and FAT 32 file systems W NTFS file systern Linus file ystems Ext Exts and Ext Apple HFS Other unlisted file system To begin search click Next e A partition to undelete if several By default the program searches records of any deleted partition ever existed on the selected block of free space So you can get several partitions to choose from Search deleted partitions from sector OxUOOOU00000000801 to sector OxO000000000 rrr rr The following partitions have been found File system Type Capacity Used Space Used GGiNTFs Primary 7 9 GB 35 9 MB 0 Most likely the required partition will be found first If so you may abort the search operation by pressing the Stop search button Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition Mo
98. n easy to understand folder name which can be customized however Please note that itis possible to select only FAT FAT S2 of NTFS adjacent partitions or FAT FATS of NTFS partitions separated from each other by free block ou will not be able to proceed further if no pair of partitions of these types are presented on the disk Select left partition from a pair you would like to merge Aight partition will be selected automatically Please note that content of right partition will be placed within a folder placed in a root of left partition ou can specity this folder name in a field below Basic MBA Hard Disk 1 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev ii System E Data E f p Utils G 2 1 GE NTFS 2 6 GB NTFS 3 2 GB NTFS Specity a folder name to keep content of right partition Folder Hame merged_pattition_content To review the changes click Next 1 If a system partition is the right one of the selected pair Windows OS will become unbootable after the merge operation is over Result After the operation is completed the disk space of the two adjacent partitions will be consolidated Redistributing Unused Space between Partitions The Redistribute Free Space Wizard helps to increase free space on one partition by up taking the on disk unallocated space and the unused space of other partitions By default the wizard adds to the target partition all existing blocks of the free space Besides you can speci
99. n get the system back on track in minutes No additional configuration is required what is very convenient The second possible application is the upgrade of a hard disk to a new one The capacity of a modern hard drive doubles every two years thus opening up new possibilities for software developers As a result programs become more complicated and require considerable amount of free space One day the user realizes that there is no more free space left on the hard disk and the only way out is to upgrade Usually that means that besides purchasing a new hard disk the user is to face a large re installation procedure spanning several days of tedious work But all of this can be avoided just by copying the contents of the old hard disk to a new one proportionally resizing the partitions And the last but not least is the copying of hard disks for cloning purposes It may be of great use when setting up similar computers There is no need for a system administrator to install an operating system from scratch on every one of them It is enough just to configure one and then clone it to the others 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 sy
100. n the Revise Copy Results page review all parameters of the operation Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 67 Original hard disk Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dey i t Local Disk C 499 6 GE NTFS Hard disk copy Basic MBA Hard Disk 2 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev i Local Disk 749 6 GE NTFS Proportional resize the copy will take 750 GB 100 of target disk space Min Copy Size 10 8 GB Max Copy Size 750 GB Select the range of the disk space that will be occupied on the destination disk with i i Ki copied partitions 9 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes 10 When copying is completed shut down the computer 11 Disconnect physically the source hard disk 12 Boot the computer from the destination hard disk To make Windows bootable on different hardware please additionally complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Making system bootable on different hardware P2P Adjust OS Let s assume you had to migrate to a new hardware platform You connected your system hard disk to the brand new PC and tried to start up the operating system you do know for sure now that this operation had been doomed to failure from the very beginning With our program you can easily tackle this naughty problem Before you start please make sure the following conditions are met e You ve got drivers for the new
101. n to inhibit confirmation next time you start the dialog Result By default the operation takes only a fraction of a second However the program waits until Windows completes the modification of the disk layout Advanced Partitioning Operations Here you can learn how to accomplish advanced partitioning operations Merging Partitions The Merge Partitions Wizard enables to consolidate the disk space which originally belongs to two adjacent partitions or additionally separated by free blocks into a single larger partition The order in which two partitions have been chosen is important since all contents of the second selected partition will be placed in a folder on the resulted joined partition The program provides the ability to merge only NTFS FAT16 or FAT32 partitions Startup e Click the Partitioning tab on the Ribbon Panel then select Merge Partitions There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 40 Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e Adjacent partitions to merge Click on the left partition of the pair of partitions you need to merge as the right one will be selected automatically During the operation all contents of the right partition will be placed in a folder on the resulted joined partition By default the program offers a
102. nd of the available range of disk space Sector to sector move Mark the checkbox to move the partition in the sector by sector mode to process its unused space as well This can help to avoid problems with hidden data created by certain applications or the system administrator However it will take more time to accomplish the operation Partition size and position may also be defined by using the drag and drop technique To do that just carry out the required operation on the Disk Map The virtual operations are to be available Oo When resizing a FAT16 partition beyond the 2GB limit maximum file system size the partition will automatically be converted to FAT32 The program enables to enlarge NTFS partitions system locked without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work providing 100 percent guarantee that your data is kept intact 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 45 Converting File System With our program you can change type of the used file system without destroying its data While performing the operation it first checks the current file system for consistency and then verifies whether the on partition data meet the requirements of the desired file system or not After having passed the testing the program re organizes the file system metadata and user files The program enables to convert the following file system ty
