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1. 13 Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector 14 Reboot the computer Restoring a dual boot Mac from an external USB drive Let s assume that your Mac fails to boot because of a hard disk malfunction But you ve got a backup of your hard disk on an external USB drive Just replace the failed disk with a new one and carry out a bare metal restore To restore a dual boot Mac from a backup image located on an external USB drive please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Connect an external USB drive to the computer 3 Restart the computer 4 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment since it s the only mode that enables to work with USB devices Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 89 Main recovery Zi Safe Mode environment 4 Low Graphics Safe Mode Gi Floppy disk Hard disk H MBER Find es on your hard disks By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 5 Inthe Linux launch menu select the Restore Wizard S You can create delete and format hard disk Paragon Partition Manager partitions
2. salagi mea size 393 371 86 ME el 229 776 MB 496 975 28 ME a Curent volume sire 324 1 GB The volume size has been increased on 101 1 GB 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 Undelete Partition Wizard Startup There are several ways to start the Undelete Partition Wizard e Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Undelete Partitions e Onthe Common Tasks Bar click the Undelete Partition item of the Wizards menu e Select a block of free space on the Disk Map and click the Recover Lost Partitions item on the page that appears in the Explorer Bar e Call the popup menu for the block of free space right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Recover Lost Partitions Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the und
3. Q Local Disk es o j data Z EE 217 GB NTFS Left volume size Fight volume size 28S774MB i MB la 222221 MB i MB Result After the operation is completed the unused space between the specified partitions will be redistributed according to your needs Available operation scenarios e Increasing size of a system partition by taking unused space of an adjacent partition e Resizing partitions of Apple Boot Camp Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 59 Redistribute Free Space Wizard 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 specify partitions to act as a space donor The wizard will automatically recalculate positions of the partitions and move their contents to new locations Startup There are several ways to start the Redistribute Free Space Wizard Launcher e Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Redistribute Free Space e On the Common Tasks bar click the Redistribute Free Space item of the Wizards menu Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e 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 t
4. e Allow virtual mode 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 Edit settings KSC Ei File system conversion options Select a time zone GMT Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh London Lisbon This language will be used to specify national symbols in file names Confim settings before NTFS lt gt FAT FAT32 conversion Choose this option to make the program to allow to customize these settings each time when converting file systems 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 37 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 G
5. 113 Operations list Suboperation progress 1 Move partition Cd 2 Move partition Operation progress Ti Time elapzed 00 00 58 Time to finish OL 35242 Copied so far 2438 5 Mb Read so far 365 9 Mb 7 8 Mb s To copy 79Gb Write so far 51 2 Mb 46 0 Mb s Overall progress cl __ Data marimi Creating new partition Moving drive dev sdad on hard disk 0 Scanning data structure may be a few minutes Restart enabled Data blocks calculating Quick data moving Resizing partitions of Apple Boot Camp Let s assume you re a Boot Camp user who s got Windows XP as the second operating system Initially allocated space for the Windows partition has turned out to be insufficient for your current needs The only way out is to take some space from your Mac partition thus redistributing the unused space between the partitions To increase size of the Windows partition by taking unused space from the Mac partition please do the following Express Launcher 1 Click the Partitioning button and then select Resize Partitions 2 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 The wizard will automatically select Windows the NTFS file system and Mac the Apple HFS file system partitions of your Boot Camp configuration The wizard val resize space between Local Disk land Wins F C on Retained Batic GPT Hard Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive Select left partition from a pai of adjacent parti
6. Step il Step 2 jo not reset or turn off your computer to avoid the data loss Iperation in progress press ESC or Ctrl C to interrupt operation After completing the operation your computer will be automatically restarted back to Windows where you can see that your system partition is bigger now Creating Dual Boot Systems For Windows computers Release of Windows Vista has given a new impetus to the problem of establishing a dual boot system In this connection we decided to consider two the most frequently used situations a rank and file user may face i e Windows Vista Windows XP and Windows XP Windows Vista Please note that for reasons of better security and system independence these operating systems will be installed on different partitions That is why we need to hide the first system partition before installation of the second OS Windows Vista Windows XP Suppose you have got Windows Vista coming with your brand new computer Everything is great except one thing your favourite applications simply reject to work correctly on it Software updates are expected to release in the near future but you cannot wait any more Thus the best way out is to leave Windows Vista intact and install the time proved Windows XP Most likely you have only one hard disk with only one partition the only partition is always system To install the second operating system you need to repartition your drive first as it requires a sep
7. Time lap sed 00 00 26 Time w finish Overall progress E T Rebuilding panitions into Alloperations have been finished 7 Restart the computer System Migration Scenarios Migrating system to another hard disk Clone HDD Let s assume that you ve bought a new hard disk It s faster and of much higher capacity than your current system disk so it s quite natural you start thinking about system migration We can help you do that To migrate your system from one hard disk to another please do the following Launcher 1 Connect both source and destination disks to the computer 2 Turnonthe computer 3 Click the Copy Disk item of the Wizards menu any of the ways described earlier can also be used here 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 wil choose on the next page Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev H Q Local Disk C 499 SGE NTFS E E L T OA aera A OA ki Q Local Disk Ep acic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual SCSI Disk Dev E Ze a i irs LLY 6 On the Select Target Hard Disk page select a destination disk a hard disk to copy contents of the source disk
8. 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 101 A h CD DVD Drives E Hard Disks 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Devi 40GB S E 1 Primary NTFS C 39 9GB H E SRecycle Bin 4 15 2010 3 40 55 PM e 4 20 2010 7 08 34 PM sa 4 20 2010 7 42 40 PM sam 1 Refresh 4 20 2010 7 15 14 PM E Boot 4 15 2010 4 11 30 PM ni Documents and Settings 11 2 2006 5 02 03 AM ES Program Fies 4 20 2010 4 18 27 PM 1 E ProgramData 4 19 2010 12 40 49 AM E System Volume Information 4 20 2010 9 24 08 PM 4 Selecta place on the disk where the file folder will be extracted to L ck im Local Disk C D SN 5 Click the OK button to accomplish the operation IO Explorer Resize Scenarios Creating a new partition to detach operating system from the rest of data Let s assume that you re a rank and file user who is most likely to have only one hard disk with only one partition the only partition is always system To secure yourself against a system malfunction or a virus attack you ve got nothing to do but make a backup of the whole partition which besides the operating system itself contains all your family photos favorite films and music program distributives whatever As a result you ll get a very huge backup image You can easily tackle this issue however by detaching your operating system from the rest of data To create a new partition on your hard disk please do the
9. Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dew gi Local Disk C z 99 96GB NTFS Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev GC Unallocated rie 594GR i The partition wall be created here d Lee the butona Io mows the make or drag maker by Mouse Anaw partition wi be created eiweg tha marker is By default the program allows you to create a new partition only as the last primary or as the last logical drive within the extended partition However by activating the advance A N mode on the first page of the wizard you can remove this restriction that in its turn might result in some boot problems Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 49 e Partition size There is no restriction on size of the future partition merely depending on space available on the hard disk If there is not enough free space in one block the wizard enables to redistribute free space joining all free space blocks together into one united block and moving partitions when necessary If the total amount of free space is still not enough it is possible to split a fragment of space from one of the existing partitions thus resizing it Your hard disk before the changes Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dew Your hard disk after the changes Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dew Mew volume cument sire ig 565 6 GE Min Volume Si
10. Local Dis E eg p 9 Unallo 3 4 GB FAT32 24GB NTFS 14G 22GB Destination disk Select a hard disk with enough unallocated space to perform the operation The wierd wil create a copy of Local Disk F from Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev The copy wil be created on Basic Hard Disk 3 Nee VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev Please select where to create a copy Basic Hard Disk 3 Widware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dev 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 45 Basic Hard Disk 3 Nee VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev e g Lo N g Unallocated eg 64 GE Where to place a copy Please speoly the sre of the new partion 3324 gt 39 MB 20 473 ME Please specty size of free space aier ihe patton 16845 gt OMB 20426 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 available range of disk space 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 d
11. Result After the backup operation is completed you receive an image of the selected disk or the selected partition This image is placed into the specified destination its features defined by the wizard Available operation scenarios e Backing up a hard disk or partition to a network drive e Backing up a dual boot Mac to an external USB drive Restoring System and Data The program includes a convenient and reliable restore wizard With its help you can restore all types of backup images created with the program It provides easy to understand instructions to configure and perform all the necessary settings 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 Loi Restore Wizard is only available for the Linux DOS bootable recovery environment Available operation scenarios e Restoring a dual boot Mac from an external USB drive e Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk e Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD e Copying of data from a backup to the corrupted system partition e Restoring separate files and folders from a backup 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 control
12. 2 wil take more time to accomplish the operation 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 hidden 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 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 Verification options This section allows you to define whether the Surface and or the Writing verification tests will be accomplished during the operation Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional duplicate of the existing hard disk Available operation scenarios e Migrating system to another hard disk Clone HDD Cloning Partitions You can duplicate
13. 6 2 1 D Prima create ann Format At De leie jD Wipe partition ARA Clear free space Re oe Mave Unmount Modify Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 112 6 Inthe opened dialog set a new size for the partition by moving the slider or by entering the exact value in the appropriate field While doing this free space from the partition will be released displayed in aqua green Click OK to continue Partition preview C MIES Vista 64 New size 8323 45434 Mb e SCH Free space before 0 37111 Mb KE Free space after 0 37111 Mb I p jim 7 Now you ve got a block of free space to add to your data partition Bask l j g HTES vs W HTFS Data 8 Choose the data partition and then call the context menu for it right click of the mouse button to launch the Move Resize dialog 9 Move the slider to the right to increase size of the partition Click OK to continue D angkon preview io NTFS Data New size 8 102101 Mb Free space before 0 102093 Mb Free space after 0 102083 Mb Geet 10 Apply the pending changes Applying changes A 2 pending operations Apply changes 7 Apply h You have pending op 11 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved
14. Copying Files The Copying Files page shows the overall progress of the installation Click the Cancel button to abort the setup 9 Finishing the Installation The Final page reports the end of the setup process Click the Finish button to complete the wizard Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 12 To accomplish online backup copy of locked partitions hard disks the program uses a kernel mode hotcore driver thus the system reboot is required to complete the installation procedure First Start To start Paragon Partition Manager Personal under Windows please click the Windows Start button and then select Programs gt Paragon Partition Manager Personal gt Paragon Partition Manager The program provides wide opportunities in the field of hard disk structure modification so 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 using 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 Paragon Partition Manager 11 Personal Edition rolo ese GROUP Paragon Partition Manager 11 SP Partitioning Partitioning What would you like to do Copying and
15. Format Partition a ef This wizard helps you to format the selected parttion Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev il Local Disk E HESE 2 Release some free space not less than 10 GB to install Windows XP from the partition To do that please call the context menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button and launch the Move Resize dialog Are you sure you want to move resize system volume C You are about to move resize NTFS volume No label CH Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev fi Local Disk C 39 9 GB NTFS Volume size 40 958 MB 2 18 261 MB 40 958 MB Free space before 0 97 MB el Obytes 22 693 35 MB Free space after 0 Bytes 2 Obytes 22 689 77 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 Cl 3 Inthe opened dialog shift the edge of the partition to the left by the drag and drop technique While doing this free space from the partition will be released displayed in aqua green You can also do it manually by entering the exact size of free space Click the Yes button to continue Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 119 Are you sure you wart to move resize volume E You are about to move resize NTFS volume No label
16. 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 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 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 130 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 wheth
17. il IT Ox0000000130 18 a 5 OF 32 3 e Tle u A8 OxQ000000140 05 0 47 t L Ox00000001LS0 10 i D l edoey Eade Ae OxO000000160 24 amp d 69 S AIlnvalid parti Ox0O000000170 74 20 bh 72 72 GE T tion table Error OxQQ00000LEO 20 GE H i i i A 69 loading operati Ox0000000190 e B amp F A eo ng systen Hissin Ox0O0000001A0 6 l i i gq Operating syst Ox00000001B0 65 A 3 ld io 80 20 en Cl ood Ox00000001CO 21 FE ff Oxbooooooibo oOo Oo Ox00000001E0 oo Ox0Q0000001FO0 00 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 Launcher 1 Call the Send Log Files dialog in the Main Menu Tools gt Send Log Files Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 76 2 Provide a customer name and a product serial number 3 Give a detailed description on the encountered problem Send log files Send log files Please enter shot desorption of your problem and send log files to support S
18. modification of the disk layout Advanced Partitioning Operations Here you can learn how to accomplish advanced partitioning operations merge redistribute free space undelete etc Merging Partitions The Merge Partitions Wizard enables to consolidate the disk space which originally belongs to two adjacent partitions 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 There are several ways to start the Merge Partitions Wizard Express Launcher e Click the Partitioning button and then select Merge Partitions Launcher Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Setup 57 In the Main menu select Wizards gt Merge Partitions On the Common Tasks bar click the Merge Partitions item of the Wizards menu The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation Result The partition to expand Select a partition the size of which you need to increase by up taking contents of an adjacent partition rw On this page you can choose 8 partition that wil be expanded to include aciecert partition Flease note that is m e i ah DA FaTss as KITES e Was a cas i A AA i m possible to select only FAT FAT32 or NTFS partitions You wil no
19. right click of the mouse button to launch the Move Resize dialog 8 Inthe opened dialog shift the edge of the extended partition to the right Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 109 etre ove resize extended partition on disk 0 Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev g Unallocated P ei Data F I Q TEMP G hys LE 140 4 Ge NTFS MM 100 7GBFAT32 Volumes siza 247 038 60 ME fe 247 038 MB 366 565 MB Free space before 12153084 ME Le Obytes 127 530 64 ME Lu gie SR e EL og jR kb a gd Free space ate U Biss E r Sector lo medior move Select this option lo mowe patton artas that dont contain any data This allows you to keep the partitions content after move exactly as was but wil require more time 9 The block of free space has been released Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Pe kat Data F TEM 100 11368 140 4 GB NT 100 7 10 Now you need to move the second primary partition just the way we did it with the logical partition to make the block of free space adjoin the system partition Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev e Ap Data F 119GB 100 140 4 GB NT 11 Finally increase size of the system partition Call the context menu for it right click of the mouse button to launch the Move Resize dialog 12 In
20. 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 106 E Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Local Disk 7 Unalocetes 472BFFBDh 2 Choose a space donor partition and then call the context menu for it right click of the mouse button to launch the Move Resize dialog IS ASI ZK FUC Sd 3 Disk View Help Basic Hard Disk D VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Format Partition Delete Partition f Convert File System F Defragment Partition gt Defragment MFT EN Compact MFT Change Volume Label Partition List Hide Partition Loc A este ee Mark Partition as Inactive Basic Hard Disk 0 VI a 4 Make Partition Logical Disk Map Change Cluster Size fan Siani Taaie fh Change Serial Number Change Partition ID H Local Disk C 39 9GB NTFS Downgrade NTFS version Sec Change SID Test Surface E Check File System Integrity gt NTs a Edit View Sectors S i Poste ay anne Men omer Properties Move or resize the sel Gs 3 Inthe opened dialog shift the edge of the partition to the right by the drag and drop technique While doing this free space from the partition will be released displayed in aqua green You can also do it manually by entering the exact size of free space Click the Yes button to continue Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Gro
21. 7 O No let me reconsider 6 That s basically it By clicking the Next button the wizard will start modifying your disk layout If you ve got to do with the system partition resize like we do in our case you will be asked to restart your computer in a special boot up mode to accomplish the operation So click the appropriate button to agree System restart is required to complete the operation What would pou like to do The operation Redistibute partitions needs exclusive access to the volume C and cannot be completed vathoul system restat Ate restart the operation wal continue m boot iree mode Do net turn off the computer until the operation Restart the computer Please confirm restart of pour computer The operahon vall be continued alter syetenn restart Ep Retry Manually close used files and retry the operation 7 Inthe Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out at the moment Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 115 Suboperation progress sfraracon ner W SOFTWARE GROUP Redistribute partitions E Work timedO 01 15 Time to finishoo 00 05 Done 0 77 Mb Read 72 Hb 4 0 Mb s All Mb Write 0 0 Hb 0 0 Mb s Overall progress Quick data moving Flushing syste buffers please wait Modifying drive t on hard disk 0 Checking parameters Scanning dir structure Scanning data structure may be a few minutes
22. Apply command to commit them and X Discard command to peimanently undo the changes You can view changes history via Views Changes command and temporary undo at redo the operation by means of iy Undo and Redo commands Dont show this notification again Common Tasks Bar The Common Tasks Bar is located on the left side of the main window It is intended for easy access to the program s wizards The bar contains several tabs named Basic Partitioning Tasks Advanced Partitioning Tasks Copy and Migration Tasks Backup Tasks Tools and News and Documentation Each of these contains a separate button bar which can be folded by clicking it Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 25 Basic Partitioning Tasks Iw d Express Create lt i Create Partition ef Format Partition Suir Delete Partition Starting the Express Create Partition Wizard to create an NTFS partition and make it ready for work Starting the Create Partition Wizard to create a partition of any file system Starting the Format Partition Wizard to format an existing partition to one of the file systems supported by the program Starting the Delete Partition Wizard to delete a partition of any file system Advanced Partitioning Tasks 5 SS Express Resize e lt j Merge Partitions amp Redistribute Free Space lt gt Undelete Partitions Starting the Express Resize Partitions Wizard to redistribute free space b
