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1. 2009 25 User Manual This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account while converting file systems By default the program takes locale regional settings from the system However the user can customize default locale settings such as time zone and language of file names These parameters affect the conversion of file systems FATxx gt NTFS and NTFS gt FATxx The problem lies in the use of different standards for file names and file time stamps Created Modified and Last access time of NTFS and FATxx file systems Initially the program displays the default locale settings which may be changed a Time zone Specify the time zone to use during a file system conversion NTFS keeps file timestamps in GMT Greenwich Mean Time while FAT uses the unadjusted local date and time The program takes proper account of the difference between internal formats of file timestamps and enables to use the time zone information to adjust the timestamp values a Language for file names Choose the correct code page value NTES stores file names in Unicode while FAT FAT32 file systems use ANSI encoding for saving short filenames also called DOS aliases The code page information 1s required for correct conversion of non English filenames from Unicode to ANSI and vice versa a Request confirmation of settings before NTFS lt gt FAT FAT32 conversion Mark the option to automatically display the dialog of the loca
2. No label FAT16 Your compute may no longer boot or wark conecty a Enter the volume label to confirm deleting To confirm the deletion of the selected partition enter its Volume Label The actual Volume Label value is displayed above a Do not ask volume label next time Mark the option to inhibit confirmation of the partition deletion Results The deletion of a partition takes only a fraction of a second However the program waits until Windows completes the modification of the disk layout Advanced Partitioning Operations Here you can learn how to accomplish advanced partitioning operations merge redistribute free space undelete etc supported by the program Merge 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 the contents of the second selected partition will be placed in the folder of the first selected partition The program provides the ability to merge only NTFS FAT16 or FAT32 partitions Starting There are several ways to start the Merge Partitions Wizard a Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Merge Partitions Q Onthe Common Tasks bar click the Merge Partitions item of the Wizards menu After following one of the above mentioned actions the Welcome page of the wizard is displayed Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Sof
3. OME 1 678 MB Please select fle system foe mew partion FATIG Please enter new volume label Please epecily dive lelber Hore z More opbons a Define whether the partition will be Primary Extended or Logical Select the desired type of the new partition from this pull down list As a matter of fact the available alternatives fundamentally depend on the type of 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 Partition Size Define the size in MB of the new partition Q Free space before Define the position in MB of the new partition relative to the beginning of the block of free space a Free space after Define the amount of trailing free space in Mb at the end of the new partition O a 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 1t will not be ready to use 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 the user needs to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page Depending on the file system the following options become available l Use OS but in foomat routine Please select surface test level N
4. Please specify a volume label for easter recogniblon of pour volume Please entes new voume labe New volume label Enter the new value of the Partition Label The length of the Label is limited to 11 characters The dialog also displays the current partition label 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Change Partition ID Partition ID is an identifier of a file system that is placed in the partition Partition ID is saved in the Partition Table it is used to quickly detect partitions of supported types By manually changing the Partition ID value it 1s possible to manipulate the accessibility of partitions In order to change a Partition ID the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Change Partition ID dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Change Partition ID a On the Explorer bar click on the current partition ID a Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Change Partition ID 3 Define the ID of the partition with the Change Partition ID dialog Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 47 User Manual A Are pou sure you want to change spetem ID of the partition Curent system ID is 000
5. Status Bar 1 Main Menu 2 Tool Bar 3 Virtual Operations Bar 4 Common Tasks Bar 5 Explorer Bar 6 List of Partitions Typa Base Heed Diak Orre Total size 2747 GE Sectors por track 63 Heads 255 Cobndors 30515 Ciela a Copy il la seda band cack Explorer Bar Ad the pathan on thes deck wi be coed on the ipeohed target desk Name F Basic Had Disk O Master 7125080 Ge Logical Disk F F Basic Hard Dick 1 ST316015A45 Ge Logical Disk C BLogcal Dick D ei nical Disk iF Banc Hard Disk 1 C MM iosce E NTFS M 63 4G8 NTFS M FATx E FATI6 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Sire Used 223768 3768 19068 14468 19568 13968 63468 6668 Linx Ew 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 11 User Manual 7 Disk Map 8 Legend Bar 9 Status Bar Some of the panels have similar functionality with a synchronized layout The program enables the user to conceal some of the panels 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 MENU ITEM FUNCTIONALITY Tools Send Log Files Compress and send the log to the 7Tools Support Team Boot Manager Manage several operating systems on one compu
6. Tools Partition Manager 2009 User Manual 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 2 User Manual CONTENTS PTV EE OCU CORON ias 4 AS A ITA 5 lastahatio D ises A A EEEE E Eaa 6 EE E LRO ULE N asa E E E N S e 6 Minimum System Requirements oi aina ai a taane in aie raaa dea sin airian 6 installation Procedure iii aiaa iaaa e i 6 Basic Concepts la 8 Drive AAA nn A 8 64 Dit SUP PON AAA OI AE E A 8 Copy Operatoria 9 Interface ICI Wasi dci 10 General A easveaessusesscaeeceseaseesaacseacdusuateuecesseesuasvassesesenceacesense 10 Mi EEan ae a aE EEEa 11 Tool BAr cienne E EEE RE EAEN EE 13 yintual Operations Daba a 13 Common Tasks Bar ui see tscceseaa cee deeds cotaees ctcencetocseseeasccusoedsccsaesshecas Solecsced lt Geeceaseceest 14 Disk VU A ri NAIL nai 15 Explorer Bal A TEE uo E a 16 List OF ParntionS si E E O E 17 Lecend Bir nnair oR A E Bi rr eee oer eee rare eer 18 AA E satedsecdevouaccseseastedevatoosicestee tenon aS 18 DECLINES OV ERVICW iii AN A Aid aaa 20 General OD GlONS lt a 20 General Copy and Backup Options is 21 Hot PROCESSING OP UlOIS coseson aae e E e 21 Parndonme ODUONS s sesaosan cda oe eeoa Eoaea aE E caian 22 Virtual Mode ODIOS E aaa 23 File System Conversion Op tons sinsir E 24 E M AI Onis oean t 25 Getting Information about DISKS sssseeecocssssscccccsseseecocsssecccossseecesossssscecososssscessssssseeesssssoe 27 Partition Mana men dar 29 Basic Partitioning Operations ironico Ac Ian creais 29 Adv
7. 1 FUJITSU MPFSIOZAT MUmnalo i Unalloca ey u E MiB ME i 400 ME Please specify new parton size E TMB 1 E72 MB Please epecily sze of ree space before lhe partbor 352 OMB 1 ED ME Please specily size of ree space aler the partilior 400 OMB 1 670 MB E More opbone a Partition preview The disk map displays the resulting disk layout after the move resize operation is completed a Partition size Define the size in Mb of the modified partition a Free space before Define the position in Mb of the partition relative to the beginning of the available range of disk space a Free space after Define the amount of trailing free space in Mb at the end of the available range of disk space 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 the user needs to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page The following options become available Parton move oplora _ Westy write operation Sector to sector move Please select surface test level ome we Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 42 User Manual a Verify write operation Define whether the Writing Verification test w1ll be accomplished during the operation or not a Sector to sector move Activate the sector to sector mode allows to process any file system
8. Faris Line Ext Linus Est 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 apllied and everything is ready to install the second OS simply do the following to make your system bootable once again 1 Insert 7Tools Linux DOS Recovery CD the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device 2 Restart the computer 3 Select the Partition Manager 2009 item of the main menu Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 64 User Manual J You can create delete and formal hard disk Partion Manager 2009 panitons using 7ipols Parmion Manager 2009 which will start now Upon the stan please select the drive and one of its partitions or its free space Then activate the Partition pull down menu and select one of File Transfer Wizard the panitioning operations Log Saver View the mounted partitions E Q Command line Reboot the computer Power off the computer OB 4 In the main window of Partition Manager select your non bootable Windows partition on the Disk Map Dd E Primary NTFS 200 Gb 1 7 Gb 199 Gb Visia 1 Primary FAT32 49 7 Gb 49Mb 4966b No label 5 Unhide the partition by calling the context menu for it right click of the mouse button and then selecting Unhide Create an image of part
9. 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 Are pou sure you want to move resize volume G Tou are about to movelresize NTFS volume No label G e Basic Hard Disk 2 Maxtor 24r250P0 at Un 184 8 GB NTFS 45 8 GE La Volume size 189 304 973 MB w 67 429 MB 239 366 MB Free space before D Bytes O betes 171 937 83 MB Free space atte 50061 933MB Obetes 171 230 01 ME 4 Now the user has a block of free space sufficient in size to hold a new partition Base Hard Disk 2 Maxtor PY250P0 ar Unallocated 194 8 GB NTFS 48 8 GE 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 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 60 User Manual Are pou sure pou want lo create a new partition on disk 2 You ate aboul to create a new pachton m Unallocated 48 8 GB aes Please select size position and fle system of the new partition Base Hard Disk 2 Maxtor 7t 2750P0 Primary partion Please specily new pestition size 50054 7
10. It is invisible for users and regular applications because its accidental modification usually makes a partition unusable Hard Disk Geometry Traditionally the usable space of a hard disk is logically divided into cylinders cylinders are divided into tracks or heads and tracks are divided into sectors The triad of values Sectors per Track Tracks per Cylinder Amount of Cylinders is usually named the Hard Disk Geometry or C H S geometry Tracks and cylinders are enumerated from 0 while sectors are enumerated from 1 These disk parameters play an essential role in the DOS Partitioning scheme Modern hardware uses an advanced scheme for the linear addressing of sectors which assumes that all on disk sectors are continuously enumerated from 0 To allow backward compatibility with older standards modern hard disks can additionally emulate the C H S geometry Hidden Partition The concept of a hidden partition was introduced in the IBM OS 2 Boot Manager By default an operating system does not mount a hidden partition thus preventing access to its contents Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 77 User Manual 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
11. MB 50 054 MB Please specily size of free space before the partion 0 OMB 50 046 MB Used Please specily size of free space alter the partition O OMB 50 046 MB cdi Please select fle system foe new partition NTFS f 65 8 GB Please enter new volume label O Bytes Please specily dive letter a 2 More opbons 6 Define parameters of the future partiton 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 Creabe new parhiton as Pomar partition a Please speciy new partition size 50054 7 MB 50 054 MB Please speciy size of free space before the partition OMB 50 046 MB Please specily size of hee space after he partibborc O OMB 50 0465 MB Please select file system for new pastition FAT 32 e Please enter pew volume labet Please specify dive letter Hone w 7 As a resul of the operation we have got a newly created FAT32 partition just enough in size to comfortably work with Windows XP Basic Hard Disk 2 Maxtor 7Y 250P0 0 0 184 8 GE NTFS 43 8 GB FAT32 8 Hide the Windows Vista partition to avoid writing any data on 1t during the Windows XP installation as it is the best way to provide system independence To do that please call the context Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 61 User Manual menu for 1t ri