103. ng 1 Connect all virtual disks of the required virtual machine to our program 2 Complete the P2V Copy Wizard Do not forget to select all virtual disks as objects of virtualization As a result you ll get two virtual machines containing the same virtual environment but of different vendors You can now delete the original to release some free space Migrating from a virtual environment to physical V2P Let s assume your desktop PC was damaged a couple of months ago Luckily you had had its system virtualized just before the tragedy Having a laptop at the disposal you kept working with the desktop system in a virtual environment for a while while scanning the market for a replace To cut it short you ve got a brand new desktop PC just delivered to your door it s time for a little V2P operation Our program can help you do that Before you start please make sure the following conditions are met e You ve got drivers for the new hardware ready to use not zipped or in exe files e You ve got access to the virtual disk from your desktop PC You can have it locally on external storage ora network share To migrate from a virtual environment to physical please do the following 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE media 2 Connect the required virtual disk to our program 3 Copy the connected virtual disk to your physical disk just the way it s done with physical disks 4 Right click on the virtual disk then se
104. ng operations are committed Perform the task Send e mail notification Operation Ww Adjust 05 to boot on new hardware Ww Adjust 05 to boot on virtual hardware ta Backup partition or disk ta Backup partitions or disks increment to virtual containers ta Backup partitions or disks to virtual containers W Boot record correction M Check file system Compact MFT Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic ta Copy partition ta Copy partition by files to zip archive Select all Clear all Restore defaults This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account when the Send e mail notification on apply function is enabled By marking unmarking a checkbox opposite the required operation you can choose whether to receive an e mail notification on its completion or not Oo You won t be notified if an operation requires the system restart Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 28 Virtual Mode Options Virtual mode options Operations mode W Allow virtual mode Set this option on to carry out all the operations virtually ou will be able to commit the changes or rollback all of them or the last one IF you switch thi option off the operations Will be cared out immediately Close progress dialog automatically Set this option on to automatically close the progress dialog after committing the changes In this section you may configure the virtual mode e Allow virtual m
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106. o specify what operating system you d like to use as guest to configure the virtual machine for that particular system Specifying Virtualization Software Vendor Page The following OS will be used as guest Ey Windows 8 x64 Edition Please select a virtual software vendor VMware Workstation VMware Fusion f Microsoft Virtual PC f Oracle VirtualBox Oo Not all vendors may be available to choose If capacity of one of the selected objects exceeds the maximum virtual disk capacity of any vendor this vendor will be shadowed 5 Set properties of the future virtual machine e Virtual machine version Please make sure you choose a version which is supported by your virtualization software otherwise you won t be able to work with the newly created machine e Virtual machine name By default the wizard picks the name of your guest OS which can be modified however e CPU number If your computer supports multiprocessing select how many CPUs you d like to allocate for the virtual machine e Memory amount Depending on the guest OS the wizard calculates the recommended size of RAM which can be modified however Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 76 Virtual machine version Oracle VirtualBox 4 Virtual machine name Windows 7 PC CPU number 1 Memory amount 1024 MB Minimum memory size Recommended memory size FN Maximum mi mony size if taken more you could
107. ocks Please fix the issue with your HDD manufacturer s tool You can find a name of the tool you need here http kb paragon software com 11 When running a backup operation with the Microsoft VSS mode enabled get the following error error code 0x12016 VSS can t read volume data Most likely your hard disk contains bad blocks Please fix the issue with your HDD manufacturer s tool You can find a name of the tool you need here http kb paragon software com 12 When trying to back up to a network share get the following error i o error or can t open create file Please check whether you ve got a permission to write to the selected destination or not 13 When trying to restore a backup archive get the following error Can t restore to current selection or Archive does not fit Most likely you re trying to restore a backup of the whole hard disk to a partition or vice versa 14 set up a timetable for a task but it fails to execute There can be a number of reasons for that Windows Task Scheduler does not work properly Check whether it is so or not by scheduling a simple task call Notepad through scheduling You don t have permission to write to the selected backup destination Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 101 Glossary Active Partition is a partition from which an x86 based computer starts up The active partition must be a primary partition on a basic disk I
108. ode Mark the checkbox to enable the virtual mode It is an effective way of protection from any troubles since no operation will be executed until confirmation thus giving you a second chance to weigh all pros and cons of this or that particular operation We strongly recommend you to enable this mode e Close progress dialog automatically Mark the checkbox to automatically close the progress dialog after accomplishing operations File System Conversion Options Virtual mode options Operations mode lf Allow virtual mode Set this option on to carry out all the operations virtually ou will be able to commit the changes or rollback all of them or the last one IF you switch this option off the operations Will be carted out immediately Close progress dialog automatically Set this option on to automatically close the progress dialog after committing the changes This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account when converting FAT and NTFS file systems By default the program takes locale regional settings from the system Problems might occur however because of different standards for file names and file time stamps Created Modified and Last Access Time of NTFS and FATxx file systems To tackle problems of that kind you can manually set e Time zone to use during the convert operation NTFS keeps file timestamps in GMT Greenwich Mean Time while FAT uses a fixed local date and time The program t
109. on it Some USB flash drives don t have the MBR Master Boot Record that s the cause of your problem To fix the issue please use the Update MBR function of our program or fixmbr of the Windows installation disc to write a standard code to your flash drive 7 When trying to back up my system the program asks to restart the computer Most likely the Hot Processing mode is disabled Please make it active in the program settings 8 When backing up a partition with the VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service mode the program throws VSS could not be started for processed volume Most likely you try to back up a FAT32 partition which is not supported by VSS Please use the Paragon Hot Processing mode instead 9 cannot back up my hard disk to an external hard drive Once started the operation is aborted with the following error Hard Disk management Error Code 0x1100a What is wrong here The problem is that the Microsoft VSS service is set as the default Hot Processing mode in the program But this service has not been started in your WindowsXP Windows2003 Vista Please start this service right click on My Computer gt Manage gt Services gt find Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service and make it active Set also to start it automatically 10 When running a backup operation with the Paragon Hot Processing mode enabled get an error error code 0x1200e Internal error during Hot Backup Most likely your hard disk contains bad bl