23. Backup Storage Our program supports basic present day techniques of storing backup images Let s take a closer look at them all to understand what kind of storage is able to provide better security e You can place a backup image to a local mounted partition Despite the fact that it is the most convenient way try not to use it You can delete your backup just by accident or lose it as a result of a hardware malfunction or a virus attack e You can place a backup image to an external mounted storage to provide for a higher level of data protection and system independence e You can place a backup image to a network drive to stand a better chance of success in case of a hard disk failure Moreover by storing it on a special purpose server you may be pretty sure nothing will happen to it Paragon Hot Processing amp Volume Shadow Copy Service Offline versus Online Data Processing In the course of time there have been developed various methods of data processing Despite different work concept all of them can be divided into two principal groups offline cold and online hot data processing techniques As the name infers offline data processing can only be accomplished when the data is in consistent state the operating system and all the applications are completely shut down Actually it is the most preferable way of image creation or data cloning since software can obtain an exclusive right to process data that guaranties high level of
24. Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD To retrieve valuable information from your hard disk and burn it to CD DVD when the system fails to boot please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment since it s the only mode that enables to burn CD DVD discs Ga Normal Mode Hain recovery Zi Safe Mode environment amp Low Graphics Safe Mode Gi Floppy disk Hard disk H MBER Sea Find es on your hard disks Loi By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 95 You can create delete and format hard disk Paragon Partition Manager partitions using Paragon Partition Manager which will start now Upon the start please select the drive and one of its partitions or its free space Then ativate the Partition pull down menu and select one of the File Transfer Wizard partitioning operations Restore Wizard Boot Corector Network Config
25. E Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev vi Local Disk E Q Unallocated 288 3GB NTFS 231 6 GB Volume size 274 790 514M8 f 101 MB 511 993 MB Free space before 0 97 MB Sf Obytes 511 891 43 MB Free space after 237 20152MB Obytes 511 083 61 MB Sector to sector move Select this option to move partition areas that dont contain any dats This slows you to keep the parttion s content after move exactly as t was but wil require more time d d The Move Resize dialog offers a number of additional parameters that can also be of help IO However here we pay attention to the most relevant to fulfill our task 4 Now you have a block of free space sufficient in size to hold a new partition Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Vista C Unallocated 158 7 GB NTFS 31 2 GB 5 Create a new partition to install Windows XP To do that please call the context menu for a newly created block of free space right click of the mouse button and launch the Create Partition dialog Are you sure you want to create a new partition on disk 0 Oe eee eee eee 18 3 GB area Please select size Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Primary partition hes 7 MB 18 834 MB MB 18 826 MB Please specify size of free space after the partition 0 0 MB 18 826 MB Please select file system for new partition NTFS ba Please enter new volu
26. Please agree to reboot your machine to make the program accomplish the operation in a special boot up mode 2 lrun 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 3 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 but only on a hard disk that uses the DOS partitioning scheme e According to the rules of the DOS partitioning scheme the following combinations of partitions cannot be created Two Extended Partitions on one hard disk Five or more Primary partitions on one hard disk If there is an Extended Partition on the disk only three Primary partitions are allowed 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 4 cannot copy a partition There can be a number of reasons for that Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 129 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 5 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 The prog
27. Remove Drive Letter Remove drive letter for the selected partition Hide Partition Make the selected partition unavailable for the operating system Unhide Partition Make the selected partition available for the operating system Mark Partition as Active Make the selected partition bootable by default Mark Partition as Inactive Make the selected partition non bootable by default Change Volume Label Change volume label of the selected partition Make Partition Primary Make the selected partition Primary Make Partition Logical Make the selected partition Logical Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 23 Test Surface Test surface of the selected partition block of free space Check File System Check the selected partition for possible file system errors Integrity View sectors of the selected partition Properties Get in depth information on the properties of selected partition Layouts Manage the Launcher layout with several predefined profiles Toolbar Manage the Tool Bar representation show hide standard and navigation buttons text labels and large icons Disk Map Location Select whether the Disk Map will be located on the top of the main window or at the bottom Help Open the Help system you can also do it by pressing F1 Open the dialog with information about the program The Main Menu contents available at the moment may vary depending on the selected object Tool
28. VS Are you sure you wani to create a new partition on disk 37 You are about to create a new partition in Unallocated 19 9 GB area Please select size position and file system of the new partition Basic Hard Lask 3 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Laisk Dev Gresie new partion a Please specty new partion size 2679 gt 7 ME 20 479 MB Please specify sire of free space before the partition O OMB 20 465 MB Please specify size of free space mier the partition 0 OME 20 472 MB Please select file system for mew partition NTFS Please enter new woturne label Hew Volume Please specify chive letter H el co 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 A N that just car
29. an existing pemary partition to instal OS In case creahon of a new primary partibon it not possible there are already four primary partitions on the disk ot not desirable you are tree to select any of existing pimay partitions Please note that all data on the selected partition wil be deleted d you choose to format it later in this wizard Besides make sure no operating system has already been installed on that partion Loi Only primary partitions can be used to install an operating system In case the first option has been marked the wizard enables to specify A hard disk if several where a new partition will be created Thanks to an advanced program engine it is possible to use unallocated space of the disk if any and unused space of existing partitions to create a new partition On thes page you can choose a hand dek if several where pou would like to cleate a new pimay partion Basic Hard Disk O Maxtor 7Y250P0 ee ssi i i s s S aC TTo ee ee ee 1349 CERTES Batic Hard Disk 1 T 3160815345 ge ger Bo 13 WM 3 4 GE NTFS be GE NTFS To avoid any possible problems the new partition will in no way be created as the first partition of the disk which already contains at least one partition And its size If there are blocks of the free space on the disk the wizard will merge them all and allocate the resulted space for a new partition in the first place If not it will take 50
30. enables to securely re partition your hard disk resize an existing HFS partition to create a separate partition for Windows and then launch the installation process With Boot Camp all the necessary drivers will be at your disposal Moreover after Windows has been installed it will serve as a boot manager to choose what operating system to start up It is strongly recommended not to modify the hard disk configuration with Windows Disk Manager Otherwise it may lead to unexpected consequences right up to BSOD and IO inability to boot in Windows XP Vista Please use our program to correctly update both MBR and GPT Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 18 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 allocation 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
31. f Temmer eegen Create Partition Create a new partition and set its properties t a Migration as Backup and Rescue Delete Partition Delete existing partition and all data 2 contains ES Boot Management Resize Partitions DN kl Move border of adjacent partitions of the same type both logical or both primary to redistribute space between them Note this wizard covers only basic resize scenarios f resize operation cant be camied out with Boress Resize Wizard z please switch to Partition Manager man launcher right cick on a partition you Q Partition Manager would like to resize and select Move Resize Parttion Merge Partitions Support Contacts Merge two adjacent parttions with the same file system and the same type pamary to primary or logical to logical To start up the traditional Launcher please click the Partition Manager button and then Partition Manager To know more on how to handle the product s interface and accomplish typical operations Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 13 please consult the Windows Components chapter Booting from the Linux DOS Recovery Media The Linux DOS recovery environment can be used to boot your computer into Linux or PTS DOS to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes It also has the PTS DOS safe mode which may help in a number of non standard situations such as interfering hardware settings or serious problems on the
32. hardware level In this case only basic files and drivers such as hard disk drivers a monitor driver and a keyboard driver will be loaded Startup To start working with the Linux DOS recovery environment please take the following steps 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive 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 a boot mode you need Normal Safe Low Graphics Safe in the Boot menu By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 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 Boot menu The Boot menu contains the following commands cn Normal Mode Hain recovery amp Safe Mode environment Low Graphics Safe Mode Gi Floppy disk Hard disk H HBR Ga Find OSes on your hard disks e Normal Mode Boot into the Linux normal mode This mode uses the full set of drivers recommended e Safe Mode Boot into the PTS DOS mode This mode can be used as an alternative of the Linux normal mode if it fails to work properly e Low Graphics Safe Mode Boot into the PTS DOS safe mode In this case on
33. it to another hard disk when the system fails to boot please do the following 1 Connect the second hard disk to the computer 2 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive d To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 3 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe mode to cope with a serious hardware Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 92 incompatibility In this case only the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu Hain recovery Zi Safe Mode environment amp Low Graphics Safe Mode amp Floppy disk Hard disk H MBER amp Find OSes on your hard disks By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 4 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well SS You can create delete and format hard disk Paragon Partition Manager partitions using Paragon Partition Manag
34. 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 System 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 131 H
35. of the unused space of an adjacent partition However the size to take can be customized by moving the slider You can select ether block of unallocated space from the desk or an erning parbtion foe wech the unused Space wall be weed lo create 4 new parhhon Basic Hard Disk O Maxtor 7r 250P0 H 0 51 668 Net New volume curent size i 51 6 GB Min Volume Size O Bytes E Wac Volume Spe 156 5 GB In case the second option has been marked the wizard enables to choose an existing primary partition to install a new operating system Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 64 On this page pou can choose an esasting primary partition where pou would like to instal a new operating system Basic Hard Disk 0 Maxtor 7Y250P0 gee go 163 3 GB NTFS 20 2Gp Basic Hard Disk 1 ST3160815AS Ri e BS 63 4 GB NTFS 66 GB NTFS Your computer may fail if any other OS has already been installed on the selected partition e Partition properties Tes want to fonmat the partition Partition type eut y sign be followeng dre lether EECH Surface t st levet Nowe Partition type From the pull down list select the desired file system type In fact the program displays only file systems that can be correctly placed to the selected partition taking its capacity into account Drive letter assignment The pull down list contains vacant drive letters that can be associated with the newly
36. operating efficiency However the offline data processing is absolutely out of question when dealing with 24 7 production environments In contrast online data processing enables to create a consistent snapshot even as the data is currently modified It is particularly useful for systems with high availability requirements but it won t be accomplished until all active transactions are complete The point is to provide a coherent state of all open files and databases involved in a process taking into account that applications may still keep writing to disks As a result an online data processing cannot boast high operating speed Our program supports both offline and online methods of data processing As far as online method is concerned it offers its own hot processing algorithm together with the possibility to use snapshot technologies provided by the Microsoft VSS framework Paragon Hot Processing Technology Paragon Hot Processing is an online copy backup technology for Windows NT family operating systems Developed back in 2001 nowadays it is integrated with all copy backup solutions offered by the company Paragon Hot Processing is not exactly a snapshot technology though it has much in common with it During an online copy backup the program uses the kernel mode driver HOTCORE SYS to intercept and control disk write activity of applications and the operating system The hotcore driver as an integral part of the program is installed duri
37. 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 located 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 add
38. 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 44 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 There are several ways to start the Copy Partition Wizard Express Launcher e Click the Copying and Migration button and then select Copy Partition Launcher e Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Copy Partition e On the Common Tasks Bar click the Copy Partition item of the Wizards menu e Inthe Toolbar click the Copy Partition button 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 Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev P Local Disk EC 4595 9GB NTFS Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev i Local Disk E
39. 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 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 can 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 develope
40. seirissirenaissrocsnesir aanre E E N ET Eia 19 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Tiger 19 EENEG 30 Gettin Information On DISKS sssini sonin A A E 38 D ta BACK and RE TT 39 CODY TaS KS onani E a sceweacanven cues 41 BOOt Management esseri NEE 45 PAGEILION REINER GIN EE 46 Hard DISK Management EE 69 Extra FUNCTION UA EE 70 elle Re EN E 77 BACKUP E EE 77 He eg ET EE 82 RESIZE SCCM AMOS aren E es aaueasdaueuedssvadsenncueses 101 Creating BEE ee ee EE 115 System Migration Scenarios cscs EE EN 125 Hard Uerde 127 Tree EE 128 MOS SAV oo cate EE 130 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Introduction Paragon Partition Manager Personal is an integrated set of powerful tools that is specially designed to tackle most of the problems the user might face while using PC A highly intelligent program engine together with built in advanced recovery facilities make it possible to securely carry out partitioning operations of any complexity optimize performance of NTFS and FAT file systems migrate the system to another hard disk etc without fear to lose precious data 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 Partition M
41. space 1GB Sectors per cluster 8 Activity Inactive Hidden state Not hidden Create ant e of the ical disk Back up all the data thes logical disk contains al Restore the logical disk from an image Warning This operation wil delete all the data on this logical disk and replace them from the image you have chosen You may also be asked to restart your computer during this operation Copy the selected partition amp Create a copy of the partition A new partition wil be created and all the data vail be copied there You cari create an exact copy of copy only the area thal is occupied by data When you select a small sized bar i e corresponding to a logical disk the Explorer Bar will display information on it as well The page title will contain a drive letter which is assigned to the disk The disk layout graph will be colored in accordance with the volume ratio of the used space to the free space the light colored sector The table on the right will contain the following information e Volume label if available e Type of the logical disk e File system represented by the color of the graph and the selected bar e Total size used space and free space in GB or MB Below there is a list of wizards which may be called for this disk All default values of parameters will correspond to the disk settings Data Backup and Rescue In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to establish a reliable data protecti
42. space donor The wizard wil resize space between Local Disk C and New Volume E on Basic Hard Disk 0 Select left partition fom a pair of adjacent partitions you would like to resize Right sdiacent partition wil be selected automaticaly Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev SI New Volume E 460 3GB NTFS If you ve got more than two partitions on your hard disk and a partition you need to increase is surrounded by other partitions you ve got the choice to choose which partition will act as a space donor Just click on the left partition of the pair as the right one will be selected automatically 4 Increase size of the system partition with the slider or manually by entering the required value Please note when you change size of one partition the size of the other will be changed as well thus redistributing the unused space between the partitions Piesse specty new sizes of selected partitions Selected part of Basic Hard Disk D VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev ei New Volume E E 450 38 NTFS Left volume size Foto volume size 40624MB MB j 471368 MP ei MB 5 On the next page of the wizard you need to confirm the operation by selecting the appropriate option The Wizard has not applied your changes yet On this page you can either accept or reconsider the changes Please note that d you sccect the changes the Wizard wil physically pecan al the neccessary operations an
43. the opened dialog shift the edge of the partition to the right thus increasing its size Are you sure you want to move resize system volume C You are about to move resize NTFS volume No label C Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev vi Local Disk C 158 7GB NTFS Volume sze 162 547 31 MB ll 11 690 MB 162 548 MB Free space before 0 97 ME ll Obytes 150 868 20 MB Free space after 0 Bytes ll Obytes 150 960 29 MB Sector to sector move Select this option to move partion areas that dont contain any data This allows you to keep the parttion s content Ser move exactly as t was but wil require more time 13 Apply all introduced changes By default our 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 110 Sy Apply pending changes Do not show this message again Yes No 14 The program will require the system restart to accomplish the operation in a special boot up mode Click the appropriate button to agree Shrinking a system partition to increase size of a data partition Let s assume you ve got two partitions on your hard disk the first one takes about 40 of all the disk space and is exclusively used for Vista 64 bit while the second servers as a data storage O
44. the required operating system OS label Windows xP 7 The program will carry out all the necessary operations and then automatically restart the computer to initiate the installation process 8 Install Windows XP on the newly created partition We won t go into details as for its installation as you can find all the necessary information in documentation that comes with the product However to avoid any problems we consider it necessary to draw your attention on the following issues Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 117 You need a bootable distributive CD of Windows XP to install it To automatically start your computer from this CD make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD first or press F12 during startup to select a bootable device Do not forget to select the newly created partition as destination Wm Lk ka e eg ail Riet rh Lt Leal Leo H the SLEI LE MR IW HROM K Ws e 2 wem A SSES TE WE pe Oe SE d lo ee up Windows AP on the P F a L D D ra re IFC IC lon 9 So if everything is OK you ve got to have by this moment Windows XP successfully installed Your Windows Vista however is still non bootable To fix this issue you need to launch the Boot Manager Setup wizard To do that please install our program once again but this time in Windows XP to activate Boot Manager 10 Click Boot Management and then select Boot Manager in the Express Launch
45. to the disk Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 30 e Volume label if available e Type of the logical disk e File system represented by the color of the graph and the selected bar e Total size used space and free space in GB or MB Besides you can modify practically any partition property by clicking on the required value Legend Bar The Legend Bar explains the color scheme used for disk and partition presentation You can hide or show the bar with the appropriate Main Menu item View gt Disk Map Legend When it is activated it can be found at the bottom of the Explorer Bar The program distinguishes between the following types of known file systems FAT16 32 NTFS Linux Ext2 3 4 Linux ReiserFS Apple HFS Status Bar This is the bottom part of the main window The Status Bar displays menu hints for each item the cursor points to The user can hide or show the bar with the appropriate Main Menu item View gt Status Bar Settings Overview The Settings dialog is available from the Main Menu Tools gt 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 To get a detailed description to any setting control or field of the program just click the IO hint button and then the ob
46. using Paragon Partition Manager which will stant now Upon the start please select the drive and one of its partitions or its free space Then activate the Partition pull down menu and select one of the File Transfer Wizard partitioning operations Restore Wizard Boot Conector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Start the command line Eject CD DVD Reboot the computer Power off 6 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 7 On the What to Restore page click the standard browse button to find the required archive When done double click on it to select Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 90 Select archive 8 On the Image Properties page make sure that you select the correct image by viewing the provided information about the archive Basic Disk 0 Size 112 Gb Primary FAT 16 200 Mb 15 0 Mb Primary Apple HES SA 6b 14 2 Gb leopard NTFS 6 6 Gb 10 9 Gb No label Image of the hard disk 9 052 8d leo_vistafleo_vista pbi 2008 May 29 Thd 21 16 51 To cominue resio process click Next 9 Onthe next page specify a hard disk to restore the image to Basic Disk D VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive Bask Disk 1 2A 279Gb o L NTFS otfs4backup NTFS 4bp Bask Disk 0 Model VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive Size 112 Gb N Volume Type File System Size vol