12. Q Five or more Primary partitions on one hard disk a 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 unpartitioned space It cannot convert a free space on an existing partition to a new partition Starting Wizard There are several ways to start the Create Partition Wizard QO Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Create Partition a On the Common Tasks bar click the Create Partition item of the Wizards menu a Inthe Toolbar click the Create Partition button After following one of the above mentioned actions the Welcome page of the wizard is displayed Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 30 User Manual d Create New Partition Wizard Welcome to the Create New Partition Wizard This wizatd helps pou create and formal a new partilior Advanced Mode lbs recommended lo create 6 new patbbon as the last primary partition ce as the last logical drive within an extended partition you are an expenenced user m hard disk partiioning and mot satished with trese bro options you can by to create the partition m other places To permi this please select the Advanced Mode option Please pay attention that in the Advanced Mode the wizard does not control the possible boot problems you may encountes later f you create the parbbion for example before the set
13. Recovers Heda val be created on a CO DWD This option i recommended because he size of the disc allows pou to make all the recovery heabures available C Floppy Disk The Recovers Media vall be created on a floppy disk A number of avadable recovery features will be sigrificardly limited a Contents of the recovery set The recovery tools can include the standard Recovery Media image included in the installation package or software defined by the user In the last case the user can record a prepared image by setting the path to the image file on the disk Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 67 User Manual 2 Typical Use the standard Recovery Meda image suppbed wath the program O Advanced You can add some Mes of folders lo the standard Recovery Media image supplied vath the program O User specified CD DVD image iso file Use CD DVD mage hom specific location E i ai pall Pia ba car AB E i MAJA 3 ML E Paid E A ES UA Sei a A recording device The appropriate external media CD DVD or a floppy disk needs to be inserted into the selected device Q CD DVD writing parameters in case the user selects this kind of media Writing parameters include writing speed maximum or minimum and the ability of ejecting the recorded disc after completing the operation Whim speed LP TO Eject the disc alter venting The program supports CD R CD RW DVD R DVD
14. Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 16 User Manual Disk Map 1s synchronized with the Explorer bar When the user selects a disk on the Disk Map the Explorer bar displays detailed information of the selected disk Explorer Bar The Explorer Bar is located in the center of the main window which emphasizes its importance The bar displays reference information including a User Manual a Information about the program consisting of the product s name the version of the program and a list of helpful links a Detailed information about disks selected on the Disk Map a Volume Explorer utility a Disk Editor utility According to these categories the Explorer bar has several tabs a Disk View which offers the user the following options Disk Editor to view edit sectors of the selected partition hard disk 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 a Help System which contains the User Manual and information about the program The user is able to access the desired information by clicking on the appropriate tab The Explorer Bar is a fully functional embedded HTML browser which enables the user to address for example our company s website to look through important technical notes or download the latest updates without having to close the program
15. a rather sophisticated algorithm for drive letters assignment A drive letter which is assigned to a partition depends on the order of records in the Partition Table The modification of primary partitions enumeration affects the drive letters assignment In early versions of MS DOS it can even lead to the unavailability of a partition In any case the user may want to change the enumeration of primary partitions Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 51 User Manual The program provides the ability to change the enumeration of primary partitions This feature allows the user to fix problems concerning the inappropriate order of partitions In order to modify the enumeration of partitions the user should take the following steps 1 Select a hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Call the Change Primary Slot dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main menu Hard Disk gt Change Primary Slot a Call the popup menu for the selected hard disk right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Change Primary Slot Are pou sure pou want lo change primary slots onder F You ae about to change pomary slots onder on Basic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPFSIOZAT Your computer may no longer boot comecty Shot Ho Object ype Volume label i Prina AT32 FAT J2 LINUX i Ho label Ho label Ho label t Mame Logic
16. bar The program distinguishes between the following types of known file systems FAT16 32 NTFS Linux Ext2 3 Linux ReiserFS Status Bar This is the bottom part of the main window The status bar displays menu hints for each item the cursor points to Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 19 User Manual The user can hide or show the bar with the appropriate Main menu item View gt Status bar Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 20 User Manual Settings Overview The Settings dialog is available from the Main menu Tools gt Settings All the settings are grouped into several sections of which the functions are described in the following paragraphs The list of sections 1s placed on the left side of the dialog By selecting a section from the list the user opens a set of options General Options 3 Edit settings Copy and backup options Hol processing opbors Partiboning ophors C Verity data witen Virbual mode oplicn This option forces the Wizard lo venfy data being wetter even meto at File suslem conversion optare action is lolowed by the reactanol compare action The festure assures that E mal oplicris the backup being written i not comupted durmg the operation but may gihta dow down the overall perfomance Enable data loss protection Choose the option to ensure that no data
17. between the following modes a HDD raw processing Activate the option to copy a hard disk 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 1t takes more time to accomplish the operation a Partition raw processing Activate the option to copy a partition in the sector by sector mode to successfully process unknown file systems However 1t 1s not recommended to enable this option when working with supported file systems as 1t takes more time to accomplish the operation a Perform incremental copy Once the complete copy of a hard disk is created it can be used as a base for the incremental copy Mark the option to make the program perform the exact bit wise comparison of the previous data saved in the parental copy with the current data that is actually the hard disk itself After that only most recent information will be processed It considerably decreases the amount of data written Hot Processing Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 22 User Manual Edit settings Hot proces sing options Hol process mg opia Partitioning options Virtual mode oplior File spalam conversion opare Hol procesa lechia E mad options Ari m a floods Hol Processing technology provides a fast backup copy of locked parliboris and hard disks under any W
18. easy to use wizards Boot Manager Setup Wizard to easily manage several operating systems on one computer Hot Resize NTFS upward allows the user to enlarge NTFS partitions system locked without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work Copy Partition Hard Disk Wizards that 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 and that even beginners may understand Non destructive modification of partitions parameters providing the ability to successfully migrate operating systems to larger hard disks Effective tools for file system optimization Defragmentation of FAT and NTFS file systems will help improve the hard disk performance while working with these systems Conversion of FAT and NTFS file systems without reformatting Recovering of any accidentally deleted partition by using the Undelete Partitions Wizard Shutdown After Apply function enables to set the computer to automatically switch off on the successful accomplishment of any operation Volume Explorer utility allows the user to browse and export contents of the local mounted unmounted volumes of any file system as well as 7Tools backups Build external recovery media that help the user to restore the system even when the current operating system cannot boot anymore Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7
19. new boot area size in sectors E Sectors per boot Specify a new Boot Size value 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Change Root Size The maximum capacity of the Root Directory is an essential parameter of old FAT12 and FAT16 file systems In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select a FAT partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Change Root Size dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Change Root Size Q On the Explorer bar click on the current root entries value 3 Define parameters of the operation with the Change Root Size dialog Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 49 User Manual Are pou sure pou want to change root directory size for partition f Curent root drectory size is 512 sectors 256 KB 262 144 Bytes Please specily a new size ol the pattihan root directory in sectors 512 z Root entries Specify a new Root Directory Size value 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 50 User Manual Hard Disk Management This chapter lists various scenarios of hard disk operations which may be accomplished by the program Update MBR The program allows the user to
20. overwrite the current bootable code in the MBR Master Boot Record by the standard bootstrap code This feature can repair corrupted bootable code on a hard disk as a result of boot virus attacks or malfunction in the boot managing software In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select a hard disk on the Disk Map 2 There are several ways to run the operation a Select in the Main menu Hard Disk gt Update MBR a 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 Are pou sure pou wan lo update master bool record Curent MBA contents for hard disk number 1 vall be lost after this operation Your computer may mo bonge boot comert Tes Ho 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Change Primary Slot Operating systems use the following partitions enumeration In Linux In Linux every partition has a special symbolic name that encodes a hard disk containing a partition and a partition itself Partitions are addressed and accessed by using their symbolic names Symbolic names are automatically generated by Linux in accordance with the order of hard disks in BIOS and the order of partition records in the Partition Table The modification of primary partitions enumeration can lead to the changing of paths to some important resources In DOS The last versions of MS DOS use
21. partition Tools Starting the Boot Manager Setup Wizard that enables to easily manage several E Boot Manager Wizard operating systems on one computer News and Documentation Opening the page which contains information about the program This page O About Partitior Marager Will be displayed in the Explorer bar GS Partitior Manager Help Launching the Help system 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 View gt Disk Map Location The user can change the current location of the map with this option 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 Batic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPF31024T i a G i 22 GB FATI 1 9 GE Linus 1 6 GB M 3 6 GB NTFS Large sized bars display the following information about physical disks a Manufacturer a Model Small sized bars display the following information about logical disks a Serial number a Drive letter a Total size a File system Furthermore it 1s possible to estimate the used disk space by looking at the size of the bar s shaded area CopyrightO 1994 2008 Paragon
22. 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 in a FAT file system MBR amp Ist 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 1s used for similar purposes in all existing partitioning schemes The MBR capacity is not sufficient to contain sophisticated boot programs That s why the on boot software is allowed to use the entire Oth track of the disk For example boot managing utilities such as LILO GRUB and Paragon Boot Manager are located in the Oth track Partition ID or File system ID is a file system identifier that is placed in the partition It is used to quickly detect partitions of supported types A number of operating systems completely rely on it to distinguish supported partitions Partition ID is saved in appropriate entries of the Partition Table and takes only 1 byte of space Partition Label or Volume Label is a small textual field up to 11 characters that is located in the partition s boot sector This value 1s used for notification purposes only It 1s detectable by any partitioning tool inclu