110. oot from CD USB first 2 Once it has been loaded you will see the Universal Application Launcher In general it enables to run components of the product load drivers for undefined hardware or establish a network connection ica User Manual VIRTUALIZATION MANAGER SWITCH TO FULL SCALE LAUNCHER Transfer Ales 4D Copy Partition Restat Shutdown 3 Click on the required operation to start Hints on the selected at the moment item will help you make the right choice 4 Consult the help system by pressing ALT F1 to know more on the subject The WinPE based recovery environment offers excellent hardware support However in case it doesn t have a driver for your disk controller your hard disks will be unavailable Please consult the scenario to know how to tackle this issue Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 13 Basic Concepts This chapter explains terms and ideas that show how the program works To understand these helps to obtain a general notion of the operation performance and makes it easier for the user to operate the program System Virtualization With new powerful x86 computers system virtualization has become extremely popular It s a software technology that enables to run several virtual machines on one physical machine providing resources of that single computer are shared across several environments As a result one and the same physical computer can have m
111. ore defaults e Use OS built in routine Mark the checkbox to restrict the available values according to the used OS e The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control a Number of available options depends on the selected file system type Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition formatted to the specified file system Deleting Partitions Dialog Startup In order to start the operation you should take the following steps Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 39 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Create Delete Partition Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Dialog Setup Initially the program suggests you just to remove references to the selected partition from the Partition Table lt i Are you sure you want to delete volume F17 You are about to delete volume F Local Disk NTFS four computer may na longer boot or work correctly Please enter the volume label to confirm deleting e Enter the volume label to confirm deleting To confirm deletion of the selected partition enter its Volume Label The current volume label is displayed above e Do not ask volume label next time Mark the optio
112. ork Password Enter your password to connect to server Test Domain 7 32 ENTERPRIZE E Remember my credentials E Access is denied 11 When done we can select it as target Address ZA F Floppy Disk Drive A H E Local Disk C H ECD Drive D H Local Disk E p Ges SSPE Please specify an additional path to the missing drivers SF ey at The wizard enables to specify several driver repositories 12 If the wizard has found all missing drivers it will ask you to confirm the operation Apply the changes to complete After the operation is completed the system will be bootable on the new hardware After the startup Windows will initiate reconfiguration of all Plug n Play devices It s a standard procedure so please don t worry and prepare the latest drivers at this step to get the most out of the system Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 71 Advance scenario specifics 1 To launch the advance mode select Set parameters for the OS adjustment Adjust the OS to the new hardware automatically Perfor the OS adjustment in automatic mode The wizard will automatically set parameters and inject drivers Set parameters for the OS adjustment i Perform the OS adjustment in advanced mode You will be able to manually set parameters and inject drivers L PERPAR a T wan 2 When setting additional driver repositorie
113. partition NTFS Please enter new volume label New Volume Please specify drive letter H w More options e Define whether the partition will be Primary Extended or Logical You can choose the desired partition type from the pull down list As a matter of fact the available alternatives fundamentally depend on the selected block of free space within the Logical free space only Logical partitions can be created Within the Primary free space both Primary partitions or the Extended Partition can be created e Partition Size Define the size in Mb of the new partition e Free space before Define the position in Mb of the new partition relative to the beginning of the block of free space e Free space after Define the amount of trailing free space in Mb at the end of the new partition Partition size and position may also be defined by using the drag and drop technique To do that just carry out the required operation on the Disk Map The virtual operations are to be available e File system for new partition From the pull down list select a file system the newly created partition will be formatted to otherwise the partition will remain unformatted so that it will not be ready to use Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 37 e Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field It is an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification e
114. pecial read write mode when all changes on the connected disk are being saved to a snapshot thus providing complete safety for the original disk s contents If needed this snapshot can later be merged with its parental disk by using standard tools of virtualization software vendor Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 86 If choosing connection in the read only mode the non destructive connection will be disabled and vice versa Since snapshots of Oracle VirtualBox are not supported the non destructive connection is unavailable for vdi disks 4 Click Connect to accomplish the operation The selected virtual disk will be available on the disk map as if it s an ordinary physical disk Limitations e Avirtual disk opened for writing with a 3 party tool e g being used by a virtual machine won t be connected as asynchronous parallel writing to the disk file will most likely result in data corruption e Avirtual disk opened for reading with a 3 party tool e g it s a parent VMware disk which snapshot is being used by a virtual machine will be opened for reading only with the corresponding notification e A double disk connection is prohibited Repartitioning a virtual disk Let s assume you ve got several partitions on a virtual disk After installing a number of resource consuming applications and system updates the system partition has started to suffer from the lack of free
115. pes FAT16 32 lt gt NTFS NTFS lt gt HFS In order to convert a file system you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Convert file system There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Convert button to confirm the operation Car Are you sure you Want to convert system volume p You are about to convert file system on volume C No label NTFS our computer may no longer boot or work correctly Please select new file system FAT se S Select new cluster size 4 Tower oe e New file system From the pull down list choose a file system you would like to convert to Actually the program only displays variants available for the operation taking into account the current parameters of the selected partition and limitations of the used file system e New cluster size Define the cluster size for the partition This parameter can have a profound effect on the overall performance In a nutshell larger clusters waste more space but generally provide for slightly better performance because of less fragmentation So be particularly careful with it The cluster size value is expressed in secto