47. 16 and FAT32 file systems Set the number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this spinner control e The amount of root entries This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 file system Set the maximum amount of files directories to be placed in the Root Directory on the FAT16 partition e The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control A N Number of available options depends on the selected file system type Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition Available operation scenarios e Creating a new partition to detach operating system from the rest of data 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 NTFS Ext2 Ext3 Ext4 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 52 Linux Swap v 2 This operation can be accomplished either with the Format Partition Wizard or the Format Partition Dialog Wizard Startup There are several ways to start the Format Partition Wizard Express Launcher e Click the Partitioning button and then select F
48. 2 Hb 4 0 Mb s ALL OD Mb Write 0 0 Hb 0 0 Mb s Overall progress P n _ Se E e ee Le Ze ee Ke Ce Quick data moving Flushing system buffers please wait Hodifying drive t on hard disk 0 Checking parameters Scanning dir structure Scanning data structure may be a few mirutes step 1 step 2 jo not reset or turn off your computer to avoid the data loss Iperation in progress press ESC or Ctrl C to interrupt operation After completing the operation your computer will be automatically restarted back to Windows where you can see that your system partition is bigger now Increasing size of a system partition by taking unused space from any other Let s assume you ve got several partitions on your 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 one of your partitions has a plenty of redundant space That s just enough to make your system partition suffer no more To increase size of a system partition by taking unused space from any other on disk partition please do the following Express Launcher Click the Partition Manager button and then Partition Manager 1 In the main window select the required hard disk if several on the Disk Map Copyright 1994
49. All rights reserved 75 Launcher 1 Select a hard disk partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the View Sectors dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Select in the Main Menu Partition Hard Disk gt View Sectors Call the popup menu for the selected partition hard disk right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item View Sectors Edit sectors on Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dew Curent sectoria Oof 1 048 575 995 Please select sector number 0 d WR OO CO Sy NG BB OxOO00000000 33 3a pu A os J OxO000000010 D fo Ei i E D4 OD 1 oepfh Ea Ox0000000020 Ed 07 80 7 a r l A OxOoOO00000030 ei 46 L 10 OO ASI V UEF EE Oe0000000040 ba i L 0 55 l An U r Uiu OxOQ000000050 EF 10 DU 3 00 7 A t pF t Ox00000000680 26 i EE 76 O08 i 00 68 OO amp fh Le bh h OxO000000070 Fe 42 fa 56 0 IR bh BN Gi Ox0000000080 J 83 l ic fa 56 A e aal F OxOOO0000090 Fa r 6 le fi e MN nf tes hb Ox00000000A0 de a D H W le OxO0000000BO0 55 i Sa 55 U s vgl Je bn Ox00000000C0 aa 7 a amp Junyv uo Hed GE di gt BD fF ep amp e Be el yed u Ox00000000EO Oo0 li i j a af f Au T Ox00000000F0 43 1 D fc 66 63 0 0 CPAu o e fb va Ox0000000100 O0 bh 66 53 66 Eh Eh ESE O 0000000110 53 G D 7c 00 SEUEh Dh TI De 00DD0D0D1L 20 61 68 T i OO cd ab TI Z e
50. Bar The Toolbar provides fast access to the most frequently used operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Create an image of a hard disk or partition Resize two adjacent partitions Copy a hard disk Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 24 Defragment the selected partition Open the Help system 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 Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations OQ Display the List of Pending Operations Wl Launch the real execution of virtual operations x Cancel all virtual operations on the List of 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 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 There are unsaved changes Please use ay
51. Basic Disk 0 40 0 Gb Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 84 7 After the operation is completed click the Report button to see a well informative summary page The program also enables to store the resulted report To do that just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog TIREE 3 Reporting You have successtully completed boot correction To view the repon on the operations performed click Report Report Report Paragon Boot Corrector s Repon Operations penormed Operation 1 Correct ihe Master Boot Record Hard disk targeted Basic Disk 0 Stas Successful Date and Time 2009 Jan 14 Wed 140109 8 Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector 9 Reboot the computer Fixing Windows startup ability Let s assume that due to an unknown reason your Windows fails to complete the startup procedure At first everything seems quite OK you can see the standard startup messages on the screen but at some moment it hangs up To fix your Windows startup ability please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Lin
52. Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 126 Select a target hard disk All data from the source hard disk will be copied there During copy operation target Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual 5 Al Msk Dev E ei Local Disk C 499 9 GB NTFS Basic Hard Disk 2 VMware nen RRR I ae chives Da t Backup Capsule J 9GB NTFS Ml 38 GE a Unallo b eem Hard Disk 3 VMware VMware Virtual SCSI Disk Dech 499 5 GE During the operation all contents of the destination disk will be deleted 7 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 Besides we recommend you to enable the surface test to make sure your new hard disk is flawless Choose copy options that sut best your task Copy options HDD raw copy Partitions raw copy Perform incremental copy Resize options Remove free blocks between partitions relative order intact Tip This can be very convenient when migrating to a larger hard disk Mark the checkbox to proportionally change the size of parttions while keeping ther 8 On the Revise Copy Results page review all parameters of the operation Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Eiere eon Si See FES ThE ARS EES mi 5 A Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Local Disk Local Di E Veo d 173 GB FA
53. D DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Inthe Linux launch menu select Partition Manager Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 123 a You can create delete and format hard disk Paragon Partition Manager partitions using Paragon Partition Manager which will start mow Upon the start please inet Me sp select the drive and one of its partitions or its Restore Wizard free space Then ativate the Partition pulldown menu and select one of the File Transfer Wizard partitioning operations Boot Corector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Start the command line Eject CD DVD Reboot the computer Power off amp CH Li a S E 3 Inthe main window select your non bootable Windows partition on the Disk Map Bask Disk O VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive 250 Gb D HTFS Wists l I Model VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive Size 250 Gb 1 ZE A Bask Disk O See 250 Gb DG Primary NTFS 200 Gb 17Gb 199 Gb Vista 1 D Primary FAT3 497Gb M9Mb 496Gb No labeqj 4 Unhide the partition by calling the context menu for it right click of the mouse button and then selecting Unhide Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 124 ud Disk O Size 40 0 GB F weree 9 GE 16 7 GB Back
54. DOS launch menu appears It has nearly the same functionality as for the Normal mode except the Network Configurator and Log Saver commands Besides due to certain limitations of the PTS DOS environment there is no possibility to burn CD DVD discs Low Graphics Safe Mode When the Low Graphics mode is selected the PTS DOS launch menu appears It has the same functionality and looks similar to the Safe mode but graphically simpler You can create delete and Simple Restore Wizard format hard disk partitions fa File Transfer Wizard using this program which E Boot Corrector will start now e Upon the start please W Start the command line select the drive and one of S Reboot the computer its partitions or its free space Then activate the Partition pull down menu and select one of the partitioning operations 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 and Data Protection The data protection issue is a growing cause of worrying for more and more people today Indeed it is hardly to find a person who will be particularly happy when all precious information on the hard disk is irreversible lost as a result of its malfunction So how this tragedy can be prevented Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 16
55. Es Master Boot Record MBR F GP Local Disk E Primary E BS Loca Der Primary CS Local Disk Primary P Boca Disk 4 Een an F fFF Basic Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev intemal Hard Disk Driv p 4 On the Backup Destination page select the Save data to local network drives option There are several ways the Wizard can store your data Please select how would you like to save the Burn the data to CD or DVD 5 Map a network disk to place your backup image to Call the Map Network Drive dialog by clicking the appropriate button Select a folder where archive should be placed and specify archive name Archive name wil be used as 5 Archive location C arc_030909071551273 SW SX e Click the standard browse button to browse for the required network share or manually enter a path to it Define a letter from the pull down list of available drive letters Mark the checkbox to make this connection permanent Otherwise it will only be available for the current Windows session Click the Connect as user button at the foot of the dialog page to specify a user name and password to access the selected network share if necessary 6 Edit the archive name if necessary Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 79 Please specify the archive name Archive name wil be used as 8 subfolder where backup data fies wal be stored Archive details Archive
56. Letter dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Assign Drive Letter Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Assign Drive Letter 3 Specify a drive letter for the selected partition Initially the program suggests some consistent value for this parameter So you may just press the Yes button to confirm the operation Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 73 E Assign a drive letter This allows access to the volume by using the dive letter assigned The assignment is not recommended the volume contains a fie system not supported by your operating system Assign the folowing dive letter DAM 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 Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Remove Drive Letter dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Remove Drive Letter Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Remove Drive Letter 3 The operat
57. O07 NTFS NTFS wersion 3 01 Partition size 35 9 G8 Led space 5 6 GE Free space 31 368 Activity Yes c Jen state No i Kc Ac E a Hezi e Pari Cun il z A l ommon el i Partition List e pl e i Local Disk C F Basie Hard Cisk D VMware VMware Virtual SCSI Disk Dev E loca Disk CH JEA Volume letter Gi SS Primary Local Disk C Disk Map 39 9GB NTFS mmm mors 8 mm 8 sm M PE Opec 8 d 1 Main Menu 2 Tool Bar 3 Virtual Operations Bar 4 Common Tasks Bar 5 Explorer Bar 6 Disk Map 7 Partition List 8 Properties Bar Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 21 9 Legend Bar 10 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 All panels are separated by vertical and horizontal expandable sliders allowing the user to customize the screen layout Main Menu The Main Menu provides access to the entire functionality of the program The available functions are as listed below Recovery Media Builder Restore the system even when the current operating system cannot boot anymore Settings Edit the general settings of the program Undo the last virtual Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations operat
58. OS based recovery environment To use the Linux DOS recovery environment on your computer it doesn t matter what operating system is installed please make sure that it meets the following minimum system requirements e IBM AT compatible computer with i486 or higher CPU e 256 MB of RAM e SVGA compatible monitor e Mouse recommended Additional requirements There may be additional requirements if you want to use advanced features e Network card to send retrieve data to from a network computer Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 11 e Recordable CD DVD drive to burn data to compact discs e External USB hard drive to store backup data Installation As we have already mentioned only Windows components of the product require installation So to install Paragon Partition Manager Personal under Windows please do the following 1 Run Setup Application Click on the MSI file This application will guide you through the process of the program installation The setup utility is compiled with the InstallShield SDK hence it contains the standard user interface and set of installation steps In case there is some previous version of the program installed on the computer the IO program will offer the user to uninstall it first 2 Starting Setup The Welcome page informs that the application is being installed Click the Next button to continue 3 Confirm License Agreement The License Agreement page di
59. Paragon Boa ake Heinrich von Stephan Str 5c 79100 Freiburg Germany Zraraeen PARAGON Technologie GmbH Systemprogrammierung Tel 49 0 761 59018201 Fax 49 0 761 59018130 Internet www paragon software com Email sales paragon software com Partition Manager Personal User Manual Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Contents IEG OGUCTION sicui E E 4 What s New in Partition Manager Personal ssesessssesessecescecescecessecesoscecosoesescesesoesesoecesoecessecoecesoesesoeseeseseeo 4 Product geld let VC 4 Features OVETVICW ge 5 KEV TEE 5 leese de une et 7 Supported File Systeme EE 7 S pporned E eh EE 8 G ttine E ln e BEE 8 Distribution EE 8 Contacting Paragon Technology GMDH cccsccccscscsccecscsccccccscsccccecscscescecscscescecscncescecscncescccecsceseccecscscesess 10 System E Hen E 10 JUL Te WEE 11 IPSC Sta toi E cadena twcewesnst duns E ausaiuamesedareduaacssvecwenss aunausssicohsnaaunacsseeevusns ailesups eussenminaene 12 Booting from the Linux DOS Recovery Media cssscssscsssssscssccssecescnscccsccecccsscesesescesceseseseseccusesessssscussees 13 Basie EE EE 15 System ana Data Protection EE 15 Paragon Hot Processing amp Volume Shadow Copy Service csscscsccccscsceccccscsccccccscsceccccscsceccccscscscesescecsces 16 GPT VERSUS E 17 Apple Boot Cain EE 17 GA DIT SUD MONE EE 18 CODY el Le EE 18 Drive PartitiOniNE EE 18 WINGOWS COMPONENTS
60. S Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev R vi Local Disk 499 9 GB NTFS Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev d Unallocated Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 56 As a result of this operation contents of the selected partition will be lost e Merge free blocks As a result of the operation you may get several blocks of the unallocated space on the hard disk So choose whether to merge them all and place at the beginning of the disk or at the end by selecting the required operation from the pull down list Merge free blocks options i LAD TS ee Tee OCAS K LP fe Le aa DREI ki TP E kL ME ee DOCS E De em oe ee Dialog Setup Initially the program suggests you just to remove references to the selected partition from the Partition Table E Are you sure you want to delete volume F You are about to delete volume F No label NTFS Your computer may no longer boot or work correctly d Do not ask volume label next time 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 option 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
61. T32 EE 20568 NTFS 71 6GE Proportional resize the copy wal take 500 GB 100 of target disk space Min Copy Size 627 5 MB Max Copy Size 500GB Ben tannin al dan lk tele ED Gon ESTO E EEES eke eas anda partitions 9 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 127 Ki Apply pending changes Do not show this message again Yes No 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 Hard Disk Optimization To defragment an NTFS or FAT partition please do the following Launcher You must have administrator s privileges to accomplish defragmentation of the system partition 1 Click the Partition Manager button and then Partition Manager in the Express Launcher 2 Inthe main window select a partition you want to defragment on the Disk Map Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev New Volume F 341 2GB NTFS Total size 158 7 GB S Disk Dev Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware Used 11 4 GB Local Disk Ei Free 147 3 GB cated 268 3GB NTFS 2316GE 3 Launch the Defragment Partition dialog by calling the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button and then selecting the menu item Defragment Partition Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Dis
62. Up Partition II greng geng Burn Partition on CD or DVD NM l Restore Partition AHR Copy Partition Altec Format Partition Alt F Delete Partition Alt D Move Resiz Partition Alt f Convert File System Unmount Set inactive Modify i Change Cluster Size Test Surface Change Volume Label Change Serial Number Check File System Integrity Change Partition ID Edit View Sectors Change SID Browse Partition Make logical Properties Defragmentation Navigate through TAB and Mere with 5 Only for the Windows XP Windows Vista scenario you need to make the system partition active as well by calling the context menu for it right click of the mouse button and then selecting Set Active a eT VU Rm Ee Taom H NR Ti Format Partition Alt F Delete Partition AltD Mowe Resize Partition Alt 2 Canvert File System UnAmount Set active Modify Change Cluster Size Change Volume Label Change Serial Number Change Partition ID Change SID Test Surface Check File System Integrity EditView Sectors Make logical DN ennen PHa rt iiir os 6 You will be notified after the operations are completed Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 125 Operations list Suboperation progress 1 Sei partition flags LOTT Operation progress JILLLLLLLLLLLLULLLLLLLLLEULLLLEULLLLELL
63. a locaton you want to save the archive to Burn data to CD DVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to burn the data t CO or OVO You will be prompted to choose a CD or DND RW drive 8 On the Choose a Recorder page select a recorder from the list of available devices and then set a volume label by entering it in the appropriate field Select A recorder to burn data to vendor Product Type Optiarc 9 Onthe Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 10 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Operations list Suboperation progress 1 Transfer user data Pd Operation progress TITITITITITIIT O O O Time elapsed 00 00 07 Time to finish 00 00 16 Copied sofar 5 0 Mb To copy 12 0 Mb Overall progress Creating compilation image Used burner DVD RWAD 71704 Vendor Optiarc Session opening Data burning 11 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 12 Turn off the computer Copying of data from a backup to the corrupted system partition The system fails to boot since some files are damaged If you have a backup of the system partition you can recopy these files to make the system be operable again 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software G
64. a while applications keep writing to original volumes Unlike Paragon Hot Processing the VSS technology provides a unique possibility to make a synchronous snapshot of multiple volumes This very feature can be particularly beneficial when backing up active SQL Server 2003 Exchange 2003 or Oracle databases located on multiple volumes the way it is recommended by Microsoft to improve the level of database performance and reliability thus providing 100 percent data consistency To use VSS it is necessary to have a mounted 300 MB NTFS partition GPT versus MBR GUID Partition Table GPT is the next generation of a hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MBR Being a part of the Extensible Firmware Interface EFI standard proposed by Intel to replace the outdated PC BIOS it offers a number of crucial benefits Up to 128 primary partitions for the Windows implementation only 4 in MBR e The maximum allowed partition size is 18 exabytes only 2 terabytes in MBR e More reliable thanks to replication and cyclic redundancy check CRC protection of the partition table e A well defined and fully self identifying partition format data critical to the platform operation is located in partitions but not in un partitioned or hidden sectors as this is the case with MBR Apple Boot Camp Boot Camp is a special utility to help you set up a dual boot system Mac OS X and 32 bit Windows XP Vista on Intel based Macs It
65. 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 Hot Backup technology to back up locked partitions and hard disks under Windows NT family operating systems providing both high operating efficiency as well as low hardware requirements 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 BTE technology to set tasks for execution in the Windows blue screen mode thus saving from the need to use a bootable media when modifying system partitions 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 b
66. ackup solution vendors on the market it is based on a snapshot technology concept 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 File Systems e Full read write access to FAT16 FAT32 partitions e Full read write access to NTFS under Windows 95 98 ME Linux and PTS DOS Compressed NTFS files are also supported e Full read write access to Ext2FS Ext3FS Ext4FS partitions under all versions of Windows DOS 5 0 and later e Limited read write access to Apple HFS partitions Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 8 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 up to 1 5 TB tested IDE SCSI and SATA hard disks CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW DVD R DVD R double layer and also Blu ray discs FireWire i e IEEE1394 USB 1 0 USB 2 0 hard disks 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 Distribution Paragon Partition Manager Personal is distributed in two ways e Boxed package from Paragon Technology GmbH and res
67. all it will remain readable Just click on the arrow icon on the top right side of the Disk Map to select the desired scaling type EEE Linear Linear Scaling Min Width ae el line Ets i a Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 27 Disk Map is synchronized with the Explorer Bar Thus by selecting a disk on the Disk Map the Explorer Bar will automatically display detailed information on it _ The drag and drop functionality is not available when the logarithmic type of the disk layout is selected Explorer Bar The Explorer Bar is located in the center of the main window which emphasizes its importance The bar displays reference information including e The help system e General information on the product including its name version and a list of helpful links e Detailed information about disks selected on the Disk Map e Volume Explorer utility According to these categories the Explorer Bar has several tabs e Disk View which offers the user the following options Partition List to get a clear cut picture of the current state of the system hard disks partitions Volume Explorer to browse and export contents of the selected partition hard disk Properties to view detailed information on the selected partition hard disk in the bright graphical form You can switch between these three components by clicking tabs on the left side of the IO Explorer Bar e Help which conta