23. size 233 7 GE Root entries 861 Used space 65 0 GE Sectors per book Free space 167 9 GE Sectors per cluster E Activity Ho Hidden state No ob Move Fiesize Partition Resize of Move partition a i i Hama Volume label Type Fie system ore Used FUNC ES mo mim ree Epa SAM TT E gt Logical Disk 1 No label Primary Not formatted 635 3MB 635 3 Base Hard Disk 2 Maxtor 7r 250P0 Basic Hard Disk Drive 337 GE Logical Disk G Ho label Primary NTFS 2766 6586 lt Basic Hard Disk 2 Maxtor PY250P0 G 234 7 GB NTFS E HTES E FAT E FaTi6 Linus Ext Linus Ext ReiserFS 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 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 59 User Manual FIG yA Miro IDN ERE ie DH ou are about to move resize NTFS volume No label 6 E amp Are you sure you want to move resize volume G B E Basic Hard Dirk 2 Maxtor 712500 Mame Used BS hh He 63534 E Ba Volume size 239 366 904MB 67 429MB 239 366 MB he he 65061 Free space before D Bytes Obytes 171 337 63 MB Free space after 0 Bytes 2 O bytes 171 530 01 MB 2 More options fa Z337 GB NTFS E NTFS M Fara M Faris D Lina Ext Linaee Ext ReneS 3
24. sue and position of pation copy Tour hand disk after changes Basic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPFSIOAAT wa G BA GA BAT Se whee ha place a oop Fire spocip the size of the now partition 634 MHA 1679 MB Please specty poe of nee space before the parthon 0 OMB 1671 ME Please opecty see of ree space aher the pathar 10413 O MB 1671 MB To accept the changes cick Hoxt Results Depending on the user s choice the Copy Partition Wizard E l starts the operation reconsiders it After the operation is completed the user receives a fully functional duplicate of the existing partition Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 56 User Manual 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 Up to 16 operating systems on one PC Secure adding removing of the BootManager startup record to from the MBR Auto Boot option to automatically start up the previously chosen OS after a cerain time period Hiding of any primary partition except seleted at the moment DODO The wizard is so well designed that the user simply needs to follow its easy instructions to properly configure the startup process Starting There are several ways to start the Boot Manager Setup Wizard Q Inthe Main menu select Tool
25. the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Edit View Sectors Edil sectores on Batic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPF31024T Dunen sector 0 of 20 000 925 Please select sector number O z t 020010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050 0x0060 0x0070 00080 00090 0x00A0 020080 0x00Cc 0x00D0 OxX0O0E0 OxO0FO 0x0100 0x0110 00120 0xD0130 0x0140 00150 0x0160 0x017 0 0x0180 weit 1 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 75 User Manual Send Log Files The program allows the user to simplify the procedure of sending support requests to the 7Tools Support Team In case of having difficulties with handling the program the user with the help of this very function can address the company support engineers and provide them with all the information they need such as disk layout performed operations etc in order to tackle the encountered problem Information of that kind is stored in Log files In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Call the Send Log Files dialog in the Main menu Tools gt Send Log Files 2 Give a detailed description on the encountered problem send log files Please entes short descrpbon of your problem Dear Sirs have just installed the program but am having a problem with making complete backups to my 2506 extemal dive have made a ful backup and this worked fine
26. vel be lost if the system unespectedk goes down power hadure etc Tryto Access Noe BIOS Desk Cylinders The opbon gives pou the possibility to bypass the 8 GB boundanes imitator on old hardware under Windows S Choose thes option if come ditk areas cannot be read under Windows Sx General options OS General options This section contains a set of general options that will be taken into account during all the operations carried out with the program The user can switch between the following modes a Verify data written If this option is marked every write to disk action is followed by the read and compare action This feature may be helpful in case of running an unstable hard disk however it will negatively affect the overall performance a Enable data loss protection Activate the option to force the program to work in the fail safe mode also referred to as data loss protection mode which ensures more safety for operations by maintaining the special journal of operations progress In case of hardware malfunction power outages or operating system failure the modified partition may become corrupted and non operable However the program will be able to complete the interrupted operation thus reviving the partition If the system has crashed during the operation in the fail safe mode insert the bootable Recovery CD and restart the computer The program will automatically detect the journal of the interrupted operation and comp
27. 4 FATTE less than 32 MB Changing system ID might prevent some operating sysbeme from working wath the partition 0504 FAT 16 less than 32 MB C Please entes ID marualy 4 a Predefined ID Select from the pull down list ID values for various file systems a Enter ID manually The textual field contains a hexadecimal presentation of the Partition ID Generally the Partition ID should be presented as 1 2 digits hexadecimal number only hexadecimal digits 0 9 A F are allowed to be used 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Change Serial Number of a Partition FAT16 FAT32 HPFS and NTFS file systems include the Serial Number parameter The partition s Serial Number is saved in the boot sector its value is generated while formatting a partition The program enables to modify the partition s Serial Number on formatted FAT16 FAT32 HPFS and NTFS partitions without re formatting In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Change Partition Serial Number dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Change Serial Number a On the Explorer bar click on the current serial number 3 Define the parameter value with the Change Partition Serial Number dialog Are you sure you want lo change serial number of volume C y Tour computer ma
28. FS partition Make Partition Primary Make Partition Logical Defragment Partition Defragment MFT Test Surface Check File System Integrity Edit View Sectors Properties View Toolbar Status Bar Common Tasks Bar Disk Map Legend Make the selected partition Primary Make the selected partition Logical Defragment data on the selected partition Defragment MFT Master File Table of the selected NTFS partition Test surface of the selected partition block of free space Check the selected partition for possible file system errors View edit sectors of the selected partition Get in depth information on the properties of selected partition Manage the Tool Bar representation show hide standard and navigation buttons text labels and large icons Display the Status bar Display the Common tasks bar Display the Disk map legend Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 13 User Manual Properties and Commands Display the Explorer bar Select whether the Disk map will be located on the top of the main ISS MAD a window or at the bottom Choose Columns Select properties to display on the List of partitions Help Help Open the Help system About Open the dialog with information about the program Tool Bar The Toolbar provides fast access to the most frequently used operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Create a partition Copy a
29. R DVD RW DVD RW and also DVD R DVD R double layer discs If the inserted disc is not empty the Wizard suggests the user erasing 1ts contents When the user confirms the operation the program deletes the re writable disc s contents and begins the recording process Results The Recovery Media Wizard starts the operation after completing the settings mentioned above As a result the user receives recovery media which can be used in most emergencies When purchasing the program online Recovery Media is available as ISO image files The Recovery Media Builder can then write these files onto physical CD DVDs Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 68 User Manual Extra Functionality This chapter describes the supplementary functionality available in the program View Partition Hard Disk Properties The program enables to obtain in depth information on the properties of hard disks partitions Besides the general information such as capacity used space or file system type 1t provides the possibility to get info on a hard disk geometry cluster size exact partition location etc In order to view properties of a partition hard disk the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Call the popup menu for the selected partition hard disk right click ofthe mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the
30. The Help System of the program is HTML oriented The user can read the user manual and follow external links from to get additional information Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 17 User Manual Disk View Help 2 9 x la 7tools Partition Manager Version information 7tools Partition Manager version 2009 build 5815 30 06 08 Components versions tools Base Services Library version 1 1 build 951 30 06 06 hdm di versi n 3 8 ralease 9 build 7215 blont dil vercion 5 5 releare 57 build 7215 blont sys version 8 9 roleara 99 build 7215 Support links 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 le Stop loading the current page iz Refresh the contents of the current page List of Partitions The List of Partitions 1s another helpful tool that enables the user 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 inclu
31. Tools Partition Manager 2009 6 User Manual Installation This chapter provides information which is needed to perform the correct installation of the program and in addition checks if the current installation is working correctly Package Contents The installation package includes the following components Launcher with an embedded HTML browser Partition Management Hard Disk Management Copy Partition Hard Disk Wizards Boot Manager Recovery Media Builder Extra Functionality DOODODOUL Minimum System Requirements To use the program on a computer satisfactorily ensure that it meets the following minimum system requirements Operating systems Windows 98 NT 2000 XP Vista and XP Vista 64 bit Internet Explorer 5 0 or higher Intel Pentium CPU or its equivalent with 300 MHz processor clock speed 128 MB of RAM Hard disk drive with 40 MB of available space SVGA video adapter and monitor Mouse DOODODDOUL Installation Procedure The installation process consists of the following steps 1 Run Setup Application From the folder where the setup files are kept run the SETUP EXE file This application will guide the user 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 2 Starting Setup The Welcome page informs that the application is being installed Click the Next button to cont
32. al Disk 6 Volume label Fat 2 LINLUA Total size E8GB File system FAT32 Used space 4 5668 Free space 23GB Start sectio 63 End sector 14410304 3 The dialog displays the actual enumeration of Primary Partitions in the Partition Table it exhibits the order of appropriate records which refer to primary partitions in the primary part of the Partition Table referencing records The top part of the dialog displays the enumeration order of partitions with the parameters that can help to distinguish partitions Slot Volume Partition type File system Partition size Volume label There are two buttons on the right of the list of primary partitions which allow the user to move the selected partition up and down within the primary part of the Partition Table 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 52 User Manual Copy Tasks This chapter lists various scenarios of copy operations which may be accomplished by the program Copy Hard Disk The program provides the ability to clone hard disks of any file system During the hard disk copying process the program moves controlling records of used partitioning scheme the bootstrap code and on disk partitions This operation cannot be substituted by simply copying all on disk partitions The operation can be accomplished with the Copy Hard Disk Wi
33. anced Partitioning Operations ie 36 Changing Partition ATTTIDULES sscessissiccccsecseassivessescactaccsbsassaccalevscssedseesessoonaccensesvossaseseacsusueecseesoosesssovoassseasecsess 44 Hard Disk Manaco Med un snie AA AAA Aid 50 Update MBR oinean a A a E E ESEE EENE EE ESE EEO EES aAA 50 Chance Primary loto 50 COPY aski nds 52 Copy Hard Disk a aa ered bsenuseceue 52 and conceets cesses eecsecsassseeveasessneneesessceestaessessseedoeseceuececes 54 Boo Vanace mentada 56 Creating Dual Boot Systems ts 57 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 3 User Manual Build RECOVERY Media cir nia tai diia 66 Extra EUncuonaliy tien 68 View Partition Hard Disk Properties india 68 Volume EXPO E A OI a 68 Mount Parto lll orina 69 Partition Detrao Mental WB sccis saranen Ea a a EEN E E aED A E EAEn 71 MET Dotracmentatiohsina a a A a a aA 71 D wnorade NTES VETA a a ea ea eaaa eieae 72 TeSt SUCIA EEE EEEO 73 Check File System inter is 73 Edity Iei Sector a ic 74 A E OEE E E E E AOE EE AIOE E 75 A TY ai E 75 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 4 User Manual Introduction Sooner or later any PC user faces the problem of modifying the hard disk structure One day you realize that your hard drive cannot meet your requirements any more Either its capacity is insufficient and it is time to think about a little upgrade or yo