116. r privacy so none of your confidential data will be exposed This utility only collects the program s operation logs to help our Support Team find and tackle your problem Click Next to continue Welcome to Log Saver Wizard Please enter e mail address which was used while registering this product With its help Paragon Support Department will be able to associate your log files with your request through on line request system TEST _ USER igmail com Please enter description of encountered issue Log files do not contain any confidential information on the operating system settings or the user documents 3 Browse for the required location of the log files package or manually provide a full path to it Click Save to initiate the operation Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 99 Specify folder and file name for ZIP archive Look tr New Volume Es l PA xK Name l F Local Disk C DVD Drive D SE B New Volume E t F NEW VOLUME F File name TEST _USER gmail corm 2073 08 06 23 24 zip Files of type IP archives This function is also available under Windows Troubleshooter Here you can find answers to the most frequently asked questions that might arise while using the program 1 try to run an operation but the program claims my partition is in use and suggests restarting the computer There are a number of operations that cannot be
117. r the BusLogic controller from the VMware website e Additional properties that depending on the selected virtualization vendor may include Size of the virtual disk By default the wizard offers to create a virtual disk exactly the size of the selected object s which you can resize however available for all Resize partitions proportionally If you upsize the resulted virtual disk you can make the wizard proportionally change the size of partitions keeping their relative order intact available for all Create a split disk You can choose whether to automatically cut the resulted virtual image to files of 2 GBs or not available for VMware only Pre allocate all disk space You can choose whether to pre allocate all space of the future virtual disk or do it dynamically not available for VMware ESX and Oracle VirtualBox Please preview the resulting layout of the virtual disk before you proceed Basic MBR Hard Disk 3 VMware virtual image Virtual Image g Local Disk 40 GB NTFS l L SCSI LS Logic Create a split disk 7 Pre allocate all disk space Curent size is 40967 MB 17 8GB l l 2000 GB J Resize partitions proportionally i The maximum limit you can downsize the virtual disk is the capacity of its first partition 8 Specify a file name for the virtual machine and its location By default the wizard scans all your local disks for available free space and picks the most appropriate loca
118. rect boot parameters Corect the Master Boot Record MBR View the list of all Hard Disks and corect MBR executable code on some of them Edit View Sectors View edit backup and restore sectors or a group of sectors on the hard disk or partition of your choice Corect boot parameters boot ini BCD Automatically corect boot ini and BCD on all hard disks in system ee Sy na i Oo The option above will be available for the user only if the operation is accomplished through the 64 bit WinPE media 5 The wizard will detect and list all available GPT partitions that accommodate 64 bit Windows OS Choose the one you need to boot from to let the wizard modify the EFI boot entry correspondingly The wizard has searched your computer for valid Windows installations You can see results of the operation below Note The status System stays for a system partition Bootable for a boot partition Curehr values Registry volume letter C Partition ID 1 Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Destination Disk 2 Partition 3 Status Bootable Curent values Registry volume letter C Partition ID 1 6 Confirm the operation 7 Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector 8 Restart the computer Correcting BCD Boot Configuration Data To automatically correct Windows BCD please do the following 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE recovery media Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE recovery envi
119. rface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Are you sure you want to Update master boot record Current MBAR contents for hard disk number O will be lost after this operation our computer may no longer boot correctly 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Changing Primary Slot Different operating systems apply different approaches to enumeration of the primary partitions In Linux In Linux every partition has a special symbolic name that encodes a hard disk containing a partition and a partition itself Partitions are addressed and accessed by using their symbolic names Symbolic names are automatically generated by Linux in accordance with the order of hard disks in BIOS and the order of partition records in the Partition Table Thus changing enumeration of the primary partitions can lead to changing of paths to some important resources In DOS Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 53 The last versions of MS DOS use a rather sophisticated algorithm for a drive letter assignment A drive letter which is assigned to a partition depends on the order of records in the Partition Table Thus changing enumeration of the primary partitions affects the drive letters assignment In early versions of MS DOS it could even lead to the unavailability of a partition The program provides the ability to change enumeration of the primary partitions This feature will allow
120. right 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 6 ISO file previously only creation of WinPE images on USB was supported Unlike Boot Media Builder it doesn t require to have Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit ADK or Automated Installation Kit WAIK installed in the system However it can only be used under Windows 7 or higher and its functionality is rather limited Complete support of Windows Storage Spaces Windows 8 has come with a storage management feature called the storage spaces It enables to easily manage large storage pools In fact it s an expandable virtual container of defined data size allowing users to add it as many physical drives as they want until the defined virtual disk s limit is reached This makes it easy to include additional storage devices without having to set up and manage each attached physical storage drive Separate x86 and x64 installation packages Please note that started from HDM 14 installation packages do not include Recovery Media Builder thus customers can build WinPE based recovery media only through special utilities Recovery Media Builder or Boot Media Builder obtained from Paragon s website Windows 8 1 support Our product has been tested to work fine on Windows 8 1 RTM New user friendly interface that is fully compatible with the Windows 8 streamlined tile oriented interface Metro style Express Launcher Ribbon based full scale launcher Product Components
121. rn file systems Ext2 Ext3 NTFS and even FAT32 it does not differ from other directories This is not the case for old FAT12 and FAT16 file systems Serial Number In the DOS partitioning scheme every hard disk and every partition has a 32 bit serial number represented by an 8 figure hexadecimal value It is stored in the MBR and its value is assigned when the MBR sector is initialized by Microsoft standard disk managing tools such as Windows Disk Administrator and the FDISK utility In fact a hard disk s serial number is not important for most operating systems and software It is known that Windows NT 2000 and XP store its value in the database of assigned drive letters A partition s serial number is stored in its boot sector in FAT16 FAT32 and NFTS file systems Its value is assigned when the partition is formatted It does not play an important role for most operating systems and software as well Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved
122. ronment which you can get here www paragon software com my account 0 To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Launch Boot Corrector Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 65 3 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 Select Correct boot parameters to let the wizard fix BCD in all found Windows installations Windows installation to cornect S View the lz of all windows installations Amd crmect Oot AAA E rnn i Corect the Master Boot Record MBR View the list of all Hard Disks and corect MBR executable code on some of them Edit View Sectors View edit backup and restore sectors or a group of sectors on the hard disk or partition of your choice Corect boot parameters boot ini BCD Automatically corect boot ini and BCD on all hard disks in system d Corect EFI boot parameters Fix EFI boot entry or switch EFI boot entry to another GPT bootable hard drive with Windows O5 installed 5 Confirm the operation 6 Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector 7 Restart the computer System Migration Scenarios Migrating system to a new HDD up to 2 2TB in size Let s assume that you ve bought a new hard disk that is up to 2 2TB in capacity It s faster and of much higher capacity than your current system disk so it s quite natural you start thinking about system migration
123. rrupted as a result of a hardware failure You realize it s quite obsolete and it s next to impossible to replace the damaged hardware devices Migration to a new hardware platform seems the best way out if not for one thing you still need access to your software but you do know for sure that the bulk of it won t work on the new platform Luckily you ve got a backup image of your old system made with Paragon software that s just enough for its virtualization Before you start please make sure the following conditions are met e You ve got a backup image of your old system e You ve got enough free space to store a virtual image of your old system depends on the system e You ve got one of the supported virtualization software To restore a Windows system from a Paragon s backup directly to a virtual environment please do the following Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 78 1 Click the Copy amp Migration tab on the Ribbon Panel then select P2V Restore There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Browse for the required backup image The section below i e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Look in E Local Disk C je gl amp g Name Date E Contacts 1 28 2011 12 03 34 PM El De
124. rs per cluster To get it in Kbytes please divide it into half You may only decrease the current cluster size e Surface test level Define the level of the surface check to make the program find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 46 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Changing Cluster Size Cluster size is one of the crucial parameters of any file system Its value implicitly affects the performance of the files input output activity since it defines the size of the file system metadata Besides the so called waste space factor also depends on the cluster size In order to change the cluster size of a partition you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Change Cluster Size Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 Define the cluster size for the partition This parameter can have a profound effect on the overall performance In a nutshell larger clusters waste more space but generally provide for slightly better performance because of less fragmentation So be particularly careful with it Gar Are yOu sure you want to change cluster size for partition e ie Current cluster siz
125. rtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev i Unallocated 749 9 GB Basic MBA Hard Disk 3 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev a 119 9 GB 1 During the operation all contents of the destination disk will be deleted On the next page of the wizard define the copy options In our case we d rather copy data with a proportional resize to occupy the entire disk If you ve got to do with a 64 bit Windows configured to the uEFI boot mode the Create new EFI boot entry for destination drive option will become available for you to define what instance of Windows OS you d like to boot from once the operation is over Anyway you can specify a bootable device at any time through Boot Corrector Choose copy options that suit best your task Copy options Partitions raw copy Resize options W Remove free blocks between partitions W Copy data and resize partitions proportionally Mark the checkbox to copy the hard disk in the secfardpeseciar mode thus ignoring its information structure e g unallocated space or unused sectors of existing partitions will be processed as welll This can help to avoid problems with hidden data created by certain applications or the system administrator However it will take more time to accomplish the operation Oo The Create new EFI boot entry for destination drive option will be available to the user only if the target disk becomes Bootable GPT as a result of the migration process 8 O
126. s you can specify how to process drivers for found hardware Please specify an additional path to the missing drivers cir of ea Inject all necessary drivers from the specified driver repository Keep the latest driver version e Inject all necessary drivers Mark the checkbox to force injection of all drivers for your devices from the given driver repository s even if there are already installed drivers for some hardware Please use this option if you suspect any of the installed drivers of not matching your hardware e Keep the latest driver version Mark the checkbox to keep the latest version of drivers during the forced re injection You can use this option only when the above option is active 3 Just before the OS adjustment you can additionally e View all found hardware devices and their driver status by clicking The wizard names all devices according to their model description not some alphanumeric code which is very convenient So you can compare the listed devices with the given hardware to make sure the wizard has analyzed your system correctly Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 72 8 Intel R 82 2how already supported hardware Controller Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device Intel R PRO 1000 MT Network Connection Driver not found Click here to find a driver for this device 8 IDE Channel Driver not found Click her
127. s to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 56 Local Disk C Volume label No label File system NTFS Type Primary Capacity 499 6 GB 636 501 613 248 Bytes 1 047 855 104 Sectors Used by data 12 6 GB 2 13 630 279 680 Bytes 26 621 640 Sectors Free space 486 9 GB 96 B22 01 533 068 Bytes 1 021 233 464 Sectors In the opened dialog information will be grouped according to its properties thus by clicking tabs you can get information you need File Transfer Wizard File Transfer Wizard is designed to make such operations as copying of separate files directories or burning of them to CD DVD as easy and convenient as possible It may be of particular use in case of a system malfunction caused either by a virus attack or files corruption in order to get the system back on track again Besides it provides access to Paragon backups as regular folders to browse through their contents or copy required files Startup e Click Tool Button then select File Transfer Wizard chapter to know more on the subject Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the transfer operation e Place to look for files directories Select a source disk from the pull down list in the left pane of the page T