68. anager Personal e The latest Linux kernel to enjoy support of a wider range of hardware configurations including the brand new Intel ICH9 chipset e More flexibility for online data processing techniques to provide for easier configuration for both Paragon Hot Processing and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS e Better support for 64 bit platforms to reboot your computer to one of the three special modes Windows native Linux or DOS to automatically complete operations which cannot be accomplished under 64 bit Windows e Better support for GUID Partition Table GPT to back up and restore not only single GPT volumes but entire disks including the option of resize during the restore operation e Better support for the Apple Boot Camp Configuration with the option not only to back up and restore this kind of configurations but to copy single volumes or entire disks with resize e Better support for Linux ExtFS starting from Ext2FS up to the brand new Ext4FS Product Components In order to cope with different tasks the product contains several components e 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 e Linux DOS based recovery environment is a multi platform bootable media that enables to run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS and tha
69. and system independence Backup to a network drive to stand a better chance of success in case of a hard disk failure Restore Facilities e Restore an entire disk separate partitions or only files you need from the previously created backup image A N Restore Wizard is only available for the Linux DOS bootable recovery environment Copy Facilities 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 Copy functionality can also be used as an alternative way of data protection Boot Management Facilities e Boot Manager Setup Wizard to easily manage several operating systems on one computer Partition Hard Disk Management Facilities e Basic functions for initializing partitioning and formatting hard disks create format delete Instead of the standard Windows disk tools the program supports all popular file systems Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved e Express Create Partition Wizard to create a new partition in the most appropriate place of a hard disk format it to NTFS and then make it available in the system by assigning a drive letter 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 increas
70. arate primary partition If this is the case you can do your job either with the Install New OS Wizard a specially designed tool for that or traditionally with a number of the corresponding wizards and dialogs Install New OS Wizard This scenario implies that operating systems will be installed on different partitions to provide better security and system independence Express Launcher 1 Click Boot Management and then select Install New OS in the Express Launcher 2 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 116 3 Select the appropriate option to create a new primary partition on your hard disk LA M Af P LEI P A e f Whare would you like to instal an operating system Lues e a mes e D e i wart to create a new pimay patton to instal OS A new partition will be created by using unallocated space of your hard disk or unused space of mdsting m D e E Le H en partitions tt is the most preferable way as no system or user s data wil be affected during the installatic process mee ee t mm mmm r As Wark 10 use an wdsing G panton to mata U5 case creabon of a new pamary partion is not poss ble there are already four pamary partitions on the or mot desirable you are free to select any of existing pamary partitions Please note that al dats on NW een ass 4 Bont a ad i ed 3 i selected patton wil be deleted f you choose to fo
71. are always going to take longer to search than smaller volumes and an operating system is going to have its work cut out both finding and organizing files It is for this reason that many people decide to invest in multiple hard drives but there is an easy solution drive partitioning Partitioning lets you divide a single physical drive into a number of logical drives each of which servers as a container with its own drive letter and volume label thus enabling the Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 19 operating system to process data more efficiently Besides partitioning makes it possible to organize data so that It is easy to find and manage You can set aside for instance 40 GB of a 160 GB hard drive for the OS 70 GB for storing video and another 50 GB for your favorite music collections to provide transparent data storage It is also worth mentioning to that with a hard drive properly partitioned such routine operations as files de fragmentation or consistency check will not be that annoying and time consuming any more By detaching the OS from the rest of the data you can tackle one more crucial issue in case of a system malfunction you can get the system back on track in minutes by recovering it from a backup image located on the other partition of the hard drive But that is not all drive partitioning may be used for If you are willing to play games in Windows while browsing the Internet in L
72. 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 There are several ways to get properties on a partition hard disk Launcher 1 Choose a partition hard disk on the Disk Map then select in the Main Menu Partition Hard Disk gt Properties 2 Call the popup menu for the selected partition hard disk right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Properties Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved em General File System info Advanced Local Disk C No label NTFS Primary 499 9GB 536 968 814 848 Bytes 1 048 571 904 Sectors gt 9368 1 10 016 497 664 Bytes 19 563 472 Sectors 490 6 GB 99 526 852 317 184 Bytes 1 029 008 432 Sectors In the opened dialog information will be grouped according to its properties thus by clicking tabs you can get information you need Volume Explorer Volume Explorer is a special tool to browse and export contents of the local mounted unmounted volumes formatted to FAT16 FAT32 NTFS Ext2FS Ext3FS ReiserFS file systems Besides it enables to access Paragon backups as regular folders to explo
73. copied to the destination you wil choose on the next page Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev q 9 Local Disk EC 4999 GE NIFS DEE Z4GEBNIFS 4 3 22436 ve L m w MP bb P od U Q Local Disk E 8 Lod Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI D e The 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 Al data from the source hard disk wil be copied there During copy operation target disk cortert wil be deleted Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Bl o Local Disk C 400 GAA TEC wf sl eg La Niro Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev L e Copy parameters The wizard enables to specify the following options Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 43 Choose copy options that sult best your task Copy options HOD raw copy Pattons raw copy Perform incremental copy Change masks for files to exctude from copy Resize options Remove free blocks between partitions Copy data and resize partitions proportionally Mark the checkbox to copy the hard disk in the sectardy sectormode thus ignoring ts infomation structure e g unallocated space or unused sectors of existing parttions wil be processed as well This can help to avoid problems with hidden data created by certain appbcations or the system administrator However
74. d t wil not be possible to undo the changes t may take some time to apply the changes You may also be asked to restart your computer during this process Would you ike to apply your changes 7 Yes apply the changes physically No let me reconsider i Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 105 6 That s basically it By clicking the Next button the wizard will start modifying your disk layout If you ve got to do with the system partition resize like we do in our case you will be asked to restart your computer in a special boot up mode to accomplish the operation So click the appropriate button to agree System restart is required to complete the operation What would you like to do Tre operstion Redisiribute partitions needs ecclusve sccess to the volume C and cannot be completed without system restart After restart the operation wil Continua in boottime mode Do mot tum off the computer until the operation E gt Restart the computer Please confirm restart of your computer The operation wil be continued sfer peT reset E gt Retry Manually close used files and retry the operation Se 7 Inthe Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out at the moment Suboperation progress Gparacon ee d SOFTWARE GROUP Redistribute partitions LOOSS Work timeodo 01 15 Time to finishoo 00 05 Tone 0 77 Mb Read 7
75. data from a previously created image in case of an operating system failure File Transfer Wizard is only available for the Linux DOS bootable recovery environment e Volume Explorer is a handy tool when you have different file systems on the disk whether they contain an operating system or just data Volume Explorer will let you explore a file system of any type and provide access to the necessary files and directories regardless of their security attributes e Recovery Media Builder to create a bootable recovery media based on Linux DOS on a CD DVD disc or flash memory which can later be used to boot and recover your computer in case of an operating system failure Moreover with its help you can save data from partitions of your hard disk directly to compact discs or burn ISO images The utility supports various formats of laser discs CD R RW DVD R RW DVD R RW DVD R DVD R double layer Blu ray and can handle multi session burning Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved e Network Configuration Wizard to establish a network connection under Linux either to save a backup of a partition hard disk or just several files on a network computer or retrieve a previously made backup from a network computer for recovery purposes 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 Boot Corrector is only available for the Linux DOS boot
76. dows XP to install it To automatically start your computer from this CD make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD first or press F12 during startup to select a bootable device Do not forget to select the newly created partition as destination he following list shows the existing partitions and artitioned space on this computer Use the UP Ta HY on Atai Installation of Windows XP will make Windows Vista non bootable 12 Launch the Boot Manager Setup wizard As your Windows Vista is non bootable any more you need to install our program once again but this time in Windows XP to activate Boot Manager 13 Click Boot Management and then select Boot Manager in the Express Launcher 14 Set up the Boot Manager wizard The most relevant option here is the possibility to hide other primary partitions except the one selected to boot and it is by all means should be activated to make Windows Vista and Windows XP unaware of each other The rest of the parameters offered by default will do in our case so just complete the wizard and it will automatically find the two operating systems and update the MBR Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 122 Boot menu cotions o Normal mode di Timeout for booting last used configura 15 seconds Time to display the Boot Manager startup message Choose a hot key for stanup Boot Manager 15 Now restart the computer to make sure you have got a dual b
77. drives and to a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a a ation you wani to save the archive to Burn data to CD DVD Choos this option if you want the Wit ard to burn the data t CD or DND You will be prompied to choose a CD or DVD RW drive 9 On the Select Destination Path page select your system disk to copy the data to by pressing the standard browse button Select path WINDOWS Connection Wizard O Cursors CH Debug O Downloaded Program Files O Driver Cache a EHome 10 On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 11 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Operations lisi Suboperation progress 1 Transier user data Operation progress Time elapsed 00 00 04 Time to finish 00 00 00 Copied so far 0 9 Mb Overall progress Transiering WINDOWS system to mnidisk hdal WINDOWS system Item 1 of 1 All operations have been finished 12 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 13 Turn off the computer Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 100 Restoring separate files and folders from a backup The program provides a very convenient option to access backup archives and restore only data you need the so called selective r
78. e Windows installation selected Basic Disk 0 w 400Gb VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive N Type Attive File System Volume label Site Drive letters 0 Primary NTFS winkP 30Gb C Primary NTFS Application 9 8Gb E Primary BackupCapsul Mo label 10 0 Gb None Primary Free 17 2Gb lt None gt 9 Click the Edit Letters button to correct an existing drive letter or assign a new one in the Windows System Registry Partiians List Drive letters it Information about drive letters Tf ihe Windows installation selected Drive leners 1 Nome gt E ot A re oe lt lt pre gt Recommended to try C If used you can release itin Letters Map 10 Once you ve assigned the appropriate drive letter close the dialog then click the Apply button Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 88 11 Confirm the operation j Apply the changes 12 After the operation is completed click the Report button to see a well informative summary page The program also enables to store the resulted report To do that just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog SE Reporting Report Paragon Boot Connectors Report Operations perkormved Operation 1 Change drive leners Partition targeted Hard disk 0 Parition 0 Info System Root folder is apuger If Status Successful and make Date and Time 2009 Jan 14 Wed 16 14 16
79. e current total size value e Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the Partition List then select the menu item Move Resize Partition 3 Define parameters of the operation Are you sure you want to move resize system volume C You are about to move resize NTFS volume No label CC Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev H vi Local Disk C aL 8 a ge e ss e HS TES ave w k E DN w o Li UMS 29 eu H a Da 11 323 z V e Gu x a re a Regester ree space before 0 97 ME Siw Obes 2 7 850 3 ME Free space aftar 4 85 ME S Obytes 277 850 76 MB Sac tact i Sec us option to move panton areas inat Cont contan any Sata inis aiows you to DH keap the partitions content after move exactly as t was but wil require more time e 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 end of the available range of disk space e 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 op
80. e following steps Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Convert File System of Partition dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it e Select in the Main menu Partition gt Convert file system e On the Explorer bar click on the current file system type e Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the Partition List then select the menu item Convert File System 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 67 aa x Gei Are you sure you want to convert system volume C You are about to conver file system on volume C No label NTFS rere tar om aa an Fam dle a vas tt AKE ay UR ga DOK OF Work CC Alt U 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
81. e free space on one partition by up taking the on disk unallocated space and the unused space of other partitions e Express Resize Partitions Wizard to increase free space on one partition by up taking the unused space of an adjacent partition of a hard disk including partitions of Apple Boot Camp e NTFS hot resize upward to enlarge an NTFS partition system locked without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work e Convert a file system FAT16 32 NTFS Ext2 Ext3 without reformatting e Mounta partition assign a drive letter of any file system type to make it available for your operating system e Modify file system parameters make active inactive hide unhide volume label e Install New OS Wizard to make a system ready to install a new operating system e Undelete Partitions Wizard to recover an accidentally deleted partition File System Optimization Facilities e 27 defragmentation strategies available to defragment FAT and NTFS file systems e Safe Defragmentation Mode to guarantee data loss free defragmentation of any version of NTFS and FAT e Low free space defragmentation less than 1 of the free space required to successfully defragment almost full disks Auxiliary Facilities e File Transfer Wizard to make such operations as transferring of files directories or burning of them to CD DVD as easy and convenient as possible Providing access to Paragon backups as regular folders it may also help to replace corrupted
82. e or more Primary partitions on one hard disk If there is an Extended Partition on the disk only three Primary partitions are allowed 4 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 Express Create Partition Wizard Startup There are several ways to start the Express Create Partition Wizard Launcher e Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Express Create Partition e On the Common Tasks bar click the Express Create item of the Wizards menu Create Partition Wizard Startup There are several ways to start the Create Partition Wizard Express Launcher e Click the Partitioning button and then select Create Partition Launcher e Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Create Partition e Onthe Common Tasks bar click the Create Partition item of the Wizards menu Dialog Startup In order to start the operation you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Call the Create Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it e Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Create Partition e Call the popup menu for the block of free space right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Create Partition Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 48 Express Create Partition Wizard Setup Thanks to a highly intellige
83. ee space to formatting of the newly created partition to a particular file system and checking its surface for bad sectors to avoid possible data loss Operating systems today are being supplied with basic tools of partitioning that only enable to create a partition in case there is enough unallocated space on the disk and then format it to the specified file system type Our program offers a handy Install New OS Wizard to easily carry out all the necessary operations to install a new operating system Startup There are several ways to start the Install New OS Wizard Express Launcher e Click the Boot Management button and then select Install New OS Launcher e Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Install New OS e On the Common Tasks bar click the Install New OS item of the Wizards menu Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e Partition to install a new operating system The program offers two ways of installing a new OS i e to create a new primary partition for it or use an existing one Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 63 Where would you ike to rstall an operating system want to create a new primary partition to install OS A new pation wall be created by using unallocated space of your hard disk or unused space of easting partons Itis the most preferable way at no system co user s data wil be affected dunng the instaBahon process C want to use
84. elect Boot Corrector You can find it in PTS DOS as well Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 83 S You can create delete and format hard disk Paragon Partition Manager partitions using Paragon Partition Manager which will stant pow Upon the start please l _ select the drive and one of its partitions or its Restore Wizard free space Then ativate the Partition pull down menu and select one of the File Transfer Wizard partitioning operations Boot Conmector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Stan the command line Kail l e A a4 Eject CD DVD Reboot the computer Power off EE 4 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page select the Correct the Master Boot Record MBR option Please choose the operation Search for Windows installations to correct Correct the Master Boot Record MBR Correct the partition boot record O Modify partition parameters C Correct boot parameters boot ini BCD To begin click Next 5 Onthe next page choose the required hard disk from the pull down list if several and then select the Update the MBR executable code option Please choose the hard disk to correct boot problems Please point out the operation penorm C View the MER Update the MBER executable code O Reorder primary partitions change slots 6 Confirm the operation A Update the MBR executable code of the
85. elete partition operation e Free blocks to scan for lost partitions Choose a free block from a tree like list of available hard disks Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 61 Click the check box next to any hard disk drive orfnee block you want to examine Name Type 3 HI My Computer My Computer fe E Base Hard Disk A ihwan VMware Vetuel S SCS Disk Dev intemal Hard Di v ULE Fee ooe The summary sre of fragmenti to analyze is 19 9 GE 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 most accurate results Choose how to look for the deleted partitions Quick search for partitions created by Vista or later OS Conventional search Thorough search y Show file systems search options To know more on the available search methods please use the context se
86. ellers e Downloadable package over the Internet at the company s web site Distributive CD The boxed package includes a distributive CD that is in fact a bootable Linux DOS recovery environment with auto run of the Windows installation thus it can be used as a ready made solution see Booting from the Linux DOS Recovery Media But if you re going to run the Windows components you need to install them first see Installation If you want to download an update upgrade of the product it will be in form of the downloadable installation package as described in Online Distribution Online Distribution Partition Manager Personal purchased over the Internet will be in form of an MSI package After installing the product you can launch the Recovery Media Builder to build the Linux DOS recovery media Registration Paragon Technology GmbH provides a wide range of online services through its web portal www paragon software com support e Registration of new users e Registration of purchased products for registered users e Available around the clock downloading center where registered users can get product updates upgrades as well as all the necessary documentation e Downloadable free demo versions and open documentation for all users Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 9 Loi It is recommended to use Internet Explorer 5 or any compatible browser To register as a new user To register as a n