34. bul when in lo make an incremental backup Ihe software wil only repest a complete backup Am doing something wrong Hope you can help This is a sample suppor tequesl 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 7Tools 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 Contains in depth information on parameters and prabaer 108 performance of all operations carried out by the program Pwloo txt Besides brief overview on operations it also contains 5 detailed information about the state of all hard disks Contains low level information on the CD DVD devices Cdb log used in the system BioN Tlog txt It is an OS dependent supplementary log file derived from or Bioxx dll It may contain valuable information on Windows Bio95log txt family operating systems Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 76 User Manual 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 s
35. click the Copy Partition 1tem on the page that appears in the Explorer bar Oooo After following one of the above mentioned actions the Welcome page of the wizard is displayed a Copy Partition Wizard Welcome to the Copy Partition Wizard This wesd helps pou copy a palir To contrae click Hed Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 55 User Manual Settings The Copy Partition Wizard allows the user to configure the settings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters Here the user sets the parameters of the operation defining l E The partition to copy Select a partition you want to copy Destination disk Select a hard disk with free space enough for performing the copy partition operation Copy parameters The Copy Partition Wizard allows the user to specify the following options Copy the partition with resize This option gives the possibility to copy the partition to a block of free space which is smaller than the partition itself 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 a Copy Partition Wizard Set size and position of partition copy Sel
36. des the ability to format existing or newly created partitions of the following file systems FAT12 FAT16 FAT32 NTFS Ext2 Ext3 ReiserFS Linux Swap v 2 HPFS Starting Wizard There are several ways to start the Format Partition Wizard Q Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Format Partition a On the Common Tasks bar click the Format Partition item of the Wizards menu a Inthe Toolbar click the Format Partition button Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 33 User Manual After following one of the above mentioned actions the Welcome page of the wizard is displayed Formal Partition Wizard Welcome to the Format Partition Wizard This wizaid helps pou fomat a partbion To continue cick Next Starting Dialog In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Call the Format Partition dialog to define appropriate settings a Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Format Partition Settings Despite different work algorithms both the Format Partition Wizard and the Format Partition dialog provide the same level of functionality thus let us just take as an example the dialog version of the operation Define parameters of the formatting op
37. ding the following properties Name Volume label if exists Partition type Primary Extended Logical File system type Size Amount of used and unused free space Start End cylinder Start End head Start End sector Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 18 User Manual Free size in sectors bytes Active Inactive attribute Hidden Unhidden attribute The user may customize the outlook of the List of Partitions with the appropriate Main menu item View gt Choose Columns De Pleate select properties to display Please select properbes you would kke bo display m the Disks and Partitions view Name e Fite system 2 Used 2 Stat secto 2 Stat cylindes Start head w Soe se Volume label E End cylinder C End head E End secto Free size in sectors C Free size in bytes C Actives Inactive aad Hidden Uirtidder Start in sector C End in sector By marking checkboxes the user can choose whether the required item will be displayed or not Furthermore the List of Partitions is synchronized with the Explorer bar and the Disk Map Legend Bar The Legend Bar explains the color scheme used for disk and partition presentation The user 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
38. ding 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 1s the so called Logical Disks Model LDM that originates from the UNIX mainframe systems Veritas Executive accommodates a simplified version of LDM to the Windows 2000 operating system Windows 2000 and XP support two quite different partitioning schemes the old DOS partitioning scheme and the new Dynamic Disk Management DDM The problem is that earlier versions of Windows do not support DDM In addition most hard disk utilities do not support it as well Recovery Media is a CD DVD disc a USB flash card or even a floppy disk from which you can boot for maintenance or recovery purposes Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 78 User Manual Root Directory is the top level directory of a formatted logical drive to include other files and directories In modern file syst
39. dows 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 1 8 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 1s 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 1t 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 1s always system To install the second operating system you need to repartition your drive first as 1t requires a separate primary partition If this the case the following scenario is just what you need 1 In the main window of Partition Manager select your hard disk on the Disk Map to make a block of free space on 1t Logical Disk G Volume letter G Senal number BCEAB4EE Volume label No label Partition ID 007 NTFS Type Pray NTFS version 30 File system NTFS Total
40. e Undelete Partition Wizard Thi vazad helos pou restore partitions thal have been deleted ona hard disk Settings The Undelete Partition Wizard allows the user to configure the settings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters Here the user sets the parameters of the operation defining Q Free blocks to scan for lost partitions Choose a free block from a tree like list of available disks and their partitions Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 40 User Manual Chek the check bos nest bo ary hard dick dine of hee block you want bo exanime Mame Type Size E E Mp Computes My Computer af E Base Haid Disk 0 5734001 44 Basic Hard Disk Dive 37 2 GB A No free blocks were found E fv gt RSet ee ee ese ws Basic Hard Dick Drive 95 GB Unallocated Free space 517 7 MB E fl E Basic Hard Disk 2 Hata Pr 50P0 Basic Hard Disk Dive 233 7 GB Unallocated Free space 101 4 GB The summary size of hagment e to analyze iz 101 9 GB a Manual setting of search criteria Activate the advance mode C lwant to choose file system fiter and search calera Note This option is recommended for advanced users only to manually specify A particular file system to look for Choose one or more File systema for look for Al known He systems C FAT and FAT32 fle systems NTFS file system O Linus Ext and Ext3 file systems 05 2 HPFS fi
41. e user simply has to follow easy step by step instructions to make the appropriate settings 64 bit Support The bulk of software today 1s written for a 32 bit processor It can meet the requirements of almost any end user However that 1s 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 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 9 User Manual Although many business applications run without problems on 32 bit systems others have grown so complex that they use up the 4 GB memory limitation of a 32 bit address space With this large amount of data fewer memory resources are available to meet memory needs On a 64 bit server most queries are able to perform in the buffers available to the database Some 32 bit applications make the transition to the 64 bit environment seamlessly others do not For instance system level utilities and programs that provide dir
42. ect 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 developers As a result programs become more complicated and require considerable amount of free space One day the user realizes that there is no more free space left on the hard disk and the only way out is to upgrade Usually that means that besides purchasing a new hard disk the user is to face a large re installation procedure spanning several days of tedious work But all of this can be avoided just by copying the contents of the old hard disk to a new one proportionally resizing the pa
43. em integrity check the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 74 User Manual 2 Call the Check File System Integrity dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do 1t a Select in the Main menu Partition gt Check File System Integrity a Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Check File System Integrity 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Edit View Sectors With the built in Edit View Sectors tool the program enables to view edit sectors on existing partitions hard disks providing the possibility to directly access and modify sectors save and restore sectors from specified files navigate through the system metadata etc In order to start the Edit View Sectors operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select a hard disk partition on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions 2 Call the Edit View Sectors dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it Q Click the Disk View tab and then choose Disk Editor Q Select in the Main menu Partition Hard Disk gt Edit View Sectors a Call the popup menu for the selected partition hard disk right click of the mouse button on
44. em pautitiori To continue cick Next Starting Dialog In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Call the Create Partition dialog to define appropriate settings Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Create Partition Settings Despite different work algorithms both the Create Partition Wizard and the Create Partition dialog provide the same level of functionality thus let us just take as an example the dialog version of the operation Define the future partition parameters with the Create Partition dialog Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases the user can just press the Yes button to confirm the operation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 31 User Manual Are pou sure pou wan bo creale a new partition on disk 17 You ate abau to create a new pachhon m Unallocated 1 6 GB area Please select sue poston and hie system of the new partion Hage Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPFSIOUCAT a ot EE 16GBFATIS Creste new partition as Prenary partition Please specily new partion size 1686 7MB 1686MB Please specily ae of hee space before the patior 0 OMB 1 670 MB Please specily soe of free space after the partion 0
45. ems Ext2 Ext3 NTFS and even FAT32 it does not differ from other directories This 1s 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 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved
46. eration with the Format Partition dialog Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases the user can just press the Format button to confirm the operation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 34 User Manual E Are pou sure you want bo formal not formatted volume on Se disk 17 Please select new file sueter BARR we Please entes mew volume label a File system Select the desired file system type from this pull down list In fact the program displays only file systems that can be correctly placed to the selected partition taking the capacity of the selected partition into account a Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field The Volume label is an irrelevant parameter of a logical drive that can be 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 the user needs to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page Depending on the file system the following options become available Use 0S buit m format routine Please select suttace best level Hore Please select number of sectors per cister 64 hal Please select number of sectors per book Please select number of root entres Restore defaults Q Use OS built in routine Mark the op
47. etrieval When files are updated the computer tends to save these updates on the largest continuous space on the hard disk which is often on a different sector than the other parts of the file When files are thus fragmented the computer must search the hard disk each time the file is opened to find all of the file s parts which slows down response time The program provides the necessary tool for the defragmentation of NTFS and FAT partitions In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Defragment Partition dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Defragment Partition Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Defragment Partition 3 Define parameters of the operation with the Defragment Partition dialog Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases the user may just press the OK button to confirm the operation ES Defragment volume D The delragmentahon may mprowe pechomance of your system Fos locked volumes this operation wall demand to reboot Drectones placement Put drectonez Sort opto Sort by size Dio not sort Sort by modification time Do not sort System Mes oplions C Do not save content of pa