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129. sing on a regular basis With its help you can also start up the traditional launcher the help system or go to the program s home page g Paragon Virtualization Manager 14 Professional gt Paragon Virtualization Manager 14 Professional zA ad P2 Restore Log Saver VD VIRTUALIZATION MANAGER D S SWITCH TO FULL SCALE LAUNCHER Create VD 9S D Copy Partition Copy Hard Disk Oo To know more on how to handle the product s interface and accomplish typical operations please consult the Windows Components chapter Building Recovery Media WinPE based recovery environment should be prepared on site with Paragon s Recovery Media Builder or Boot Media Builder which you can download from Paragon s web site the My Account section www paragon software com my account To know more on the subject please consult documentation that comes with these utilities Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 12 The WinPE recovery environment can be a real alternative to the Linux DOS recovery environment Providing nearly the same level of functionality it offers an excellent hardware support and the same interface as the Windows version does To start working with the WinPE recovery environment please take the following steps 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE recovery media To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to b
130. sk you want to copy Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 32 On this page you can choose a hard disk you would like to copy All partitions from this hard disk will be copied to the destination you will choose on the next page Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev l i Local Disk C 499 6 GE NTFS Basic MBA Hard Disk 1 Mware VMware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dey a 1 Lat ER Utils G l l E DA F l 114 4 GB 710 5 GB NTFS Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dey if Uze exclude masks Dont estimate size after excludes Mark this option to save time needed for migration with excludes operation if target hard disk ts larger than amount of uted space in partitions on source disk Disks of smaller size Will not be used as a possible destinations To choose the destination hard disk click Next Use exclude masks By default the program doesn t take into account exclude filters set in the Settings dialog If you need to use them please mark the checkbox and see existing specify additional filters on the next page of the wizard Don t estimate size after excludes You can save time by suppressing calculation of the resulted amount of data to copy after using excludes Please note however if you use this option drives that smaller in size than the source disk will be unavailable to use as destination Th
131. sktop 8 7 2013 12 26 39 AM _1 El Vista 8 6 2013 11 51 26 PM Wi arc_010609223747796 PBF 6 1 2009 3 47 56 AM 8 7 2013 12 38 02 AM Files of type Archive files Switch to Archive List View Archive File Details Name Local Disk Comment No comment is available Volume label No label File system NTFS Total size 8 7 GB Used space 8 6 GB Free space 8 7 GB File C Usersy cisco Desktop Vista arc_010609273 47 796 PBF 4 Select objects you need to virtualize You re allowed to select any combination of hard disks and partitions but don t forget to choose your system partition Local Disk C in our case to use it as guest Otherwise the resulted virtual machine won t start up Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 79 Archive Content Type Filesystem Size Used IF S Local Disk Primary NTFS 87GB 86GB Archive Details Name Local Disk Volume label No label File system NTFS Total size 7 GB Used space 8 6 GEB Free space 8 7 GB 5 Specify the guest OS and a virtualization software vendor If the selected backup contains several Windows OSes our wizard will find them all and automatically patch to run in a virtual environment However we cannot guarantee smooth startup of all found Windows systems for their configuration parameters may be incompatible with each other This is why we additionally prompt you to specify what operating system you d like to use as gues
132. space But an adjacent partition has a plenty of redundant space That s just enough to make the system partition suffer no more To increase size of a system partition by taking unused space from an adjacent partition please do the following 1 Connect the required virtual disk to our program 2 Select it on the disk map Disk map a Basic MBR Hard Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive ATA Devi Unallocated Basic MBR Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev System Reserve Local Disk C 100 MB NTFS 499 9 GB NTFS Basic MBR Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev New Volume 39 9 GB NTFS Basic MBR Hard Disk 3 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev Unallocated 39 9 GB Basic MBR Hard Disk 4 VMDK image Virtual Image 100 MB NTFS 499 9 GB Basic MBR Hard Disk 4 VMDK image Virtual Image 3 Right click on the space donor partition then select Move Resize Partition Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 8 Basic MBR Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev 39 9GB NTFS Basic MBR Hard Disk 3 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev Unallocated 39 9 GB Basic MBR Hard Disk 4 WetHash Transcend 4GB USB Device Removable Basic MBR Hard Disk 5 VMDK image Virtual Image Basic MBR Hard Disk 6 VMDK image Virtual Image PARAGON G 3 7 GB FAT32 Local Disk 499 9 GE NTFS
133. stem 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 When you start the program the first component that is displayed 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 Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 18 B Partitioning Copy amp Migration Ee Pe if Tool Button Ribbon Panel Und Merge Par Partitions Basic partitioning Express partitioning Advanced partitioning H Express Mode amp Reload Disk Info Undo Redo View Changes Apply Discard Generate Script Convert to Basic MBA hard disk Undelete Partitions Edit View Sectors Recovery i NO NAME ocal Disk C 300 MB NTFS DEM servi 99 MB DEM service 499 4 GB NTFS Disk Map Basic GPT Hard Disk 1 Mware YMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dey Properties Context sensitive Menu E Local Disk Unallocated 128 MB 499 8 GB Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 Mware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dey E Local Disk Unallocated 128 MB 749 8 GB Basic GPT Hard Disk 3 Mware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dey i Local Disk Unalloc
134. t Windows OS accommodated on a disk you d like to convert to GPT it won t start up after the operation is over In order to convert a basic MBR disk to a basic GPT you should take the following steps 1 Select a basic MBR hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Hard Disk gt Convert to GPT hard disk Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 52 Fra Are you sure you d like to convert Basic MER Hard Disk 0 AA aha Mwa VMware Virtual S SCs Disk Dev ta GPT Please Note Despite the fact that all on disk contents remain intact during the operation Your OS may no longer boot corectly for Windows sP 32 bit for instance does not support GPT disks 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation The program can only convert basic MBR disks Updating MBR The program enables to overwrite the current bootable code in the MBR Master Boot Record by the standard bootstrap code This can help to repair a corrupted bootable code of a hard disk resulted from a boot virus attack or a malfunction of boot management software In order to update MBR of a hard disk you should take the following steps 1 Select a hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Update MBR i There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Inte