87. ent state Only sectors that are d ferert will be written to a new copy WV Skip OS aundiary files Choose this option to skip OS aundiary files fike pagefile sys hiberfl sys etc Ge This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during copy and backup operations 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 Skip OS auxiliary files Mark the checkbox to skip OS auxiliary files like pagefile sys hiberfil sys etc thus reducing the operation time and the resulted size of the backup image Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 34 Hot Processing Options Edit settin General options s R Deio ran A A Hot processing options Copy and backup options HOt processing options M Enable hot processing CD DVD recording options Hot processing technology Partitioning options Operation dependency options Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service D Vu mode options Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service is a reliable technology designed Fie system conversion options to back up volumes being locked by numerous active transactions of VSS E mail options supporting applications Microsoft VSS technology requires over 300 MB Defragmentation optio
88. er which will stant pow Upon the start please select the drive and one of its partitions or its free space Then activate the Partition pull down menu and select one of the File Transfer Wizard partitioning operations Restore Wizard Boot Conmector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Stan the command line Eject CD DVD Reboot the computer Power off EGO AciBSRLEFG 5 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 6 Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 93 mv sk Oj Wine d My computer W Root dir WI MyComputer My computer w mm Mounted resources WI imnvdisk Local disks WI imedia Removable disks Ni IDE CD DVD NEC VMWWa VMware IDE COR RM D NTFS 1 on isk 0 Application lt e E BackupCapsule 2 on Disk 0 UFSD dis C mnydisk hdal Documems and Senin gt Application Data O Cookies O Desktop O E Mail Database Favorites gt Total data size nja Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 8 On the Select Destination Type choose the way the data will be stored Select the Save data to any local drive or a network share item Please select how would you like to save the data Ce Save data to any local drives or a network share Choose this option if you want to sa
89. er 11 Set up the Boot Manager wizard The most relevant option here is the possibility to hide other primary partitions except the one selected to boot and it is by all means should be activated to make Windows Vista and Windows XP unaware of each other The rest of the parameters offered by default will do in our case so just complete the wizard and it will automatically find the two operating systems and update the MBR Boot menu cptions Normal mode D I Timeout for booting last used configuration 15 seconds it 0O Hidden mode Time to display the Boot Manager statup message 15 seconds Choose a hot key for startup BootManager Iert 12 Now restart the computer to make sure you have got a dual boot system Traditional way This scenario implies that operating systems will be installed on different partitions to provide better security and system independence Express Launcher Click the Partition Manager button and then Partition Manager 1 In the main window select your hard disk on the Disk Map to make a block of free space on it Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 118 Local Disk E Volume letter E Serial number Volume label gt ae Partition ID Type Prmay NTFS version File system NTFS Volume Size Root entries 32 Partition size Sectors per boot Used space Sectors per cluster Free space Move Resize Partition g Ka Resize or Move partition
90. er and visit the page www paragon software com my account In the Email field of the Authorization section enter an E mail used for registration In the Password field enter a password received after registration Click Sign in If the user name and password are valid you will get to your account Select My Downloads of the Products section to see what updates are available for you Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 10 7 Select the desired update and click Download Contacting Paragon Technology GmbH If you have any questions about the company products please do not hesitate to contact Paragon Technology GmbH Service Contact Visit Paragon GmbH web site WWW paragon software com WWW paragon Registration amp updates web service software com support Knowledge Base amp Technical Support kb paragon software com Pre sale information sales paragon software com System Requirements Windows based set of utilities To use the Windows utilities you should install them first But before that please make sure your computer meets the following minimum system requirements e Operating systems Windows 2000 XP Vista 7 and XP SP2 Vista 7 64 bit e Internet Explorer 5 0 or higher e Intel Pentium CPU or its equivalent with 300 MHz processor clock speed e 128 MB of RAM 256 recommended e Hard disk drive with 440 MB of available space e SVGA video adapter and monitor e Mouse Linux D
91. er 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 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 If 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
92. eration Partition size and position may also be defined by using the drag and drop technique To do A that just carry out the required operation on the Disk Map The virtual operations are to be available When resizing a FAT16 partition beyond the 2GB limit maximum file system size the Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 66 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 Available operation scenarios e Increasing size of a system partition by taking unused space from any other e Shrinking a system partition to increase size of a data partition 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 types FAT16 gt NTFS FAT32 FAT32 gt NTFS FAT16 NTFS gt FAT16 FAT32 Ext2 gt Ext3 In order to convert a file system you should take th
93. erial Number 05fde 654eca4 c Fdale 237aA Content of inquiry Help By clicking the Send button the built in mail client will generate a template request with attached compressed log files and then send it to the Paragon Support Team Log Files Log files are simple textual files that can be opened by any text editor There are several log files automatically generated by the program Stubact log Contains in depth information on parameters and performance of all operations carried out by the program Pwlog txt Besides brief overview on operations it also contains detailed information about the state of all hard disks Cdb log Contains low level information on the CD DVD devices used in the system BioNTlog txt It is an OS dependent supplementary log file derived from Bioxx dll It may contain or valuable information on Windows family operating systems Bio95log txt Log files do not contain any confidential information on the operating system settings or the user documents 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 ver
94. estore functionality This operation can be accomplished either with the File Transfer Wizard or Volume Explorer Volume Explorer To restore separate files and folders from a backup image with Volume Explorer please do the following Launcher 1 Click the Disk View tab and then choose Volume Explorer eh ei KH CD DVD Drives CH Hard Disks d GI VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Devi 40GB S1 Prmay NTFS C EE Recycle Bin 4 15 2010 3 40 55 PM fel feel are 210410030357578 4 20 2010 7 08 34 PM SE arc_NEW 4 20 2010 7 42 40 PM Sen TEST 4 20 2010 7 15 14 PM Da Boot 4 15 2010 4 11 30 PM i Documents and Settings 11 2 2006 5 02 03 AM ie fae Program Files 4 20 2010 4 18 27 PM d w E ProgramData 4 19 2010 12 40 49 AM _ ni System Volume Information 4 20 2010 9 24 08 PM E e DI CD DVD Drives Wa C H Hard Disks E E 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Devi 40GB et Primary NTFS C 39 9GB e ES Recycle Bin 4 15 2010 3 40 55 PM e arc 210410030357578 4 20 2010 7 08 34 PM GE ac NEW 4 20 2010 7 42 40 PM o i E am NEW DO 19GB 4 20 2010 7 32 03 PM arc NEW DO 19GB 4 20 2010 7 37 04 PM im 9 arc _NEW 003 18GB 4 20 2010 7 42 40 PM D arc NEWPBF 000 19GB 4 20 2010 7 26 52 PM i jac _NEWpfm B29KB 4 20 2010 7 42 40 PM Kane TEST 4 20 2010 7 15 14 PM 3 Callthe popup menu right click of the mouse button for a file folder you need and then select the Export item Copyright
95. etween two adjacent partitions Starting the Merge Partitions Wizard to merge adjacent partitions of NTFS FAT FAT32 file systems Starting the Redistribute Free Space Wizard to redistribute available disk space of existing partitions Starting the Undelete Partitions Wizard to recover accidentally deleted partitions Copy and Migration Tasks Be Copy Hard Disk S Copy Partition Starting the Copy Hard Disk Wizard to copy a hard disk Starting the Copy Partition Wizard to copy a partition Backup Tasks ot Back up Disk or Partition Starting the Sector Backup Wizard to create an archive of a hard disk or separate partitions Tools Bil Boot Manager Wizard Install new OS wizard Starting the Boot Manager Setup Wizard to easily manage several operating systems on one computer Starting the Install New OS Wizard to install a new operating system Help and Documentation di Partition Manager Help Launching the help system you can also do it by pressing F1 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 26 Opening the page which contains information about the program This page will Qi About Partition Manager be displayed in the Explorer Bar Disk Map The Disk Map is displayed in the Explorer Bar when the Disk View tab is selected It is located either at the top or at the bottom of the window depending on the state of the Disk Map Location option Main Menu Vi
96. ew gt Disk Map Location As the name infers the Disk Map displays 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 Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Local Disk C 499 9 GB NTFS Large sized bars display the following information about physical disks e Manufacturer e Model Small sized bars display the following information about logical disks e Serial number e Drive letter e Total size e File system Furthermore it is possible to estimate the used disk space by looking at the size of the bar s shaded area The program offers to choose from several types of the disk layout scaling It s done especially to increase the program usability For instance if you ve got a high capacity hard drive containing both very large more than 100 GB and rather small less than 10 GB partitions you can select the logarithmic type to make all partitions readable otherwise selecting the linear type you won t be able to see small partitions at all but thing strips On the other hand if the proportional disk layout is critical for you the linear type is exactly what you need Nevertheless there s a compromise solution linear scaling with the minimal limit to small partitions So if a partition is too sm
97. ew user please do the following 1 4 Run an Internet browser and visit the page www paragon software com my account Click Create of the Create a Paragon Account section Fill out a registration form Click Register The most important field in the form is an E mail address as it serves as a login to enter the system Besides your access password will be sent to this address as well To register a new product If you are a registered user and would like to register Partition Manager Personal please do the following 1 Run an Internet browser and visit the page www paragon software com my account In the Email field of the Authorization section enter an E mail used for registration In the Password field enter a password received after registration Click Sign in If the user name and password are valid you will get to your account Click Register new product of the Products section Enter your product serial number in the Serial Number field You can find it in the product box or obtain from your reseller Click Next On the next page you will be asked to provide some additional data Also you will need to decide whether you want to get confirmation on registering the product by E mail or not Click Next and then click Finish That is all The product is now registered How to Download Updates Upgrades Downloading of updates upgrades can be fulfilled in the following way 1 6 Run an Internet brows
98. following Express Launcher Click the Partition Manager button and then Partition Manager in the Express Launcher Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 102 1 Click the Express Create Partition item of the Wizards menu any of the ways described earlier can also be used here 2 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Choose a method you find the most suitable to create the partition The wizard is especially designed to minimize your participation in finding an appropriate place for it and its resulted size The only thing you re to do is to choose between several modes The most relevant thing here is the amount of space that will be allocated for that partition For easy perception you can see the resulted disk layout on the disk map by selecting this or that mode n A A rem wel zm taf ah erm h mi on Ae The resut you wil get after appiying the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev 8 i o New Volume E GER 8 EO TEC L 2 UO tit Please select the method of new G tt creator Take all unallocated space at the end of the disk Smart Mode Use 243 3 GB to create a patton More info Advanced Mode Lee 1414 GB to create a patton More rfo The number of available methods depends on your disk layout Loi To learn more on the way the wizard works please click the corresponding link on the first page of the wizard 4 That s basically
99. formatted partition 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 e OS Label Enter a label for the selected partition in the textual field It will later be used for the drive identification LUS labels val be diiplayed in the Boch Managers slarbup menu to help you boot the required operating system OS labet windows 7 Result As the final step the wizard will offer you to insert a distributive CD DVD of the new operating system and restart the computer to launch the installation procedure The program will update your MBR so most likely you won t be able to start up any of the previously installed operating systems Please launch the Boot Manager Setup Wizard after the installation has been completed to fix this issue Available operation scenarios e Creating Dual Boot Systems Moving Resizing Partition The Move Resize Partition function allows you to resize or change location of any partition without destroying its data Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 65 In order to move resize a partition you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Move Resize Partition dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it e Select in the Main menu Partition gt Move Resize Partition e On the Explorer bar click on th
100. free space Start End cylinder Start End head Start End sector Free size in sectors bytes Active Inactive attribute Hidden Unhidden attribute You may customize outlook of the Partition List by clicking on the arrow icon on the top right side of the panel Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 29 Please select properties to display Please select peoperties you would lke to display in the Disks and Partitions view Marrs Tra REM ae aie Seo FS Size eco Used sectors Start sectors End sectors Stet CHS hex End CHSihex el ee r fe el Del S e p oh Partition size Size Led Free sectors Free Active Hidden Lee Papa ID Sectors per Cluster Je ep mE im a ii By marking a checkbox opposite the required item you can choose whether to display it or not Besides you can change its order by pressing the Move up or Move down buttons If you don t need the Disk Map please click the shown below icon to disable it Disk Map Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual 5 5C51 Disk Dev Properties Bar The Properties Bar provides information on the selected at the moment partition hard disk For a hard disk e Model e Serial number e Type of hard disk basic or dynamic 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
101. he operation Ce Search for Windows installations to correct Correct the Master Boot Record MBR C Correct the partition boot record O Modify partition parameters Corect boot parameters boot ini BCD To begin click Next 5 Onthe next page choose the required Windows installation from the list of found installations if several then select the Edit the Boot ini file option If you re not sure which installation you need please use the Properties button to get more info on the selected item Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 86 Correct Windows installations Program has searched for valid Windows installations on your computer The results of the search you can see below Status 5 refers fo A System partition you can edit the Boot ini file B a boot partion you can comerci the System Registry HN Partition Status System root uge 1 Disk0 Paritiond S B WINDOWS For the highlighted Windows installation please point out the operation to perform 2 Correct drive leners in the System Registry Edit the Boot ini file O Correct the partition boot record Adjust OS to booton mew hardware To continue click Next 6 Examine the file maybe that s where the problem is If it contains a mistake correct it by using the appropriate buttons Edit the Boot ini file on Hard Disk 0 Partition 0 tmeout 10 defaul multi OMisk Oindisk Oipart
102. he target partition pe OO amp Voume to Expand Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev i vd data Z 217 GB NTFS I Capasity of the volume C is 282 9 GB The wizard can expand this volume up to 485 3 GB at the e am wh ab WS w Over YOurnes e Partition to donate Choose any partition s not only adjacent to donate free space a j o i Select volumes to take space from Free space from ihat volume wil be used to enlarge the volume you have selected on the previous page e oume Fie system Type apact Used space Free space Tee Perron Ga wel Poon enn SH Deenen S endian nil fe d 3 mp er a Ka e g r eg gt S Dez FS Primary 217GE 146GB 2023GB P gt at en m ke aie i 7 i a wt Ana Arthy asf U There is no unallocated space on the hard disk you have selected The wizard can only expand the volume C at the expence of some other volumes Please click the check box next to any volu ws ef a w ume to taxe free space from tt Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 60 e 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 Your disk after the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Msk Dev g data Z
103. idden 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 Master 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 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
104. ights reserved 81 Please select how would you like to save the archive Save data to any local drives of a network share Choose this option if you want to save your data to local mounted or physical partition to USB or FireWare external drives and io a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a location you want io save the archive to Burn data to CD DVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to burn the archive to CD or OVD You will be prompted to choose a CD or DVD RW drive 9 Select an external USB drive as a backup destination Specify image file to create on Disk 1 UFSD disk KH JRECYCLE BIN O Trashes Eas ________________ G RECYCLER G System Volume Information File nam File type 10 Edit the archive name if necessary Backup destination APHive name Space available on destination 34 8 Gb Approximate archive sie 17 5 Gb Please take into account values of the parameters Estimated archive size and Space available on backup destination if the archive size exceeds the available space another drive needs to be selected 11 Add comments to your backup describing its contents Aire Fite EXI gO MiM Please enter backup comments to describe the archive Arhive jem DI pb created 2008 06 05 13 42 39 12 On the Backup Summary page review all parameters of the operation and modify them if necessary Click the Ne
105. ins 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 XXX 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 Password Enter the password that will be used to access the mail server Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 36 Virtual Mode Options Set this option on to camry out all the operations virtually You wil be able to commit the changes or rollback all of them or the last one If you File system conversion options Defrag fragmentation options Set this option on to automatically close the progress dialog after committing OK Cancel E In this section you may configure the virtual mode
106. ins the program help and general information on the product You can access the desired information by clicking on the appropriate tab The Explorer Bar is a fully functional embedded HTML browser which offers the possibility to address for example the company s website to look through important technical notes or download the latest updates without having to close the program The program help is also HTML oriented You can read it and follow external links from to get additional information To easily navigate through browsed pages the program provides the following functionality BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Return to the previously browsed page Open the next browsed page o Stop loading the current page Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 28 Refresh the contents of the current page Partition List The Partition List is another helpful tool that enables you to get a clear cut picture of the current state of the system hard disks partitions Partitions are sorted according to their starting position For every item of the list there is the possibility to call the context sensitive popup menu with available operations Besides the program provides detailed information on all hard disks partitions found in the system including the following properties Name Volume label if exists Partition type Primary Extended Logical File system type Size Amount of used and unused
107. inux 100 percent sure that no virus will attack your PC drive partitioning is a necessity In order to run several OSs on a single hard drive you are to create a corresponding number of partitions to effectively delineate the boundaries of each OS 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 system 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 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 20 ay Mel ae ke Baracan Dart di i i Janager 11 P k lersonal 3 j Tools Ze Wizards Hard Disk Partition View Ep Le SO UCEL K d Operations Bar Serial number AE13 AEQA 18AL Partition ID
108. ion Redo the last virtual Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations operation Display the List of Pending Operations Delete Partition Delete a partition of any file system Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 22 Express Resize Partitions Increase free space on one partition by up taking the unused space of an adjacent partition Undelete Partitions Recover an accidentally deleted partition Merge Partitions Merge adjacent partitions of NTFS FAT or FAT32 file systems Redistribute Free Space Redistribute available disk space of existed partitions Install New OS Make your system ready to install a new operating system Back up Disk or Partition Create a sector based archive of an entire hard disk or separate partitions Copy Hard Disk Create a hard disk copy Copy Partition Create a partition copy Hard Disk Update MBR Update MBR Master Boot Record of the selected hard disk View Sectors View sectors of the selected hard disk Properties Get in depth information on the properties of selected hard disk Partition Create Partition Create a partition Format Partition Format a partition Delete Partition Delete a partition Move Resize the selected partition Move Resize Convert File System Convert file system of the selected partition Assign Drive Letter Assign drive letter to the selected partition