48. even unknown one a Surface test level Select from the pull down list the level of the surface test 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Convert File System The program provides the ability to change the file system type without destroying data While performing the operation the program first checks for consistency the current file system 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 file system of a partition the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Convert file system of partition dialog to define appropriate settings Q Select in the Main menu Partition gt Convert file system a On the Explorer bar click on the current file system type a Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Convert File System 3 Define parameters of the operation with the Convert file system of partition dialog Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases the user may just press the Co
49. firmation Changing Partition Attributes This chapter explains how the user can change partition attributes Active flag Hidden flag Partition ID Volume Label etc Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 45 User Manual Mark Partition Active Inactive The program enables to set Active Inactive flag for primary partitions of the hard disk By default the operating system will boot from the active bootable partition at startup In order to mark partition Active Inactive the user should take the following steps 1 Select a primary partition on the Disk Map 2 There are several ways to Mark Partition Active Inactive Q Select in the Main menu Partition gt Mark Partition Active Inactive Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Mark Partition Active Inactive Are you sure you want lo sel the volume as active You are about lo set the volume Ho label FATTE as active li you already have achive volumes this action might render pour sytem unbootable 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Hide Unhide Partition The program allows the user to Hide Unhide primary and logical partitions The operating system does not mount hidden partitions thus preventing access to their contents In order to Hide Unhide a partition
50. gefile sys and or haberhl ays Pageble sys and Hiberile sys ate OS temporary fies and are only used for the cunent Windows session Thus excluding them from processing dl reduce time required bo accompleh the opaak Directories Placement From the pull down list select the way how to sort directories Sort by size Sort files according to their size Sort by time Sort files according to the last time of update Skip auxiliary files Mark the option to ignore contents of the PAGEFILE SYS and HIBERFIL SYS system files These files are used temporarily in the operating system DoOoOodt 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation MFT Defragmentation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 72 User Manual The MFT Master File Table is an NTFS system file that contains in depth information on files including size time and date stamps permissions and data contents In the course of time the MFT file can also be fragmented thus slowing down the speed at which data is accessed The program offers its users a special tool to defragment the MFT file In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select an NTFS partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Defragment MFT dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Defragment MFT Q Call the popup
51. ght click of the mouse button and launch the Hide Partition dialog Click the Yes button to continue File sysbern Not formatted Are pou sure pou want to hide the partition Tou are about to hide partition Vista NTFS Hiding the pathan may cause dire betters to be changed NTFS 184 8 GB NTFS 9 Apply all introduced changes By default Partition Manager 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 2X Q 9 C Disk View Help Apply pending changes l a Priman C Donat show te message agan ver o fe NIFS 851 pu g Sectors per cluster 8 To perform the pending operations the program will need to restart the system into a special mode of execution STOP c cOb2la Fatal 5 The initial session process or system process terminated unexpectedly with a sta Pee i ee te tots tal eee tm a a A AA Aa ee a ao y rus 0 OxOOOOO000 Oxco0c0000s4 OxOO0LOOSs T is e L Pl Lr e A A Pl T bal al L Fl r ll l E E 3 been shut down 10 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 Yo
52. gical disk File system represented by the color of the graph and the selected bar Total size used space and free space in GB or MB 0DOD O 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 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 29 User Manual 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 supported by the program To meet the requirements of any user these operations can be accomplished either with the help of easy to use wizards or through the corresponding dialogs Create Partition The program provides the ability to create new partitions by using the DOS partitioning scheme 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 a Two Extended Partitions on one hard disk
53. he 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 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 27 User Manual Getting Information about Disks The user is able to view in depth information on the properties of hard disks The main tools to extract this information are the Disk Map and the List of Partitions The two represent 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 the user selects a large sized bar the Explorer bar displays information about the disk in a bright graphical form Basic Hard Disk 1 51316081545 Type Basic Hard Disk Dire Total size 149 0E Sectors per track 63 Heads 255 Cylinders 13457 7 Copy the entire hard disk Fig Create a copy of the entre hard disk 2 Athe pachhons on this disk well be copesd on the spechied Langet 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 the user may see a table which contains the following information a Type of hard disk basic or dynamic Q Total size in GB Q Informat
54. he selected file folder right click of the mouse button to export it to some other location local or network drive etc Browse For Folder Select a Directory Lg y Documents jy My Computer E EL 3 5 Floppy A le Ser System Cy H e Applications Ds E de WD CDA Drive F e Local Disk G i n DVD Drive H E 10 Shared Documents e 5 Andrey s Documents E Sed My Network Places Mount Partition The program allows the user to assign or remove drive letters of existing formatted partitions Assign Drive Letter In order to mount a partition the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Add Drive Letter dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 70 User Manual a Select in the Main menu Partition gt Assign Drive Letter a Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Assign Drive Letter 3 Define a drive letter for the selected partition with the Add Drive Letter dialog Initially the program suggests some consistent value for this parameter So the user may just press the Yes button to confirm the operation O Assign a drive letter This glows access to the volume by using the drive letter assigned The assignment Is no
55. indows NT family OS windows NT 2000 5 lt P 420031 It does not regure a consderable amount hardware SOL Cee Acchhonal cpbion C Always use hol processing 5 Use hot processing only when partition is locked Hot processing benmpporacy dive OF wF This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account in case the Hot Processing mode is enabled The Hot Processing mode is a part of the copy operation that allows the program to process a disk without restarting the computer The program forces the system to restart to obtain exclusive access to the processing data The Hot Processing mode may be used to process locked partitions or any copy operation The user defines the method in this section The user can also set a Temporary drive This option defines a partition by default C for the Hot Processing temporary file The temporary file will be deleted when the hot copy is performed which may require a large amount of disk space Should there not be enough space on drive C then another drive needs to be selected Partitioning Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 23 User Manual Edit settings General ophons Copy and backup options E Partitioning Options Hol processing ophoris E Paribioring options E Enable 64 KB cujes for FATTE Virtual mode options Choose the option to enable 64 KB clusters for FAT 16 partitions with
56. inue 3 Confirm License Agreement Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 7 User Manual The License Agreement page displays the Paragon License Agreement Read the agreement and then click the Yes button to accept If the user does not agree with any conditions stated there the installation process will be interrupted 4 Select an Installation Folder The Destination Location page allows the user to choose the folder where the program will be installed By default the installation folder will be created as C Program Files Paragon Software 7Tools Partition Manager To select another folder click the Browse button After you have selected the required folder click the Next button to continue 5 Select a Program Group The Program Folder page enables the user to select the application s program group for the Start Menu By default 1t will be the program group Start gt Programs gt 7Tools Partition Manager Click the Next button to continue 6 Verify Setup Settings The Start Copying page allows the user to verify settings which have already been made and correct them if necessary Press the Back button to return to the previous page and modify the installation settings Click the Next button to complete the installation process 7 Copying Files The Setup Status page shows the overall progress of the installation Click the Cancel button to abort the set
57. ion on geometry of the disk amount of sectors per track heads and cylinders Below there is a list of wizards available for the user If the user clicks 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 Logical Disk D Volume letter Di se al number FAbb 308 Volume label Application Partition ID 007 NTFS Type Primary NTFS version 301 File system NTFS Total size 634 GB Root entres 55077 Used space 66GB Sectors per bool E Free space 56 8 GE Sectors per cluster E Activity Ho Hidden state No of a k AF Resize or Move partilion i att Thar untae halas maur E larani Hi alaska A kihti Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 28 User Manual When the user selects a small sized bar 1 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 Volume label if available Type of the lo
58. ition Burn an image of panition to CD DVD Restore partition from image AltA size tay nition Altec E 199Gb Vista in 496Gb No label C re ale Format Dia arta En mej achive Wipe partion Clear free space Convert sel label Resize Move Lino writ Change cluster size Modify rile al size Change boot size Retesi surface CopyrightO 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 65 User Manual 6 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 gt NTFS Mo label Create an image of partition Bum an image gl panion to CLL ard Drive Size 40 0 Gb ale IAS LN a Restore partition from image ARR Jused Free Copy partition ANNE 12Gb 12Gb a 7 5 4 Mb 37 0 Gb i feat A f F t TE os Unhide Delete Wipe partition Clear free space Conver Set label ResizeMowe A Upuri Change cluster size 7 You will be notified after the operations are completed Operations list Suboperation progress 1 Set partition flags COC Time elapsed 00 00 26 Time tw finish Overall progress CETTE TTT TTT TTT Rebuilding partitions into All operations have been finished 8 Restart the computer As are
59. l drives each of which servers as a container with its own drive letter and volume label thus enabling the 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 Linux 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 All of the above mentioned partitioning applications are implemented in the program And all the necessary actions are performed by using the system of convenient wizards This means that th
60. le settings confirmation every time the Convert file system operation is performed E Mail Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 26 User Manual Edit settings General ophons PA eat gt Creo and backup anions E mail options Hol processing opbors Paribonng oplions Specify your e mail account options Wobual mode opori Fie system conversion ophons E mad options User e mail address Oubgoing mad server SMTP My outgoing server requires authenticabon This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during the Send log files and Send e mail notification operations The user can define a 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 a User e mail address Specify an e mail address that has been assigned by the Internet Service Provider or organization s e mail administrator a My outgoing server requires authentication Activate the option to allow the program to make authentication on the server before sending messages User name Enter t