135. t Windows versions but unavailable for old versions of Windows 98 ME AT 72000 Additional options f Always use hot processing f Use hot processing only when partition is locked Hot processing temporary drive LC oo Number of attempts to start W55 3 Timeout between attempts in seconda 120 Change run during backup options In this section you may configure the hot processing mode e Enable hot processing Mark the checkbox to enable the so called hot data processing mode that is specially designed to process data without restarting your operating system e Hot processing technology From the pull down list you can select the required hot processing technology e Always use hot processing Select the option to process partitions without making them locked Thus you will be able to keep working with them as usual e Use hot processing only when partition is locked Select the option to use the hot processing only when partitions are locked and cannot be processed without restarting the computer Please keep in mind that once you start any operation on a partition in this mode it will automatically be locked by the program thus you won t be able to keep working with it as usual e Hot processing temporary drive Here you can select a disk drive that will be used to store the temporary hot backup data by default C e Attempts to start VSS Here you can set how many attempts to start Microsoft VSS the program is to
136. t to configure the virtual machine for that particular system The following 05 will be used as guest a hE Windows 8 1 Please select 4 virtual software vendor C VMware Workstation 7 VMware Fusion f Microsoft Virtual PC 0 Oracle VirtualBox f Oracle VirtualBox OVE virtual appliance When using old Paragon s backup images prior to Backup amp Recovery 10 please be ready i to manually specify the guest OS Not all vendors may be available to choose If capacity of one of the selected objects exceeds the maximum virtual disk capacity of any vendor this vendor will be shadowed 6 Set properties of the future virtual machine e Virtual machine version Please make sure you choose a version which is supported by your virtualization software otherwise you won t be able to work with the newly created machine e Virtual machine name By default the wizard picks the name of your guest OS which can be modified however Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 80 e CPU number If your computer supports multiprocessing select how many CPUs you d like to allocate for the virtual machine e Memory amount Depending on the guest OS the wizard calculates the recommended size of RAM which can be modified however MJ P2V Restore Wizard e Se Setting Virtual Machine Properties Page Virtual machine version VMware Workstation 6 5 Virtual machine name Windows_ CPU number 2 Memory
137. ted read write access to Apple HFS partitions Unfortunately support of non Roman characters for the HFS file system is unavailable at the moment The company is about to implement it in the nearest future Supported Media e Support of both MBR and GPT hard disks 2 2TB disks included Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved e IDE SCSI and SATA hard disks e SSD Solid State Drive e AFD Advanced Format Drive e Non 512B sector size drives e CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW DVD R DVD R double layer and also Blu ray discs e FireWire i e IEEE1394 USB 1 0 USB 2 0 USB 3 0 hard disks e PC card storage devices MBR and GPT flash memory etc Getting Started In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to get the product ready to use System Requirements For the Windows installation package e Windows XP SP3 e Windows Vista e Windows 7 e Windows 8 e Windows 8 1 Additional requirements e To install and run the product the target OS should have Visual Studio C 2010 Runtime Library installed comes with the installation package you will be prompted to install it if it s not been found in the system Oo During the installation additional free space up to 1GB will be required For the WinPE bootable environment Intel Pentium III CPU or its equivalent with 1000 MHz processor clock speed e Atleast 1 GB of RAM e SVGA video adapter and monitor e Keyboard
138. the foot of the dialog page to specify a user name and password to access the selected network share if necessary By clicking Disconnect Drive you can delete an existing network share if necessary 5 Click the Network identification tab to change a network name of your computer generated automatically and a workgroup name j E Network identification e pieno esh O Computer Name MININT DGKUSAV Workgroup WORKGROUP Primary DNS suffix 6 By default the wizard saves all network settings in the netconf ini file located on the WinPE RAM drive thus it will only be available until you restart the computer However you can just once configure your network device and then save this file to some other destination for instance a local drive and this way avoid constant re configuration just by providing a path to it So Click Save to file to save the netconfig ini file to the required destination Network troubleshooter Network Configurator includes a traceroute ping utility that enables to get detailed information on particular routes and measure transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol IP network So with its help you can easily track down problematic nodes 1 If you need to ping some network host please select Ping then type in the required IP address or its name Click Start when ready Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 97 deg Network utilities
139. tion taking into account the total capacity of all virtual disks inside the virtual machine Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 82 Full path to the folder with a virtual machine folder will be created if doesnt exist C My virtual disks Browse an All virtual disks will take approx 2 5 MB on C My virtual disks After the operation is over there will still be 12 6 GB of free space on the selected disk Help me to find an appropriate place for my virtual machine 9 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Creating an empty virtual disk Create VD To create an empty virtual disk please do the following 1 Click the Copy amp Migration tab on the Ribbon Panel then select Create Virtual Disk 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Select Create an empty virtual disk ke Create an empty virtual disk a Make a new clear virtual image Convert physical disk to virtual disk View the list of all hard disks and convert chosen one to virtual disk H Convert archive to virtual disk C Choose pbf image and convert it to virtual disk 4 Specify a virtualization software vendor and a number of additional parameters including e Type of the virtual disk You can either create an IDE or a SCSI virtual disk relevant for VMware only e Create a split disk You can choose whether to automatically cut the resulted virtual image to files of 2 GBs or
140. tware com 172 30 10 73 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 lt ims ims lt 1ms sb349 paragon software com 172 30 10 73 Trace complete tracert 172 30 10 73 done Load from file Save toile OK Apply Cancel Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 98 e Donot resolve addresses to hostnames Mark the option to display IP addresses instead of hostnames e Maximum number of hops to search for target By default the utility goes through maximum 30 hops when searching for the target host which you can modify however e Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply By default the utility waits 4 seconds for each echo reply message If not received within the timeout an asterisk is displayed Saving log files The program enables to simplify the procedure of sending support requests to the Paragon Support Team In case of having difficulties with handling the program you with the help of this very function can address the company support engineers and provide them with all the information they need such as the disk layout performed operations etc in order to tackle the encountered problem Information of that kind is stored in log files To prepare a log files package please do the following 1 Click Log Saver 2 Provide an e mail address used for registering the product then give a detailed description on the encountered problem in the corresponding text fields Please don t worry we respect you