109. ion will be performed immediately after confirmation Modifying drive letter of the system partition will result in inability to boot the operating system i b 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 automatically 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 Launcher 1 Select a partition or a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Callthe Test Surface dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Test Surface Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Test Surface Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 74 3 From the pull down list choose the level of the surface check KS Gi Test suface of volume C Testing volume surface allows to find bad blocks and other problems Please select a surface test level Normal D d 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 perfo
110. ios e Creating Dual Boot Systems 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 by using the DOS partitioning scheme This operation can be accomplished either with the Create Partition Wizard or the Create Partition Dialog Besides there s the Express Create Partition Wizard that will analyze your disk subsystem to help you create an NTFS partition in the most appropriate place of your hard disk by up taking all the unallocated disk space if any and or an innocuous slice of the unused space of an adjacent partition and then make it available in the system by assigning a drive letter Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 47 Restrictions 1 Do not use the Create Partition function in order to undelete the last deleted partition 2 The program cannot create new partitions on Dynamic Disks The current version of the program supports only hard disks that use the DOS partitioning scheme in Windows 2000 and XP these disks are named Basic Disks 3 According to the rules of the DOS partitioning scheme the following combinations of partitions cannot be created Two Extended Partitions on one hard disk Fiv
111. it By clicking the Next button the wizard will start modifying your disk layout If you ve got to do with the system partition resize like we do in our case you will be asked to restart your computer in a special boot up mode to accomplish the operation So click the appropriate button to agree Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 103 A Express Create Partition Wizard Creating the partition The Wizard is now creating the partition ESCH System restart is required to complete the operation What would you like to do The operation Move partition needs exclusive socess to the volume C and cannot be completed without system restat Afer restart the operation wil continue in boottime mode Do not tum off the computer until the operation completes amp Restart the computer Please confirm restart of your computer The operation will be continued after system restart mp Retry Manually close used files and retry the operation The operation cannot be completed without restat because some files are in use and prevent exclusive sccess to the volume VW on L 2 5 Inthe Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out at the moment Hove partition CO Work time ddo 01 53 Time to finishoo 02 49 Done 0 2 MB Read 99 MB 1 0 MB s All Oo MB Hrite 0 0 HB O 0 MBs Overall progress Kg g s Deg f Des Ze dih es ef Ki te Eu ss Des Getti
112. ition WINDOWS operating systems multi Oidisk rdisk O panition WINDOWS Paragon VMWare Windows XP Partition 01 fasidetect 8 es _inserte sample adame sampe 7 If the Boot ini file does not contain any mistake please return to the Correct Windows Installations page to correct drive letters in the Windows System Registry Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 8 Correct Windows installations Program has searched for valid Windows installahons on your computer The results of the search you can see below Status refers io a system panition you can edit the Boot ini file B a boot panition you can correct the System Registry N Parttion Status Systemroot Type 1 Disk 0 Partition 0 SB WINDOWS WinkP For the highlighted Windows installation please geg point oul the operation to perform Correct drive leners in the Sytem Regisiry Edit the Boot ini file Correct the panition boot record Adjust OS to boot on new hardware To continue click Next 8 Onthe next page choose a hard disk from the pull down list if several then the required partition If you re not sure which installation you need please use the Properties button to get more info on the selected item m Panitions List Letters Map Below you can choose a hand disk drive and see all partitions on g Information about drive letters assigned io these panitions is taken from the System Registry of th
113. ition most hard disk utilities do not support it as well Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 132 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 modern 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 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved
114. ject you need Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 31 General Options Edit settings General options Backup image options E General options Copy and backup options Hot processing options Iw Enable data loss protection CD DVD recording options Choose this option to ensure that no data wil be lost d system unexpectedly Partitioning options goes down because of power shortage etc Operation dependency options F Enable initial Backup reminders Virtual mode options Choose this option to enable intial Backup reminders Initial Backup Fie system conversion options guarantee the safety of your data by backing up all on disk formation E mail options including standard bootstrap code and other system service structures before Defragmentation options performing any critical partitioning operation This section contains a set of general options that will be taken into account during any operation carried out with the program e Enable data loss protection Mark the checkbox to make the program work in the fail safe mode also referred to as the data loss protection mode which ensures reliability for operations by maintaining a special journal In case of a hardware malfunction power outage or an OS failure happened in the middle of a data sensitive operation resize move merge redistribute change cluster size etc the program will ask to insert the bootable recovery media and automatically com
115. k Dev Maat 8 vu Ae Es rel Analyze Fragmentation 158 7 GB NTFS Basic Hard Disk 1 VM Defragment MFT Local Disk Ei Compact MFT WW 265 3GB NTFS Basic GPT Hard Disk KE E NTS Dr Test Surface Check File System Integrity Disk Dev Properties d 4 Inthe opened dialog define settings of the operation To improve the performance we recommend you to mark the Do not save content of the Pagefile sys or and Hiberfile sys checkbox as these files are only needed for the current Windows session Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 128 Defragment volume C Defragmentabon may improve perfomance of your system For locked Volumes however this operation wil require the system restart Lkrechenes placement Sot by size Do et sort el Sort by modification time De not sot el The Defragment Partition dialog offers a number of additional parameters that can also be IO of help However here we pay attention to the most relevant to fulfill our task 5 Start the operation by clicking the Yes button Troubleshooter Here you can find answers to the most frequently asked questions that might arise while using the program 1 Itry 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 performed while your partition is in use or locked in other words
116. l 5 SCS Dick Dew Off a L FREE FREE Basic Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS Dak Dev Off Basic Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCS sk Dev Off H su Unallocated Lee FREE FREE 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 Backup Scenarios Backing up a hard disk or partition to a network drive To back up an entire hard disk or a separate partition and then place the resulted image to a network share please do the following Launcher 1 Click the Back up a Disk or Partition item of the Wizards menu any of the ways described earlier can also be used here 2 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 On the What to back up page mark the appropriate option opposite a hard disk s name or a partition s name depending on the chosen task Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 78 Cick the check box next to any hard disk dive or partition you want to back up Name Type e Gj My Computer My Computer S W F Basic Hard Disk D VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev intemal Hard Disk Driv S F First Hard Disk Track First Track Er Master Boot Record MBR EA Primary 3 F Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev intemal Hard Disk Driv CH First Hard Disk Track Fest Track
117. larger than 2GB are not reliably accessible under these operating systems 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 FAT32 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 33 General Copy and Backup Options ve elt eettineg Adti ts E General copy and backup options Partition raw processing Copy Backup each partition sector by sector All sectors will be processed Perforn incremental copy This option is intended for copying only changes on the hard disk since a previous copy operation The program performs comparison between a previous copy of the hard disk and ts curr
118. les to copy and back up separate partitions or entire hard disks carry out partitioning operations etc Simple Restore Wizard allows restoring hard disks and partitions Express Resize Wizard enables to increase free space on one partition by up taking the unused space of an adjacent partition File Transfer Wizard allows coping files folders to another disk or a partition as well as recording them to CD DVD Boot Corrector helps to correct the Windows System Registry without Windows being loaded Network Configurator enables to establish a network connection under Linux Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 15 If you are going to use network resources first launch the Network Configuration Wizard to IO establish a network connection e Log Saver helps to collect and send the necessary log files to the Technical Support e View the mounted partitions the list of all mounted partitions will be displayed The Linux DOS recovery environment assigns drive letters to partitions the way it is done in Loi DOS i e one after another primary partitions at first Thus mounted partitions may have different drive letters from Windows e Eject CD DVD e Command Line allows experienced users to execute any operation e Reboot the computer e Power off the computer To move within the menu please use the arrow keys of the computer keyboard Safe Mode When the Safe mode is selected the PTS
119. ling 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 The program offers the Copy Hard Disk Wizard that can help to clone a hard disk 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 42 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 Loi You need at least two hard disks to carry out this operation Startup There are several ways to start the Copy Hard Disk Wizard Express Launcher e Click the Copying and Migration button and then select Disk Migration Launcher e Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Copy Hard Disk e On the Common Tasks Bar click the Copy Hard Disk item of the Wizards menu e Inthe Toolbar click the Copy Hard Disk button Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the copy hard disk operation e The hard disk to copy Select a hard disk you want to copy On this page you can choose a hard disk you would like to copy Al partitions from this hard disk wil be
120. ly the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu e Floppy Disk Reboot the computer from a system floppy disk Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 14 Hard Disk 0 Boot from the primary hard disk Find OS s on your hard disks The program will scan hard disks of your computer to find any bootable operating system To move within the menu please use the arrow keys of the computer keyboard While working with the recovery environment you might experience some inconvenience A caused by possible video artifacts It is just a result of changing video modes and in no way will affect the program functionality If this is the case please wait a bit and everything will be OK Normal Mode When the Normal mode is selected the Linux launch menu appears r 7 e Li OO T You can create delete and format hard disk Paragon Partition Manager partitions using Paragon Partition Manager which will start now Upon the start please Restore Wizard select the drive and one of its partitions or its l free space Then activate the Parnition pulldown menu and select one of the File Transfer Wizard partilioning operations Boot Conmector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Stan the command line Eject CD DVD Reboot the computer Power off Partition Manager enab
121. me label Please specify drive letter Ss Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 120 6 Define parameters of the future partition By all means it has to be primary and since we are going to install Windows XP the most preferable file systems are NTFS and FAT32 Click the Yes button to continue Creste new panton as Primary patton D Please specfy new parttion size 349451 gt 7MB 349 451 ME Please specty size of free space before the patton C A 0MB 349 437 ME Please specty size of free space after the partition OMB 349 443 MB Please select file system for new partition NTFS E gt ao i gt D d 2 kl gt 2 gt y O gt hd 5 The Create Partition dialog offers a number of additional parameters that can also be of help However here we pay attention to the most relevant to fulfill our task 7 As a result of the operation we have got a newly created FAT32 partition just enough in size to comfortably work with Windows XP Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev 8 Hide the Windows Vista partition to avoid writing any data on it during the Windows XP installation as it is the Vista C New Volume E 158 7 GB NTFS 341 2GB NTFS best way to provide system independence To do that please call the context menu for it right click of the mouse button and launch the Hide Partition dialog Click the Yes button to continue W SIS Are you sure you wa
122. name c 030909071001085 Estimated archive size 44GB Spece avaiable on backup destination 38 GB Please take into account values of the parameters Estimated archive size and Space Loi available on backup destination if the archive size exceeds the available space another network drive needs to be selected 7 Add comments to your backup describing its contents Please enter a shot comment to describe the archive V Ho comment 8 Onthe Backup Summary page review all parameters of the operation and modify them if necessary Click the Next button to start the backup process This operation can also be accomplished with the Linux DOS recovery environment Backing up a dual boot Mac to an external USB drive To back up a dual boot Mac Mac OS X and Windows XP Vista 7 and then place the resulted image to an external USB drive please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Connect an external USB drive to the computer 3 Restart the computer It will be automatically started up into the Linux recovery environment Normal Mode since it s the only mode that provides support for Mac computers 4 Inthe Linux launch menu select Partition Manager Cop
123. ne day you realize that your system partition doesn t need so much disk space that s what your data partition really requires at the moment You can easily tackle this problem with Paragon Linux DOS Recovery CD To increase size of a data partition by taking unused space from a system partition please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe mode to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility In this case only the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu Main recovery amp Safe Mode environment Zi Low Graphics Safe Mode Gi Floppy disk amp Hard disk H HBR Ga Find OSes on your hard disks By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Inthe Linux launch menu select Partition Manager You can find it in PTS DOS as well Copyrigh
124. nfirmation Changing Partition Attributes This chapter explains how you can change partition attributes Active flag Hidden flag Partition ID 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 Launcher 1 Select a primary partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Mark Partition Active Inactive Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Mark Partition as Active Inactive Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Mark Partition as Active Inactive ks Are you sure you wart to set the volume as active You are about to set the volume F No label NTFS as active F you already have active volumes this action might render your system unbootable 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation A There can only be one active partition on a hard disk otherwise your operating system will fail to boot 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 t
125. ng partitions info Flushing systes buffers please walt Flushing systes buffers please wait Modifying drive t on hard disk Checking parameters Checking files and directories To avoid data loss please do not reset or turn off the computer Operation in progress press ESC or Ctrl C to interrupt operation After completing the operation your computer will be automatically restarted back to Windows where you can see the newly created NTFS partition Now you ve got a place to keep your stuff apart from Windows Increasing size of a system partition by taking unused space of an adjacent partition Let s assume you ve got several partitions on your 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 partition has a plenty of redundant space That s just enough to make your system partition suffer no more Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 104 To increase size of a system partition by taking unused space from an adjacent partition please do the following Express Launcher 1 Click the Partitioning button and then select Resize Partitions 2 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Click on your system partition By doing that the wizard will automatically select an adjacent partition as well This partition will later act as a
126. ng the setup procedure that s why the system reboot is required to complete the setup procedure For the most part the driver is in the idle mode until it is activated with the program While in this mode it bypasses any calls having no effect on the overall system performance but a few kilobytes of the system memory Paragon Hot Processing technology offers copy backup of locked partitions and hard disks under Windows NT family operating systems providing both high operating efficiency as well as low hardware requirements Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 17 It is not recommended to use Paragon Hot Processing with active SQL Server Exchange or Oracle databases since the backup image contents may be corrupted Volume Shadow Copy Service Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS is designed to provide the copy backup infrastructure for the Microsoft Windows XP Vista 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 Initiated by a VSS aware copy backup utility VSS creates snapshots for the selected volumes and represents them as virtual read only devices called volume shadow copies Once the shadow copies are created the copy backup utility starts processing the dat
127. ns of free space on any mounted NTFS volume for temporary data This technology is provided for Windows XP and newest Windows versions but unavailable for old versions of Windows 98 ME NT 2000 Additional options Abways use hot processing e Use hot processing only when partition is locked Hot processing temporary drive C e Number of attempts to start VSS 3 Timeout between attempts Gn seconds 120 H Iw Switch between Hot Processing technologies OK Cancel 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 ho
128. nsitive hint IO 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 Al known file systems FAT and FAT32 file systems d NTFS file system Linux Et2 and G3 file systems OS 2 HPFS file system Other funksted file system To begin search cick 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 62 f 2 Search deleted partitions from sector 40 to sector Z 999 The following partitions hyve been found Fle system Type Capacity Used Space 4 Used ETc Stop search 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 Installing a New Operating System Getting your computer ready to install a new operating system especially when it is going to be an additional OS in the system is a rather complicated task that implies quite a number of operations from allocating space to create a new partition resize redistribution of fr
129. nt to hide the partition You are about to hide partition EH New Volume NTFS Hiding the partition may cause dive letters to be changed Yes No Hiding of the system partition will make OS non bootable what is quite normal 9 Apply all introduced changes By default our 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 Wa Apply pending changes 7 Do not show this message again Yes No Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 121 10 The program will require the system restart to accomplish the operation in a special boot up mode Click the appropriate button to agree After all the operations are completed you will not be able to restart the system what is STOP cOO0021La Fatal System Error 1 Initial session process or system process terminated unexpectedly with a sta quite normal Nevertheless if you do try it the following error will occur S OT USILL LU e system has been shut down 11 Install Windows XP on the newly created partition We won t go into details as for its installation as you can find all the necessary information in documentation that comes with the product However to avoid any problems we consider it necessary to draw your attention on the following issues You need a bootable distributive CD of Win
130. nt work algorithm the wizard requires minimal involvement in the operation thus you only need to choose a method you find the most suitable to create the partition if several available which actually differ in the amount of space to allocate For easy perception you can see the resulted disk layout on the disk map by selecting this or that mode ET ha m m The result you wil get sfer applying the changes Basc Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev H Q Local Disk C P ei dua Al Je Naya Se 108 5G8 NT EE 102 SGENT d z Please select the method of new patton crestor Smart Mode Usa 182 1 GB to create a partition More mfo e Advanced Mode Use 108 5GBto create a partition More infec The number of available methods depends on your disk layout Loi To learn more on the way the wizard works please click the corresponding link on the first page of the wizard Create Partition Wizard Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e Partition destination Select a hard disk if the computer has several hard disks and then choose position for the future partition on the disk at the end preferable at the beginning or somewhere in the middle between other partitions On this page you can select hard disk and the place where to creste a new parttion Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev s vi Local Disk C a g data 2 292 9 GB NTFS 217GB NTFS