61. le system o C Other unlisted fle system Look for 05 2 HPFS file system Required search criteria C Scar all sectors Choose one of mote search criteria C Use all available criera Check boot sector Peewee Peer rer Pree ed Check Master File Table C Other search rules Results After the operation is completed the user receives a fully functional partition Move Resize Partition The Move Resize Partition function allows the user to modify the size and position of partitions on the hard disk keeping all on disk information intact Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 41 User Manual In order to move resize a partition the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Move Resize Partition dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main menu Partition gt Move Resize Partition a On the Explorer bar click on the current total size value a Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Move Resize Partition 3 Define parameters of the operation with the Move Resize Partition dialog b Are pou sure you want tbo move resize volume You at about to movelresize FATTE volume No label 171 Basic Hard Disk
62. lete the operation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 21 User Manual a Try to access non BIOS disk cylinders The option works only under Windows 95 98 ME When activated the program performs a special procedure to define the disk capacity and does not use the value that 1s returned by BIOS General Copy and Backup Options Edit settings General copy and backup options Copy and backup options Hol processing opbors Parhhorang oplions Hdd raw processing Virtual mode options Copy Backup an enlie hard dsk sector by sector without taking into account File susie conversion opbons ls partion stricture E tral opliorna a C Partition raw processing Copy Backup each partilion sector by sector All sectors wil be processed one by one even unused sectors Requires more ime lo complete the operation C Ferom incremental copy The option ls intended for copying only changes on the hard desk since a previous copy operation The program perom a comparison between a previous copy of the hard dick and ts current state Oniy sectors that ae diferent vall be writen to a mew copy e Skip OS acabar fies Choose thi opion to skip DS suwakan Mes ike pagel de cys hiberil sys ete Thee well reduce operation Eme and backup image sme E This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during copy and backup operations The user can switch
63. luz File system conversion oobons setting pou will be able to create FAT 16 partitions with a capacity of up to 4 E nal oplions GB Please nole that onb Windows NT family sylemo vell be able lo access sugh partlions Confemalcr e Ask for the volume label before parbhon delete _ Ask for confrmabon when converting from FATI6 to FAT Z Suifece tea bevek Maore Dio mol best the dick surface dunng read write operations This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during partitioning operations The user can activate the following modes a 64 KB cluster size for FAT16 partitions Only Windows NT 4 0 2000 XP 2003 support 64 KB clusters a Request confirmation before partition deletion a Request confirmation when converting FAT16 to FAT32 during such partitioning operations as copy disk partition restore disk partition Q Surface test level The option affects the following operations format partition copy partition restore partition retest the surface While performing the surface test the program detects corrupted sectors and marks them as unusable Virtual Mode Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 24 User Manual 3 Edit settings General ophing EE oo E3 Virtual mode options Hol processing opbors Parbbioring options Operations mode vitua mode options Aio vatual mode File system conversion options Sel thir optio
64. menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Defragment MFT E Deltagment volume MFT The MFT Dehagmentati n may improve perfomance of your system For locked volumes this operation val demand to reboot 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Downgrade NTFS Version The program provides the ability to decrease version of existed NTFS partitions This feature can be particularly useful when for instance dealing with different versions of the Windows NT family operating systems In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions 2 Call the Downgrade NTFS Version dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Downgrade NTFS Version a On the Explorer bar click on the current NTFS version a Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Downgrade NTFS Version 3 Define parameters of the operation with the Downgrade NTFS Version dialog Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 73 User Manual Are you sure pou want to downgrade HTFS version for volume D 7 Curent NTFS ver
65. menu item Properties jer General File Systemirdo Advanced Logical Disk C Yolume label System File system NTFS Type Prenay Capacity 12268 13152 190 464 Bytes 25 667 872 Sectors 3 The provided information is grouped according to its properties thus select the required tab and get the information you need Volume Explorer Volume Explorer is a special tool providing the ability to browse and export contents of the local mounted unmounted volumes formatted to FAT16 FAT32 NTFS Ext2FS Ext3FS ReiserFS file systems Besides it allows the user to access 7Tools backups as regular folders to explorer their contents or to retrieve certain files Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 69 User Manual To launch the Volume Explorer the user should click Disk View tab in the Explorer Bar and then choose Volume Explorer Disk View Scheduled Task Help Name Sizo Modied CD DVD Dives E E CD OVD Drive H CD DVD Drive K LM Hard Dicks a E 0 5734000144 37 2 GB a E 1 FUJITSU MPF31024T 356B G0 Primary FAT32 F 68GB m 25 08 2006 9 36 04 z A 13 04 2006 16 44 26 e Ey ayace rone Irbomation 06 06 2007 3 08 00 e S WirkP SP1 Eng 20 02 2007 11 17 36 Hack_ipb am 1912M8B 1207 2005 234358 E 41 Primary FATIG 415 7 MB Ge Primary FATIE 1 1 GB de G23 Primary FAT16 l 635 3 MB 12 Maxtor 7r250P0 32 7 GB Call the popup menu for t
66. n to carly cut all the operations vitually With this enabled E tal options you vall be able to commit the changes decand all changes ot decaid onb the last change l pou saich this option off the operations will be camed oul mmadiately C Close the progress dialog automatically Sel this option to automatically close the progress dialog alter committing the changes a Allow virtual mode In this section the user can choose whether to allow operations to carry out immediately or to place them on the List of Pending Operations for later execution Just mark the option to enable virtual operations a Close progress dialog automatically Mark the option to automatically close the progress dialog when the required operation s is completed File System Conversion Options 8 Edit settings General options Copy and backup oplione Hol processing opbors Partitioning options Select a tme zone Virtual mode options GMT Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh London Lisbon e EAS Ae AL A A E mal options Select language lor fe names Enghsh CP 250 This language will be used to specify nahonal symbols in fle names E Confirm settings before NTFS lt gt FAT FAT 2 conversor Choose thet opion lo enable the pogam to allow pou lo custome hera of File system conversion options palings each lime when converting fle systems Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager
67. nvert button to confirm the operation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 43 User Manual Are pou sure pou want to convert volume You are about to convert Ale sstem on volume No label FATTE Your computer may no longes boot or work comecthy Please select new hle systenc AE Select new cluster size E Select suface lest level Hone a Current file system The dialog allows the user to get information on the selected partition a New file system The pull down list contains file systems to convert to The program only displays available variants taking into account current parameters of the selected partition and the file system limitations a Convert options New cluster size Define the Cluster Size for the partition to convert Surface test level Select from the pull down list the surface test level 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Change Cluster Size Cluster Size 1s one of the important parameters of any file system The Cluster Size value affects implicitly the performance of the files input output activity since 1t defines the size of the file system metadata Besides the so called waste space factor also depends on the Cluster Size value The program provides the ability to change the Cluster Size to any available value without destroying data In order to change the cluster size of a partition the use
68. of the partitions and moves their contents to new locations Starting There are several ways to start the Redistribute Free Space Wizard Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 38 User Manual a In the Main menu select Wizards gt Redistribute Free Space a On the Common Tasks bar click the Redistribute Free Space item of the Wizards menu After following one of the above mentioned actions the Welcome page of the wizard is displayed F Redistribute Free Space Wizard Welcome to the Redistribute Free Space Wizard This wizatd helps pou redotibube ree space among pathbons To continue cick Next Settings The Redistribute Free Space Wizard allows the user to configure the settings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters Here the user sets the parameters of the operation defining a The partition to enlarge Select a partition the size of which will be increased at the expense of other partitions Blocks of free space if any will be automatically added to the target partition a The partition to donate Choose any partition not only adjacent to donate free space 1f available 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 at the bottom of the page Results After the operation is c
69. ompleted free space of the specified partition will be increased at the expense of unused space of the others Undelete Partition When deleting a partition disk management software only removes references to it in the Partition Table so that a previously deleted partition can still be recovered in case of valid restoration of the record in the Partition Table The program provides the ability to find and recover these partitions This function minimizes the hazard of occasional partitions deletion and 1s usually known as undelete Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 39 User Manual A restored partition will be fully functional as long as other partitions were not created moved or exceeded the disk space occupied by the partition That 1s why the program enables the Undelete Partition function only for blocks of free space The operation can be accomplished with the Undelete Partition Wizard Starting There are several ways to start the Undelete Partition Wizard a In the Main menu select Wizards gt Undelete Partitions a On the Common Tasks bar click the Undelete Partition item of the Wizards menu a Select a disk on the Disk map and click the Recover Lost Partitions item on the page that appears in the Explorer bar After following one of the above mentioned actions the Welcome page of the wizard is displayed T Undelete Partition Wizard rJe Welcome to th
70. one Please select number ol sectors per cluder 64 bl Please select number of sectors per boot Pisare select number of root erines 512 a Use OS built in routine Mark the option to restrict the available values according to the used OS CopyrightO 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 32 User Manual a Whether the surface test will be performed Mark the option to make the program perform the surface test on the formatted partition In this case the program will find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata a The amount of sectors per boot This parameter 1s 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 a 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 FATI16 partition a The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control Results After the operation is completed the user receives a fully functional partition Format Partition Any partition should contain some file system to be used for keeping data The process of installing a file system 1s commonly known as formatting A huge variety of file systems have been developed these days The program provi
71. ons The bar contains several tabs named Basic Partitioning Tasks Advanced Partitioning Tasks Copy Tasks Tools and News and Documentation Each of these contains a separate button bar which can be folded by clicking it Basic Partitioning Tasks ce p Starting the Create Partition Wizard The Create Partition Wizard assists the FEIEREN user to create partitions of any file system Starting the Format Partition Wizard The Format Partition Wizard allows amp h Format Partition formatting existing partitions to one of the file systems supported by the program iS F Starting the Delete Partition Wizard that enables to delete partitions of any file Delete Partition system Advanced Partitioning Tasks Starting the Merge Partitions Wizard The Merge Partitions Wizard allows amp Merge Partitions merging adjacent partitions of NTFS FAT FAT32 file systems Starting the Redistribute Free Space Wizard that enables to redistribute S edistnibute Free Space available disk space of existed partitions Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 15 User Manual 3 A Starting the Undelete Partitions Wizard that helps to recover accidentally Undelete Partitions deleted partitions Copy Tasks Starting the Copy Hard Disk Wizard that helps to make an exact copy of a hard Ag Copy Hard Disk disk Starting the Copy Partition Wizard that helps to make an exact copy of a S Copy Partition