141. ultiple OSs and applications operating simultaneously thus opening up enormous opportunities for both business and home users exactly e Avoid underutilization of up to date powerful computers e Increase flexibility of a physical infrastructure e Provide for increased availability of hardware and applications e Cut expenses on hardware and energy e Guarantee smooth and cost saving system migration e Enjoy working with old applications you can t launch on your current PC e Take advantage of having multiple operating systems on one Windows PC including Linux Mac OS X etc e Forget about hunting for replacement of the failed hardware and many more Known Issues 1 You should install integration services e g VMware Tools on the virtual system yourself We only guarantee its smooth startup 2 After transferring Microsoft Vista and later versions to a virtual disk you will need to re activate license of the system It s normal behavior as these systems keep tracking any change of hardware Re activation is legally justified in this case as you transfer your system to another PC 3 If your system hosts several Windows OSes our program will find them all and automatically patch to run ina virtual environment However we cannot guarantee smooth startup of all found Windows systems but the guest OS for its configuration parameters may be incompatible with the others Adaptive Restore Technology Background Windows
142. ving Resizing Partition The Move Resize Partition function allows you to resize or change location of any partition without destroying its data In order to move resize a partition you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map Copyright 1994 2014 Paragon Software GmbH All rights reserved 44 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Move Resize Partition Oo There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 3 Define parameters of the operation Y Are you sure you want to move resize system volume L You are about to moveresize NTFS volume No label C Basic MBA Hard Disk 0 Mware Mware Yirtual 5 SCSI Disk Dey E o Local Disk C 2 47 GB NTFS Volume size 230 114MB 19 261 MB 230 114 MB Free space betore 0 Bytes O bytes 210 552 MB Free space after 0 Bytes 0 bytes 270 852 MB Sector to sector move Select this option to move partition areas that don t contain any data This allows you to keep the partition s content after move exactly as it was but will require more time Volume size Define size in Mb of the modified partition e Free space before Define the partition position in Mb relative to the beginning of the available range of disk space e Free space after Define the amount of trailing free space in Mb at the e
143. virtual mode of execution so you have to confirm all operations to let the program accomplish them To do that just click the Apply button on the Virtual Operations Bar 10 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out at the moment Exchanging data between physical and virtual environments Let s assume you need to import a lot of data from one of your virtual disks The best way out is to use our program as it can help you do that without starting up the virtual environment and the other actions typical for this task To import data from a virtual environment please do the following 1 Connect the required virtual disk to our program 2 Click Tool Button then select File Transfer Wizard 3 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 Select a disk where the required data is stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the window You can find it among physical partitions as a connected virtual disk cannot have an assigned drive letter either Source Fy System Reserved Disk 1 partitic H Disk Drives E Local Disk C BD ROM Drive D DVD Drive E DVD RW Drive F PARAGON G a Physical partitions wy System Reserved Disk 1 partition 1 H Network places al Network Oo To easily find the required disk please use its volume label or sequence number as a check point 5 Select files you want to copy and place them
144. wing properties Name Volume label if exists Drive letter File system type Volume size Amount of used and unused free space Active Inactive attribute Hidden Unhidden attribute The Disk and Partitions List is synchronized with the Context sensitive Menu and the Properties Panel Thus by selecting a disk on the list the two will automatically display detailed information on it To know more on the subject please consult the Viewing Disk Properties chapter Since the Disk Map and the Disk and Partitions List have the same purpose the user is allowed to extend only one at the moment by using a corresponding arrow button Context sensitive Menu The Context sensitive Menu shows a list of operations available for an object disk partition or block of free space selected either on the Disk Map or the Disk and Partitions List If you click a corresponding record the appropriate wizard or dialog will be started All default values for the operation parameters will correspond to the object s settings If there too many items on the list type in the first word of the required command in the Search commands field to filter the list x Back Up Partition Burn Partition on CO DVD or BD Copy Partition Restore Partition Format Partition Delete Partition Move Resize Partition Convert File System Defragment Partition Defragment MFT Compact MFT Change Volume Label Hide Part
145. you to fix problems concerning an inappropriate order of partitions In order to modify enumeration of the primary partitions you should take the following steps 1 Select a hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Calla context menu for the selected object by the right mouse click then select Change Primary Slot There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject Y Are you sure you want to change primary slots order Tou are about to change primary slots order on Basic MBA Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware irtual S SCS Disk Dev Your computer may no longer boot corectly Slot No Object type File System Volume label Primary FAT 32 NEW VOLUME 0 1 Primary New Yolunne 2 Primary Linus Ext NEW VOLUME 3 Primary Linus Swap No label e Name Hew Yolume F Volume label New Volume Total size 3 6 GB File system MTFS Used space 38 8 MB Free space 3 6 GB Start sector 5640192 End sector 13273087 e e 3 Inthe opened dialog you can see the current enumeration of the primary partitions of the selected hard disk in the Partition Table To help you distinguish partitions from one another the program provides the following parameters for every partition Slot Volume Partition type File system Partition size Volume label There are two buttons on the right to move the selected partition up and down within the primary part of the
146. ystem Metadata The servicing structures of a file system which contain information about allocating files and directories security information etc are named the file system metadata It is invisible for users and regular applications because its accidental modification usually makes a partition unusable Hard Disk Geometry Traditionally the usable space of a hard disk is logically divided into cylinders cylinders are divided into tracks or heads and tracks are divided into sectors The triad of values Sectors per Track Tracks per Cylinder Amount of Cylinders is usually named the Hard Disk Geometry or C H S geometry Tracks and cylinders are enumerated from 0 while sectors are enumerated from 1 These disk parameters play an essential role in the DOS Partitioning scheme Modern hardware uses an advanced scheme for the linear addressing of sectors which assumes that all on disk sectors are continuously enumerated from 0 To allow backward compatibility with older standards modern hard disks can additionally emulate the C H S geometry Hidden Partition The concept of a hidden partition was introduced in the IBM OS 2 Boot Manager By default an operating system does not mount a hidden partition thus preventing access to its contents A method of hiding a partition consists in changing the partition ID value saved in the Partition Table This is achieved by XOR ing the partition ID with a 0x10 hexadecimal value M

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