131. o that just carry out the required operation on the Disk Map Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional duplicate of the existing partition Boot Management Our program enables to easily manage several operating systems on one computer with the help of the Boot Manager Setup Wizard Among the key features of the wizard the following should be mentioned e Upto 16 operating systems on one PC e Secure adding removing of the Boot Manager startup record to from the MBR e Auto Boot option to automatically start up the previously chosen OS after a certain time period e Hiding of any primary partition except selected at the moment Startup Express Launcher e Click the Boot Management button and then select Boot Manager Launcher e Inthe Main menu select Tools gt Setup Boot Manager e On the Common Tasks Bar click the Boot Manager Wizard item of the Wizards menu Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e Hiding other primary partitions By marking this checkbox the program will automatically assign the hidden flag to all primary partitions of the hard disk s except the one selected to boot This will help to avoid any problems Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 46 when dealing with different operating systems or different versions of one and the same OS as they will be unaware of each other e Boot menu options In this section y
132. o hide unhide a partition you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Hide Unhide Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 69 Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Hide Unhide Partition Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Hide Unhide Partition 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation 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 Launcher 1 Selecta partition on the Disk Map 2 Callthe Change Volume Label dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Modify gt Change Volume Label Onthe Explorer Bar click on the current volume label Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Change Volume Label 3 Enter a label for the selected partition Are you
133. of less fragmentation So be particularly careful with it The cluster size value is expressed in sectors per cluster To get it in Kbytes please divide it d 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 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 In order to change a partition type you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Selecta primary or logical partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Make Partition Logical Primary dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it e Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Make Partition Logical Primary e On the Explorer bar click on the current partition type oo 4 oE Are you sure you want to make the partition logical You are about to make the patton C No label NTFS looce Yes Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 68 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 The operation will be performed immediately after co
134. on system Creating Backup Images We have already mentioned that the most prevalent way to protect valuable data is to create backup copies backup images in terms of the program of it Startup There are several ways to start the Sector Backup Wizard Express Launcher e Click the Backup and Rescue button and then select Backup Launcher e Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Back up a Disk or Partition e On the Common Tasks Bar click the Back up a Disk or Partition item of the Wizards menu Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 40 e Inthe Toolbar click the Back up a Disk or Partition button Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the backup operation e The object to back up You can back up either an entire disk or separate partitions of the disk primary extended or logical In case of backing up an entire disk you ve got the possibility to include into the image such disk elements as the Master Boot Record MBR and the first track of the hard disk This can be very helpful for serious disk recovery procedures Name Type Aa LD My Computer My Computer E E Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev intemal Hard Disk Orive a gs First Hard Disk Track First Track IS S Master Boot Record MBR R GF Local Disk C Prmary N F Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Vitual S SCSI Disk Dev intemal Hard Disk Drive E Fest Hard Disk Track First Track Er Master Bo
135. oot system Windows XP Windows Vista If you ve got Windows XP and are willing to try the latest Windows Vista but not sure your favorite applications will flawlessly work on it the best way out is to leave the time proved Windows XP intact and install Windows Vista for studying purposes As this very situation is very close to the previous one please use the Windows Vista Windows XP scenario However please take into consideration one more step you need to accomplish if you decide to use the traditional scenario 1 Besides hiding of the system partition before installation of the second OS you need to make it inactive as well To do that please call the context menu for it right click of the mouse button and launch the corresponding dialog Click the Yes button to continue Pls Are you sure you want to set the volume as inactive You are about to sei the volume C No label NTFS as inactive You computer may no longer boot comecthr Reviving the system partition In case you are not able or not willing to complete the mentioned above scenarios but have already reached the point when all changes are applied and everything is ready to install the second OS please do the following to make your system bootable once again only relevant for the traditional scenario 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment either on a C
136. ormat Partition Launcher e Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Format Partition e Onthe Common Tasks bar click the Format Partition item of the Wizards menu Dialog Startup In order to start the operation you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Format Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it e Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Format Partition e Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Format Partition Wizard Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e Partition to format Select a hard disk if the computer has several hard disks and then the required partition to format n e m Ka ran pes ge in Ee 4 On this page you can choose a volume you wouid ike to format Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Local Disk C data Z 282 9GB NTFS 217GB NTFS Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Local Disk 499 9 GB NTFS Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev j F o Unallocated A N As a result of this operation contents of the selected partition will be lost Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved SE e Partition properties On the next page of the wizard you can set the following partition paramete
137. ot Record MBR e Backup destination The wizard allows saving backup archives to local or network drives You need to select a destination taking the estimated archive size and available space on the backup destination into account There are several ways the Wizard can store your data Please select how would you like to save the Save data to local network dives C Burn the data to CD or DVD Ki Name and location of the resulted image Provide a file name for the new image and its exact location The program automatically offers an easy to understand name containing the date and the time of the archive creation which can anyway be modified Select a folder where archive should be placed and soec y archive name Archive name wil be used ass subfolder where backup data files wil be stoned Name I My Computer H El Local Disk C g E Local Disk E DI Archives G images DAD 1 164 Z Size Date Archive details Archive name SC el Estimated archive size 2 MB Space avaiable on backup destination 38 GB The program automatically calculates size of the future archive and informs the user about space available on the selected destination Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 41 e Archive Comment You can add some additional description to the archive that will later help to distinguish it from the others Please enter a shot comment to deecibe the archive e Ka La comment
138. ou can switch between the following modes Normal mode Choose this mode to display the boot menu every time the computer starts up and define a timeout on the expiry of which the program will automatically select the previously chosen item of the menu Hidden mode Choose this mode not to display the boot menu until pressing a hot key For this mode you should define a hot key used to enable the Boot Manager and a time period in seconds the startup message will be displayed 4 mmp m KE Cal men Kr uns d Timeout for booting last used configuration second aan tt r Time to display the Boot Manager statup message Thane f nt e Enr EP Surf en ar ler emer choose a hot key for startup Boot Manage e Deactivating Configuring the Boot Manager These two options will only be available once the wizard has been completed and launched again Select the Deactivate option to remove the Boot Manager from the MBR Master Boot Record or Configure to modify the previously set parameters of the startup process Choose this option to enter Settings page You will be able to corfigure Boot Manager appearances and Boot this option to deactivate Boot Manager This wil remove Boot Manager and restore boot process to ts Result After the Boot Manager Setup Wizard is completed the program updates the original record in the MBR to get control of the booting process and to be able to display the boot menu Available operation scenar
139. perations Boot Corrector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Stari the command line Eject CD DVD Reboot the computer Le e E Ki Power off 4 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 5 Select a disk where the system backup is stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 98 DIFF 123565154 7 10000000 er arr 280508 7531 PBF S arc_280908134617531 pim KH pocumetis and Settings UC Program Files OO RECYCLER OH System Volume Information CH winnows md chez sv igz S AUTOEXEC BAT S NTOETECT COM niid 7 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Clipboard C MINDOWS system Umntdisk hda2 8 O provisioning CH pss D repair O security CH srhasst O system O system32 Sh 001947_imp E AR PIF Total data size 904 Kb Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 8 On the Select Destination Type choose the way the data will be stored Select the Save data to any local drive or a network share item Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 99 Pie ase select how would you like to save the data Ce Save data to any local drives or a network share Choose this option if you want to save your data to boc al mounted or physi al partition to USB of FireWare external
140. plete the interrupted operation thus reviving the corrupted partition Loi It is strongly recommended to enable this option e Enable Initial Backup reminders If this option is marked the program will automatically offer to make a backup before accomplishing any critical partitioning operation thus minimizing the risk of data loss Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 32 Partitioning Options Q Edit settings ae See amp Partitioning Options Backup image options Copy and backup options Hot processing options Enable 64 KB clusters for FAT16 CD DVD recording options Choose this option to enable 64 KB clusters for FAT 16 partitions With this setting you wil be able to create FAT16 partitions wth capacity up to 4 GB Operation dependency options Please note that only Windows NT family systems wil be able to access Vietual mode options such partitions Fie system conversion options Confirmations E mail options Iw Ask for volume label before partition delete Defragmentation options Ask confimation when converting FAT16 to FAT32 This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during partitioning operations e Enable 64 KB cluster size for FAT16 Mark the checkbox to enable 64KB clusters for FAT16 partitions Thus you will be able to create FAT16 partitions up to 4GB in size Due to the maximum cluster size of 32KB for Windows 95 98 ME or MS DOS FAT16 partitions
141. ram 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 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
142. reenwich Mean Time while FAT uses a fixed local date and time The program takes proper account of these differences and enables to adjust timestamp values An incorrectly chosen time zone might lead to inability to launch certain software 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 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 Defragmentation Options Q Edit settings F E General options Backup mage options Copy and backup options Hot processing options Defragmentation mode CD DVD recording options Safe mode recommended Parttioning options Operation dependency options Slow but reliable In this mode the program requires free space on the defragmerted at the moment partition to guarantee protection of your data in case of a power outage hardware malfunction or a system failure F Defragmentation options Virtual mode options Fie system conversion op
143. rer their contents or to retrieve certain files Launcher To launch the Volume Explorer you should click Disk View tab in the Explorer Bar and then choose Volume Explorer Disk View Help e KD CD DVD Drives Gj Hard Disks 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Devi 40GB S 1 Primary NTFS C 39 9GB 4 EC Recycle Bin 4 15 2010 3 40 55 PM 8 z 4 20 2010 7 08 34 PM CB 4 20 2010 7 42 40 PM 5 zial Refresh 4 20 2010 7 15 14 PM A H E Boot 4 15 2010 4 11 30 PM H E Documents and Settings 11 2 2006 5 02 03 AM 1 E5 Program Fies 4 20 2010 4 18 27 PM E ProgramData 4 19 2010 12 40 49 AM 1 E System Volume information 4 20 2010 9 24 08 PM D Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 72 Call the popup menu for the selected file folder right click of the mouse button to export it to some other location local or network drive etc SD Select a destination folder for the export operation Lookin DlLecd Dat RS om E Local Disk C DVD RW Drive D Local Disk E Local Disk F Archives G New Volume H Available operation scenarios e Restoring separate files and folders from a backup 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 Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Add Drive
144. rmat t lster in this wizard Besides make sure no operating sysiem has ready Deen instaled on that patton 4 Onthe next page of the wizard define size of the new partition If the selected hard disk contains blocks of free space the wizard will automatically merge them all and allocate the resulted space to create the partition If not it will take 50 of the unused space of an adjacent partition thus resizing it You can select ether a block of unallocated space of the disk or an esting partition unused space of which w De served to create a new partion Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev y gd Vista C d 158 7GB NTFS el 341 2 GB ta ae I ma E 4 e Vial e tu ae ne Sre 0 Bytes d r Volume Size 341 2 GB 5 The next page enables to specify a file system and a number of additional parameters Since we are going to install Windows XP the most preferable file systems are NTFS and FAT32 Click the Yes button to continue OTT ET BS SS EES SES ES Se Partition typ um Aasian the following dive letier E we Surface test level Mone On this page you can specify a number of additional parameters that can also be of help However here we pay attention to the most relevant to fulfill our task 6 Enter a label for the future partition in the textual field It will later be used for the drive identification OS labels will be displayed in the Boot Manager s startup menu to help you boot
145. rming any operation on a partition To start the system integrity check you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Check File System Integrity dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Check File System Integrity Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Check File System Integrity 3 Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Yes button to confirm the operation Check volume C No label NTFS for errors Please note that check operation needs exclusive access to the volume You may be asked to restart your computer to complete the operation Check disk options Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors d e Scan for and attempt to recover bad sectors Mark the checkbox to additionally process sectors marked bad in the file system metadata for the purpose of their possible recovery 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation View Sectors With the built in View Sectors tool you can view sectors on existing partitions hard disks providing the possibility to navigate through the system metadata In order to view sectors of a hard disk partition you should take the following steps Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group
146. roup All rights reserved 97 Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe mode to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility In this case only the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu Hain recovery Zi Safe Mode environment amp Low Graphics Safe Mode Gi Floppy disk amp Hard disk H MBR Ga Find es on your hard disks Loi By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well a You can create delete and format hard disk Paragon Partition Manager partitions using Paragon Partition Manager which will start now Upon the start please Restore Wizard select the drive and one of its partitions or its free space Then activate the Panitior pull down menu and select one of the File Transfer Wizard partilioning o
147. rs Your hard disk after the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev ay data Gi Partition type 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 Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field It is an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification 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 mark the appropriate option at the foot of the page When it is marked the next page enables to define Faase select sectors par Cher H S WW e Use OS built in routine Mark the checkbox to restrict the available values according to the used OS e Whether the surface test will be performed 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 e The amount of sectors per boot This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 and FAT32 file systems Set the number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this spinner control e The amoun
148. rs 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 Drive Partitioning As you probably know a hard drive is to be split into one or more partitions since it cannot hold data until it is carved up and space is set aside for an operating system Until recently most PCs used to have just one partition which filled the entire hard disk and contained an OS The situation has changed however thanks to new cost effective high capacity hard drives thus opening up numerous possibilities for PC users such as editing video archiving music backing up CD images etc Huge increase in space is great but it poses a number of problems most important of which are effective data organization and speed Large drives
149. ry 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 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 Drive letter assignment The pull down list contains vacant drive letters that can be associated with the newly formatted partition Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 51 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 d Use OS bull in format routine Please select number of sectors per cluster Please select number of root er mes e Use OS built in routine Mark the option to restrict the available values according to the used OS e Whether the surface test will be performed 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 e The amount of sectors per boot This parameter is available exclusively for FAT
150. splays the Paragon License Agreement Read the agreement and then select the appropriate option to accept If you do not agree with any conditions stated there the installation process will be interrupted By clicking the Print button the License Agreement may also be printed out 4 Provide Registration Information On the Registration page you are to provide your product key and serial number 5 Provide Customer Information On the Customer Information page you are to provide the standard information i e a user name and an organization Besides you need to decide whether to make the program available for all users of this computer if several or only for the current one 6 Select an Installation Folder The Destination Folder page allows you to choose a folder where the program will be installed By default the installation folder will be created as C Program Files Paragon Software Paragon Partition Manager Personal To select another folder click the Change button After you have selected the required folder click the Next button to continue Do not install the program on network drives Do not use Terminal Server sessions to install IO and run the program In both cases the program functionality will be limited 7 Confirm Installation On the Ready to Install the Program page click the Install button to start the installation or the Back button to return to any of the previous pages and modify the installation settings 8
151. sure you want to change label on volume F Please specify a volume label for easier recognition of your volume Please enter new volume label New Volume 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 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 Launcher Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 70 1 Select a hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Call the Update MBR dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Select in the Main Menu Hard Disk gt Update MBR Call the popup menu for the selected hard disk right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Update MBR Ave you sure you wart to update master boot record Currert MBR contents for hard disk number O0 will be lost after this operation Your computer may no longer boot correctly No 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Extra Functionality This chapter describes the supplementary functionality
152. t 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 111 a You can create delete and format hard disk Paragon Partition Manager partitions using Paragon Partition Manager which will start now Upon the start please select the drive and one of its partitions or its lee space Then activate the Panton pull down menu and select one of the File Transfer Wizard partitioning operations Restore Wizard Boot Corector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Start the command line Eject CD DVD Reboot the computer Power off I amp A Li 2 O 4 Inthe main window select the required hard disk if several on the Disk Map Hard Disk Partition Opermions Wizards Help Bask Disk 0 VMware Vu iage of hal ge of Pard Disk fron isk O AIFS Data Bask Disk 0 v Model VMware Virtual Size 120 Gb N Volume File System Basic Disk 0 Size 120 Gb DC Primary NTFS 444Gb Sich 36 2 Gb 1 D Primary NTFS 75 6 Gb 4 9 Mb 75 6 Gb 5 Choose your system partition and then call the context menu for it right click of the mouse button to launch the Move Resize dialog Bask Disk 0 VMware Virtual 120 Gb C WIES Vista 64_ D NTFS Data Create an image of partition Alt B Burn an image of partition io CODD Restore partition from image AIR Bask Disk H Sizel Copy panition AkC o C Prima
153. t 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 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved ER 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 E Mail Options Q Edit settings General options PA gt Backup image options E mail options Copy and backup options riot processing options Specify your e mail account options CD DVD recording options Outgoing mail server SMTP Enter a server name h Parttioning options Operation dependency options User email address Erter an emal addes Virtual mode options TP BEE File system conversion options SMTP port number E w My outgoing server requires authentication User name Password Defragmentation options Specify e mail notification options WV Send E Mail notification on apply To JErter an emal address here Send mai in HTML format Send complete report after applying operations Send oraphical vie Select the operations you would like to be notified about OK Cancel This section conta