72. partition Copy a hard disk Format a partition Delete a partition Open the Help system AGRE S amp 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 accomplishment The Virtual Operations Bar enables to manage pending operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY ly Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 14 User Manual Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Display the List of Pending Operations Launch the real execution of virtual operations Cancel all virtual operations on the List of Pending Operations SISIO A U There are unsaved changes Please use dl Apply command lo commi them and x Discard command bo peimanently undo the changes You can vaw changes histcy via Si View Changes command and temporary undo or redo the operation by means of Ey Undo and Redo commands 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 that provide all the functionality needed to manage copy operati
73. pear from the disk but merely are unavailable for the operating system Starting Wizard There are several ways to start the Delete Partition Wizard a In the Main menu select Wizards gt Delete Partition a On the Common Tasks bar click the Delete Partition item of the Wizards menu a In the Toolbar click the Delete Partition button After following one of the above mentioned actions the Welcome page of the wizard is displayed Delete Partition Wizard Welcome to the Delete Partition Wizard This wizaid helps pou delete partitions To continue cick Next Starting Dialog In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Call the Delete Partition dialog to define appropriate settings Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Delete Partition Settings Despite different work algorithms both the Delete Partition Wizard and the Delete Partition dialog provide the same level of functionality thus let us just take as an example the dialog version of the operation Define parameters of the delete operation with the Delete Partition dialog Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 36 User Manual pA Are pou sure pou want to delete volume You are about to delete volume
74. ption Remove fee blocks between partitions Verification options _ Peston surface best L Yey virg This optan allows you do copy sn entre hard dick sector by pechy mihou taking ro cd actini Es piston tinicbue To tere the results of the copy operate click Hasi Back Copy options This section enables to switch between two options HDD raw copy allows to copy a hard disk in the sector by sector mode to successfully process unknown file systems Partition raw copy allows to copy a partition in the sector by sector mode to successfully process unknown file systems Perform incremental copy once the complete copy of a hard disk is created it can be used as a base for the incremental copy Mark the option to make the program perform the exact bit wise comparison of the previous data saved in the parental copy with the current data that is actually the hard disk itself After that only most recent information will be processed It considerably decreases the amount of data written Resize options This section enables to switch between two options Remove free blocks between partitions If this option is activated the program does not keep blocks of free space between partitions on the targeted hard disk Copy data and resize partitions proportionally If this option is activated the program proportionally changes the size of partitions keeping their relative order intact The option can be useful when upg
75. r should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Change Cluster Size dialog to define appropriate settings a Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Change Cluster Size a On the Explorer bar click on the current sectors per cluster value 3 Define a new value with the Change Cluster Size dialog Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 44 User Manual Are you sure you want lo change cluster size for partition Curent chester size ls 16 sectors 8 KE 8 192 Bytes Smale clusters may provide moe e ectve usage of disk space 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Make Logical Make Primary The program provides the ability to include a Primary Partition in the Extended Partition or exclude a Logical Partition from the Extended Partition without partition duplication In order to change a partition type the user should take the following steps 1 Select a primary or logical partition on the Disk Map 2 There are several ways to Make Partition Logical Primary a Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Make Partition Logical Primary a On the Explorer bar click on the current partition type Are pou sure pou want to make the partition logical ES You are about to make the partition No label FAT16 logical 3 The operation will be performed immediately after con
76. rading the hard disk to a larger one Verification options This section allows the user to define whether the Surface test and or the Writing Verification test will be accomplished during the operation Results Depending on the user s choice the Copy Hard Disk Wizard Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 54 User Manual Q starts the operation a reconsiders it After the operation is completed the user receives a fully functional duplicate of the existing hard disk Copy Partition The copying of partitions can be used either for cloning sample partitions or for making backup copies of working partitions The user can duplicate partitions to protect oneself from downtime in case of a system malfunction The partition can be copied back to the original place within a few minutes or can be used simply for copying separate files The program duplicates all usable partition data including files the exact structure of directories and file system metadata location of files security information access quotas and so on The program allows to copy partitions only to blocks of free space Starting There are several ways to start the Copy Partition Wizard In the Main menu select Wizards gt Copy Partition On the Common Tasks bar click the Copy Partition item of the Wizards menu In the Toolbar click the Copy Partition button Select a disk on the Disk map and
77. rive Letter Remove Drive Letter Hide Partition Unhide Partition Mark Partition as Active Mark Partition as Inactive Change Cluster Size Change Boot Size Change Root Size Change Volume Label Change Serial Number Change Partition ID 12 User Manual Update MBR Master Boot Record of the selected hard disk Modify the primary partitions enumeration for the selected hard disk View edit sectors of the selected hard disk Get in depth information on the properties of selected hard disk Create a partition of any file system with the Create Partition dialog Format a partition of any file system Format Partition dialog Delete a partition of any file system Delete Partition dialog Move Resize the selected partition Convert file system of the selected partition Assign drive letter to the selected partition Remove drive letter for the selected partition Make the selected partition unavailable for the operating system Make the selected partition available for the operating system Make the selected partition bootable by default Make the selected partition non bootable by default Change cluster size of the selected partition Change boot size of the selected partition Change root size of the selected partition Change volume label of the selected partition Change serial number of the selected partition Change identifier of the selected partition Downgrade NTFS version Decrease version of the selected NT
78. rtitions 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 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 10 Interface Overview User Manual This chapter introduces the graphical interface of the program to the user 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 the user starts the program the first component that is displayed 1s called the Launcher It enables the user to run wizards and utilities 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 q Create Pastilicn ef Fama Fabia ds See Delete Patiki Common Tasks Bar al Reckitibute Fee Space 3 Undelete Patbora News and Do G Partition Mana Help Cf About Partition Hanaga
79. ry partitions Choose this option to hide other primary partibons except one that vell be selected for booting up This vell allow bo ncapsulate different Operating Systems Boot menu options Normal mode Timeout foe booting last used configuration 15 seconds O Hidden mode Time to display the BootManager startup message 15 second Choose a hot key for startup Booth anager IF 14 Now restart the computer to make sure you have got a dual boot 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 but taking into consideration a number of peculiarities 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 Fike system Are pou sure pou mani to tel the volume at mactive You see about to sel the volume WinxP NTFS a macirve You compute may no longer boot corect 5 5 Not formalted E gt 3 NTFS 184 8 GB NTFS E NTFS E FAT32 E
80. s gt Boot Manager Q Onthe Common Tasks bar click the Boot Manager Wizard item of the Wizards menu After following one of the above mentioned actions the Welcome page of the wizard is displayed ol BootManager Setup Wizard Welcome to the BootManager Setup Wizard This wizard helps pou lo activate deacivabe and configure Booth anager To continue cick Next Settings Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 57 User Manual The Boot Manager Setup Wizard allows the user to configure the settings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters Here the user should set the following parameters a Hiding other primary partitions By marking this option 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 when dealing with different operating systems or different versions of one and the same OS as they will be unaware of each other Hide other primary partitions Choose this option to hide other pimay partons escepi one that well be selected for booting up This wal allow to ncapsulste diferent Operating Systems a Boot menu options In this section the user 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
81. siones 3 01 Windows XP Select new NTFS varsom RUE ea a Select new NTFS version The program enables to select the required NTFS version from the pull down list of available versions 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Test Surface The program allows performing additional surface tests on existing partitions and blocks of free space In order to start the surface test the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition or a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Call the Test Surface dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main menu Partition gt Test Surface Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Test Surface Test surface of volume G Testing volume surface allows to lind bad blacks and other problems Please selec a surface best level w Yas No Surface test level Choose the level of the test procedure 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Check File System Integrity The program can check the file system integrity on existing partitions This function can be used for detecting file system errors before performing operations on a partition Most useful operations require the targeted partition to have a valid file system to be processed In order to start the syst
82. sult your Windows becomes bootable once again Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 66 User Manual Build Recovery Media The program provides the possibility to prepare a set of recovery tools on external media CD DVD or floppy disks The tool set can be of assistance in case of operating system corruption which means that the user 1s able to boot the computer even when the operating system 1s not able to do so Creation of such recovery tools is performed with the Recovery Media Wizard Starting To start the Recovery Media Wizard the user needs to select the Recovery Media Builder item of the Wizards menu on the Common Tasks bar Then the Welcome page of the wizard 1s displayed P Recove ry Media Builder da Recover Media Buide helps you ceale the Recovery Heda which pou can use bo bool your computer fam in case youi operabng syshem cannot boot any more The Recovery Media contain tne man components of the product and allows you to parom most of its recovery operatione To continue cick Hert Back Settings The Recovery Media Wizard allows the user to configure the settings and start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters In our case we set the parameters of the future recovery tool by defining a Type of the recovery media the user is creating The recovery tools can be placed either on a CD DVD disc or on a floppy disk CD DVD The
83. t recommended t tre volume contame a Me system mot supported by your operating system Assign the following dive letter MN Assign the following drive letter The pull down list contains vacant drive letters that can be associated with the selected partition Assign a drive letter to a non mounted partition or change the existed drive letter for already mounted partition 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Remove Drive Letter In order to unmount a partition the user should take the following steps 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 a Select in the Main menu Partition gt Remove Drive Letter Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Remove Drive Letter Are you sure pou wanl lo remove dive letter l You are about to remove drive letter from the volume E No label FAT 16 ou computer may no longer boot or work corectly 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 71 User Manual Partition Defragmentation Defragmentation is the process of rewriting parts of a file to contiguous sectors on a hard disk to increase the speed of access and r
84. tandard bootstrap The term backup originates from the time when the best way to protect valuable information was to store 1t in form of archives on external media It s become now a general notion to mean making duplications of data for protection purposes Bootable Archive is created by adding a special bootable section when backing up the data to CD DVDs Thus you will be able to restore the data from these archives without having to run the program but by simply booting from these CD DVDs Cluster is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file All file systems used by Windows organize hard disks based on clusters which consist of one or more contiguous sectors The smaller the cluster size the more efficiently a disk stores information If no cluster size is specified during formatting Windows picks defaults based on the size of the volume These defaults are selected to reduce the amount of space that is lost and the amount of fragmentation on the volume A cluster is also called an allocation unit Extended Partition is a partition type you create only on a basic MBR Master Boot Record disk Extended partition is used if you want to create more than four volumes on a disk since it may contain multiple logical drives File 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
85. ter Restore th t hen the current operating system cannot boot Recovery Media Builder a a m p 8 Sy anymore Settings Edit the general settings of the program Exit Exit the program Changes po Bho stata Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations pete tase ADV INA Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations View Changes Display the List of Pending Operations Apply Changes Launch the real execution of virtual operations Discard All Changes Cancel all virtual operations on the List of Pending Operations Reload Disk Info Refresh the current information about disks Wizards Create Partition Create a partition of any file system Format Partition Format a partition of any file system Delete Partition Delete a partition of any file system Copy Hard Disk Create a hard disk copy Copy Partition Create a partition copy Merge Partitions Merge adjacent partitions of NTFS FAT or FAT32 file systems Redistribute Free Space Redistribute available disk space of existed partitions Undelete Partitions Recover any of accidentally deleted partition Hard Disk Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 Update MBR Change Primary Slots Edit View Sectors Properties Partition Create Partition Format Partition Delete Partition Move Resize Convert File System Assign D
86. the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 There are several ways to Hide Unhide partitions Q Select in the Main menu Partition gt Hide Unhide Partition Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Hide Unhide Partition 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Set Label of a Partition Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 46 User Manual The Partition Label 1s a small textual field up to 11 characters that 1s located in the partition s boot sector This value 1s detectable by any partitioning tool 1t 1s used for notification purposes only In order to change a partition label the user should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Change Volume Label dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Change Volume Label a On the Explorer bar click on the current volume label a Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map or on the List of Partitions then select the menu item Change Volume Label 3 Define the label of the partition with the Change Volume Label dialog Are pou sure you want to change label on volume
87. tion to restrict the available values according to the used OS a Whether the surface test will be performed Mark the option to make the program perform the surface test on the formatted partition In this case the program will find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata a 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 a 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 FATI16 partition a The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control Results After the operation is completed the user receives a fully functional partition formatted to the file system specified Delete Partition The program allows the user to delete partitions on hard disks partitioned with the DOS partitioning scheme The program removes references to the partition from the Partition Table so that the information from the deleted partition becomes inaccessible The resulted disk space can be used to create new partitions Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 35 User Manual Contents of the deleted partition do not disap
88. tware Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 37 User Manual Merge Partitions Wizard x Welcome to the Merge Partitions Wizard This wizaid helps pou lo merge lwo agacent NTFS FAT or FAT S2 partiborr To continue cick Next 44 Settings The Merge Partitions Wizard allows the user to configure the settings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters Here the user sets the parameters of the operation defining a The partition to expand Select a partition that will be expanded to take contents of an adjacent partition Q The partition to merge with Choose the second partition for the merge operation the contents of which will be placed in the folder of the first selected partition By default the program automatically offers a folder name to store files of the second partition which however can be customized by the user Results After the operation is completed the disk space of the two adjacent partitions will be consolidated Redistributing Unused Space between Partitions The Redistribute Free Space Wizard helps to increase free space on one partition at the expense of unused space on others By default the wizard adds to the target partition the 50 of unused space of other partitions which have been selected to donate space The user can manually control what part of unused space will be left on a partition The wizard automatically recalculates the positions
89. u are to carry out some partitioning operations Whatever the problem is it requires solution Our program is a fast convenient and reliable solution of disk copying upgrading and configuring needs It provides a wide range functionality in the field of managing disk layout structures The key features of the program are listed in the special chapter Setting up major operations is accomplished by using practical wizards Each step of the wizard includes in depth information in order to allow the user to make the right choice Graphical representations of the data help the user to gain a better understanding In this manual you will find the answers to many of the technical questions which might arise while using the program Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 5 User Manual Key Features Let us list some of the key features E l User friendly interface Easily understood icons accompany all functions of the program Previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations so called virtual operations Basic functions for initializing partitioning and formatting hard disks Instead of the standard Windows disk tools the program supports all file systems Carrying out advanced partitioning operations such as redistribution of available disk space or merging of adjacent partitions of NTFS FAT or FAT32 file systems with the help of
90. u 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 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 62 User Manual Do not forget to select the newly created partition as destination 11 Launch the Boot Manager Setup wizard As your Windows Vista 1s non bootable any more you need to install Partition Manager 2009 once again but this time in Windows XP to activate Boot Manager 12 To launch the Boot Manager Setup wizard please click the Boot Manager Wizard item of the Wizards menu oz Tea Delete Partition Ge Logical Disk F El Basic Hard Disk 1 573160915 BLogcal Disk C Logical Disk D Basic Hard Disk 1 ST31601 13 Set up the Boot Manager wizard The most relevant option here 1s the possibility to hide other primary partitions except the one selected to boot and it 1s 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 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 63 User Manual Hide other prima
91. up 8 Finishing the Installation The Final page reports the end of the setup process Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 8 User Manual 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 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 the operating system Until recently most PCs used to have just one partition which filled the entire hard disk and contained the 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 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 1s 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 logica
92. 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 the user should define a hot key used to enable the Boot Manager and a time period in seconds the startup message will be displayed Boot menu options Normal mode Timeout hos booting last used configuration 115 seconds C Hidden mode Time to display the BootManager startup message 15 second Choose a hot key for startup Booth anager a 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 Configure Choose this opbi n lo enter Settling page You well be able to conhgure Booh anager appearances snd Bool Menu options O Deactivate Choose this option lo descirvabe Booth snage This wll remove Boot anager and restore bool process lo ils Biwi shale Results 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 Creating Dual Boot Systems Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 58 User Manual Release of Win
93. y no longer boot of work comectly Please enter new se al number in hexadecimal format ERES New serial number The user can enter the new Serial Number value in this textual field The Serial Number should contain 8 hexadecimal figures 0 9 or A F The operation cannot be accomplished until the user enters all 8 symbols Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 48 User Manual 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Change Boot Size Major file systems use initial sectors of a partition to store the bootable code of an operating system This area of a partition is generally known as the Bootable Area or the Boot Sector actually it takes up several sectors The program provides the ability to modify the Bootable Area size of the FAT formatted partitions without destroying data In order to start the operation the user should take the following steps 1 Select a FAT partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Change Boot Size dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main menu Partition gt Modify gt Change Boot Size Q On the Explorer bar click on the current sectors per boot value 3 Define parameters of the operation with the Change Boot Size dialog Pue you sure pou want lo change boot area size for partition E 07 Curent boot area size is 0 sectors 4 KB 4 096 Bytes Please entes
94. zard The wizard is so well designed that the user simply needs to follow its easy instructions to make an exact copy of the disk Starting There are several ways to start the Copy Hard Disk Wizard In the Main menu select Wizards gt Copy Hard Disk On the Common Tasks bar click the Copy Hard Disk item of the Wizards menu In the Toolbar click the Copy Hard Disk button Select a disk on the Disk map and click the Copy Hard Disk item on the page that appears in the Explorer bar DODO After following one of the above mentioned actions the Welcome page of the wizard is displayed A Copy Hard Disk Wizard Welcome to the Copy Hard Disk Wizard This wad Palpe pou io craale a copy of haid dak To continue click Head Settings Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 7Tools Partition Manager 2009 53 User Manual The Copy Hard Disk Wizard allows the user to configure the settings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters Here the user sets the parameters of the operation defining a The hard disk to copy Select a hard disk you want to copy a Copy parameters The Copy Hard Disk Wizard allows the user to specify the following options a Copy Hard Dick Wirard Sel up copy oplbona Onn this page pou can Sel up venous copy optimi Chora copy opion that scat beni pour taik Copy options EJ HDO dl C Partbicna cow copy C Pertorm incremental copy Resize o

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