154. t be able to proceed further no adjacert partitions of these types are present on the disk Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev vi Local Disk C 2823 GB NTFS data Z 217GB NTFS The partition to merge with Choose the second partition for the merge operation the contents of which will be placed in a folder on the resulted joined partition By default the program offers an easy to understand folder name to store files of the second partition which however can be customized Select an adjacent partition to merge with the target partition This partition wil be merged to the one you have selected on the previous page The content of the second parttion wil be placed in a folder inside the resulting Ss E ET ps wae Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Soecty a folder name to keco content of the selected partition E e D D rower name mer Be particularly careful when selecting system partitions to process since the incorrect order in which two partitions have been chosen will result in inability to boot the operating system After the operation is completed the disk space of the two adjacent partitions will be consolidated Redistributing Unused Space between Partitions This operation can be accomplished either with the Express Resize Partitions Wizard or the Redistribute Free Space Wizard Express Resize Partitions Wizard The Express Resize Partitions Wi
155. t of root entries This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 file system Set the maximum amount of files directories to be placed in the Root Directory on the FAT16 partition e The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control Number of available options depends on the selected file system type 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 Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Lg Jk Are you sure you wart to format volume F You are about to format volume F No label NTFS Your computer may no longer boot or work correctly Please select new file system ZS Please enter new voume label New Volume S More options Foemat 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
156. t way to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes Both platforms have their strong sides for instance Linux can boast support of FireWire i e IEEE1394 or USB devices It enables to burn CD DVD disks However there can be some difficulties with detecting new hardware DOS in its turn has no problems of that kind but is limited in features The Linux DOS recovery environment requires no installation and can be of great help when the system fails to boot Besides it offers a Windows XP like environment Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Features Overview This chapter dwells upon key benefits and technical highlights of the product Key Features Let us list some of the key features User Friendly Fault Minimizing Interface e Graphical representation of the data to gain a better understanding e A handy Launcher to easily find and run the required tasks e Comprehensive wizards to simplify even the most complex operations e Resize partitions directly on the Disk Map with the drag and drop technique e A context sensitive hint system for all functions of the program e Previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations so called virtual operations Backup Facilities e Support of basic techniques to store backup images Backup to local mounted partitions Backup to an external mounted storage to provide for a higher level of data protection
157. the dialog page Depending on the chosen file system the following options become available d Use OS buk in format routine Please select number of sectors per cluster 128 Please select number of sectors per boot Restore defauits e Use OS built in routine Mark the checkbox to restrict the available values according to the used OS e Whether the surface test will be performed 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 e The amount of sectors per boot This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 and FAT32 file systems Set the number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this spinner control e The amount of root entries This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 file system Set the maximum amount of files directories to be placed in the Root Directory on the FAT16 partition e The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control 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 With the Delete Partition Wizard or the Delete Partition Dialog you can delete a partition on a hard disk partitioned with the DOS partitioning scheme Unlike the majority of other utilities Windo
158. the image pou have chosen You may also be asked to restart pour computer dunng the operation c i ees Create a copy of the enhre hard disk Restor im the entire disk e Warning This operation wil delete all the data on this hard disk All the pathtions will be replaced with ones from ng AS the partitions on this disk wil be copied on the specified target disk The model and serial number of the disk serve as the title of the browsed page The disk layout is shown in form of a circular graph where the color of a sector corresponds to a file system of an appropriate partition On the right you may see a table which contains the following information e Type of hard disk basic or dynamic e Total size in GB e Information on geometry of the disk amount of sectors per track heads and cylinders Below there is a list of available wizards If you click a corresponding record the appropriate wizard will be started All default values for the operation parameters will correspond to the disk s settings The list of wizards contains a detailed description of tasks that can be performed by the wizard This nullifies the possibility of selecting the wrong wizard Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 39 Logical Disk G Volume letter G Seral number 7493EASF Volume label FAT3J2 LINUX Patton ID 0x08 FAT32 Type Piman Total size 6 9 GB File system FAT32 Used space 5 7 GB Sectors per boot 36 Free
159. tions E mail options Defragmentation options In this section you may set the preferable defragmentation mode e Fast mode Partitions will be defragmented rather fast a 10 30 gain depending on the fragmentation level but a power outage hardware malfunction or a system failure during the operation might lead to the data loss e Safe mode To guarantee protection of your data during the operation the program will allocate some free space not less than the on disk largest file on the defragmented at the moment partition to make a duplicate of every processed file Thus we strongly recommend you to use this very mode Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 38 Getting Information on Disks The main tool to view in depth information on the properties of hard disks is the Disk Map It represents the actual state of the computer s hard disks Generally the hard disks are represented on the map by rectangular bars which also contain small sized bars The small sized bars represent logical disks partitions When you select a large sized bar the Explorer Bar displays information about the disk in a bright graphical form Basic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPF3102AT Type Basic Hard Disk Drive Total size 95GB Sectors per track 63 Heads 255 Cylinders 1245 Create an image of the entire disk Back up all the data this hard disk contains All the partitions on thes disk will be added to the archive
160. tions pou would like to resize Fight adjacent partition wall be selected automatically Retamed Basic GPT Hard Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive P Local Disk WinXP C melon 565 GE NTFS On the disk map you can also see the GPT service partition called EFI as well as a 128 A N megabyte free block between Mac and Windows partitions made with Boot Camp It s just for your information 4 Increase size of your Windows partition with the slider or manually by entering the required value Please note when you change size of one partition the size of the other will be changed as well thus redistributing the unused space between the partitions Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 114 Please specify new sizes of selected partitions Selected part of Hetamed Basic GPT Hard Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive Right volume size 41250MB gt MB 72895 MB gt MB 5 On the next page of the wizard you need to confirm the operation by selecting the appropriate option The Wizaid has not appked your changes pet Un this page you can ether accept o A reconsider the changes Please note that d you accept the changes the wizard val physically perform all the neccessary operations and vall not be possible to undo the changes It may take some lima lo apply the changes You may also be asked lo restart pour computer Omg this process Wohl you ike bo sch your changes
161. ume Active Hidden Basic Disk 0 Size 112 Gb oO Primary A N All contents on disk selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 91 10 On the Restore Summary page you can see your hard disk layout before and after the operation Click the Next button to initiate the restore process View changes on Your partitions before operations Your partitions aher operations Apple HFS leopard 11 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Operations list Suboperation progress 1 Restore partition or disk D Operation progress Tim elapsed 00 00 16 Time to finish 00 76 24 Copied so far 192 0 Mb Read so far 197 0 Mb 24 0 Mbys To copy 14 0 Gb Write so far 192 0 Mb 38 4 Mb s Overall progress BE Convening disk 0 to GPT Opening archive kovista 0000p 000 Restor Primary partition disk 0 from file i052 8hddfleo_vistafeo_vista_0000p 000 Data rinig Opening archive ko vista 0001p OK Restore Primary partition 1 disk 0 from file 9 0528 hdd fleo_vistafeo_vista_000 p 000 Data writin 12 After completing the operation close the wizard and then reboot the computer Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk To retrieve valuable information from your hard disk and copy
162. up All rights reserved 107 Ave you sure you wart to move resize volume G You are about to move resize FAT32 volume TEMP Gi Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Volume size 103 167 39MB Zlel 36 MB 164 156 MB Free space before 60 983 955 MB Obytes 164 070 09 MB Free space after 0 Bytes EI O bytes 164 070 09 MB Select this option to move partition areas that dont contain ary data This allows you to keep the partition s content after move exactly as R was but wil require more time 4 Now you ve got a block of free space to add to the system partition You cannot do it directly however but by carrying out a number of extra move resize operations Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev A Data F 1 Wl 20068 NTFS 5 Since the block of free space is within the extended partition you need to take it out first The program enables to resize the extended partition only when there s a block of free space adjoining its borders In our case it s between two logical disks So we need to move it To do that please select the first logical partition and then call the context menu for it right click of the mouse button to launch the Move Resize dialog Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 0 VMware VMware Vitual S SCS Disk Dev Format Partition Delete Partition KK Ae r Convert File S
163. urator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Start the command line Eject CD DVD Reboot the computer Power off 4 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 5 Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page mm Disk 0 Wink d My computer W Root din WI MyComputer My computer w mm Mounted resources di mnydisk Local disks W media Removable disks Wi IDE CD DVD NEC VMWa VMware IDE COR i CON E D4 NTFS 1 on isk 0 Application lt gt E BackupCapsule 2 on Disk 0 UFSD di Py TIE FG JASS EA 6 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Clipboard Source C mntaisk hdal Documents and Settin C mnydiskhdal Documems and Serin o O Application Data gt Cookies D Desktop gt E Mail Database lt gt Taada sue ma Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 96 Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 7 Onthe Select Destination Type choose the way the data will be stored Select the Burn data to CD DVD item Please select how would you like ip save the data Save data to any local drives or a network share Choose this option if you want to save your data to local mounted or physical partition USB or Fire Ware external drives and io a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose
164. ux recovery environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe mode to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility In this case only the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 85 Hain recovery Zi Safe Mode environment Low Graphics Safe Mode Gi Floppy disk amp Hard disk 4 MBER Sea Find es on your hard disks By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Inthe Linux launch menu select Boot Corrector You can find it in PTS DOS as well S You can create delete and format hard disk Paragon Partition Manager partitions using Paragon Partition Manager which will stant now Upon the start please fie o select the drive and one of its partitions or its Restore Wizard free space Then activate the Partition pull down menu and select one of the File Transfer Wizard partitioning operations Boot Corector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Start the command line Eject CD DVD Reboot the computer Power off 4 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page select the Search for Windows installations to correct option Pease choose t
165. ve your data to be al mounted or physi al partition to USB or FireWare external drives and to a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a ka ation you wani to save the archive to Burn data to CD DVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to bum the data t CO or DND You will be prompted to choose a CD or DVD RW drive 9 On the Select Destination Path page select a hard disk to copy the data to by pressing the standard browse button Select path imniddiskihd az Space available on destination 8 6Gb Total daia size nja Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 94 10 On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 11 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Operations list Suboperation progress 1 Transfer user data Operation progress ITT Time elapsed 06 00 03 Time 10 finish 00 00 00 Copied so far 17 0 Mb Overall progress Transfering imntidisk hdal Documents and Settings User E Mail Database to mnvdisk hda2 E Mail Data Transfering mntdisk ndal Documents and Settings User My Documents to mntidisk nda2 My Document All operations have been finished 12 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 13 Turn off the computer
166. ws Disk Manager included the program can not only remove references to the deleted partition from the Partition Table thus making it unavailable for the Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 55 operating system but also enables to irreversibly destroy its data This feature will guarantee security of your personal information Wizard Startup There are several ways to start the Delete Partition Wizard Express Launcher e Click the Partitioning button and then select Delete Partition Launcher e Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Delete Partition e On the Common Tasks bar click the Delete Partition item of the Wizards menu Dialog Startup In order to start the operation you should take the following steps Launcher 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Delete Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it e Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Delete Partition e Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Delete Partition Wizard Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e Partition to delete Select a hard disk if the computer has several hard disks and then the required partition to delete On this page you can choose a volume you would ike to delete Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev apiece Adonai 282 9 GB NTFS 217 GB NTF
167. xt button to start the backup process Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 82 Recovery Scenarios Fixing MBR after a boot virus attack Let s assume that the MBR Master Boot Record of your hard disk has been corrupted as a result of a boot virus attack thus your system fails to boot To fix the MBR of your hard disk please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment either on a CD DVD disc or a thumb drive To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe mode to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility In this case only the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu H Normal Mode Hain recovery safe Mode environment amp Low Graphics Safe Mode Gi Floppy disk Hard disk H HBR Ga Find OSes on your hard disks By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Inthe Linux launch menu s
168. y convenient Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 77 In order to view logs on carried out operations call the View Logs dialog in the Main Menu Tools gt View Log Files d 9 9 2009 at 12 40 12 AM Arished at 12 40 25 Started 3 9 2008 at 12 40 45 AM Finished at 12 41 27 Started 3 9 2009 at 1242 11 AM Finished at 12 44 25 Started 39 2000 at 1245014 AM Feegwed at 12 45 12 Stated 9 9 2008 at 1245 39 AM Feed at 1 26 51 _ Started 9 2 2008 at 9 17 40 AM Fegsbwed at 3 27 28 AM No operations have been found forthe selected session Stated 9 2 2008 at 9 20 36 AM Finished at 3 41 04 AM j Stated 3 2 2008 at 9 41 05 AM Started 3 2 2008 at 1413 48 PM Finished at 12 20 26 Stated 9 2 2008 at 1220 26 PM Feed at 12 24 56 Stated 3 2 2008 at 1224 46 PM Stated 3 2 2008 at 1206 15 PM Feed at 12007047 Stated 9 2 2008 at T0704 PM Anishad at 12 21 18 Stated 3 2 2008 at 1421 18 PM Arrested at 12 30 15 Stated 3 2 2008 at 12 30 15 PM Feed at 12 31 33 Stated 3 2 2008 at 1231233 PM Finished at 12 41 37 Stated 9 2 2008 at 1244 44 PM Finished at 12 58 38 P Rated 3 2 2008 at 1 08 03 PM f Disk System Configuration After Session Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev OF Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual D SCSI Disk Dev Off si C oc NTFS NTFS Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware Vebware Virtual 5 SCS Dick Dew Off Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtua
169. yright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 80 a You can create delete and format hard disk Paragon Partition Manager partitions using Paragon Partition Manager which will stan now Upon the start please Restore Wizard select the drive and one of its partitions or its free space Then activate the Partition pull down menu and select one of the File Transfer Wizard partitioning operations Boot Conmector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Stan the command line U A p E Eject CD DVD Reboot the computer Power off OO 5 Launch the Backup Wizard by selecting in the Main Menu of the program Wizards gt Backup Wizard ard Disk Partition Changes ME Copy Hard Disk Basic Hard Disk 0 VN Backup Wizard Restore wind d Undelete Partitions Express Resize Wizard Bask Hard DiskO S File Transfer Wizard g P Drimar Boot Corrector l D Primar 29GB 16 7 79 2 MB 20 46 Network Configurator 6 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 7 On the What to back up page select your Mac hard disk Retained GPT Disk 0 Model VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive Size 112Gb 4 9 Gb 142Gb leopard 56 6 Gb 10 9 Gb Ho Label 8 On the Backup Destination page select the Save data to any local drive or a network share option Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All r
170. ystem F Defragment Partition gt Defragment MFT EN Compact MFT Change Volume Label P i Za arttion List Hide Partition Loc Wipe ere Mark Partition as Inactive Basic Hard Disk D VI Ss vi 4 Make Partition Logical Disk Map Change Cluster Size Basic Hard Disk 0 Change Serial Number Change Partition ID A Local Disk C l 39 9GB NTFS Downgrade NTFS version Sex oe Change SID Test Surface KC Check File System Integrity wild a Edit View Sectors eg I Kr Fee Properties Move or resize the sel a 6 At first shift the right edge of the partition to the right then do the same with the left edge Make sure the partition size has been left unchanged Are you sure you want to move resize volume F You are about to move resize NTFS volume Data EI Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev ee Unallocated E Data F He ee E NTFS Volume size 143 871 14 MB Slel 94 MB 265 794 MB Free space before 121 923 00 MB zlel Obytes 265 700 04 MB Free space after 0 Bytes S Obytes 265 700 04 MB F Sector to sector move Select this option to move partition areas that dont contain any data This allows you to keep the partitions content after move exactly as was but wil require more time 7 Now you can resize the extended partition to take the block of free space out of it Call the context menu for it
171. zard enables to easily increase free space on one partition by up taking the unused space of an adjacent partition of your hard disk Copyright 1994 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 58 Startup There are several ways to start the Express Resize Partitions Wizard Express Launcher e Click the Partitioning button and then select Resize Partitions Launcher e Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Express Resize Partitions e On the Common Tasks Bar click the Express Resize item of the Wizards menu Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e Adjacent partitions to resize Click on the left partition of the pair of partitions you need to redistribute the unused space between as the right one will be selected automatically The wizard wil resize space between Local Disk C and data Z on Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Select left partition from a parr of adlacent partitions you would like to resize Right adjacent partition wil be selected automaticaly Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Q Local Disk C I 9 data Z me GENTES 282 9 GB NTFS e Resulted size of partitions Redistribute the unused space between the partitions with the slider or manually by entering the required value Please soecty new sizes of selected partitions Selected part of Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev
172. ze 0 Bytes laj Max Volume Size 569 8 GE If a partition to resize is locked and cannot be processed the wizard makes the system reboot to create the partition and then automatically boots the system again The rebooting mechanism is different for different versions of Windows You can also choose whether the future partition will be primary or logical by marking the appropriate checkbox e Partition properties On the next page of the wizard you can set a number of additional parameters Your hard disk afer the changes Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev Patton pe voluma Issel New Yoluma H mamam m roy KK Assign tha folowing diva letter E el Partition type 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 Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field It is an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification 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 2010 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 50 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 ke

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