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1. Vesta C BD ROM Deve D E Local Disk E E New Volume F E ser a00 ene r Physical pattons New Volume Disk 3 partition 1 Prim H Netware A To easily find the required disk please use its volume label or sequence number as a check point 5 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Click Next to continue i Name Source Path wo Mew Volume Disk 3 partition 1 Prin m Fod 02MHprg 02 0H png P 3 0png 703 04 prg Nare z 6 05 pr9 6 05 05 png I TES Volume Disk 3 partition 1 Famay NTFS E 05 02 05 png 05 02 05 0n9 BEATA 7 Ob 0png 06 04 png 03 04 png OF Mprg O0T pag 05 02 05 ong p 05 0 png 05 05 png 06 04 png 07 04 pag Tate date size 391 7 KB 6 Select the Save data to local network drives item Click Next to continue There are several ways the Wira can store your data Plese select how would you lke to seve the data Save data to local network dives Save data to physical partitions Bum the datato CD or OVD Select the option to save your data locally on a mounted partition faith drive letter assigned or on a network share To store your data on the network you wil need a mapped network dave or a mounted directory on the server You wil be promoted to choose an exact location for your date later in the wizard 7 Specify the exact place to copy the data to Copyright 1994 2012
2. don t forget to choose your system partition Local Disk C in our case to use it as guest Otherwise the resulted virtual machine won t start up Archive Content Type Fle system Size Used El fi 2d Archive Archive E Be Local Disk 1 Primary NTFS 100MB 24 1 MB EA Local Disk C Primary NTFS 198GB 71GB Hame Local Disk C Volume label Ho label File system NTFS Total size 138GB Used space 7 1GB Free space 126GB 5 Specify the guest OS and a virtualization software vendor If the selected backup contains several Windows OSes our wizard will find them all and automatically patch to run in a virtual environment However we cannot guarantee smooth startup of all found Windows systems for their configuration parameters may be incompatible with each other This is why we additionally prompt you to specify what operating system you d like to use as guest to configure the virtual machine for that particular system Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 48 The folowing O5 wil be used as quest Please select a virtual software vengar Vidware Vilorkstation VMware Fusion Microsoft Virtual PC When using old Paragon s backup images prior to Backup amp Recovery 10 please be ready to manually specify the guest OS _ Not all vendors may be available to choose If capacity of one of the selected objects exceeds the maximum virtual disk capacity of any
3. Unallocated MMB 122 MB Not formatted OEM se Ml 569 8 GB Limitations A virtual disk opened for writing with a 3 party tool e g being used by a virtual machine won t be connected as asynchronous parallel writing to the disk file will most likely result in data corruption Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 55 e Avirtual disk opened for reading with a 3 party tool e g it s a parent VMware disk which snapshot is being used by a virtual machine will be opened for reading only with the corresponding notification e A double disk connection is prohibited Repartitioning a virtual disk Let s assume you ve got several partitions on a virtual disk After installing a number of resource consuming applications and system updates the system partition has started to suffer from the lack of free space But an adjacent partition has a plenty of redundant space That s just enough to make the system partition suffer no more To increase size of a system partition by taking unused space from an adjacent partition please do the following 1 Connect the required virtual disk to our program 2 Select it on the disk map Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dew BB Local Disk BB Unallocated BB 122 ME Nettoomated OEM se MM 569 28 Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware pirtual image Virtual image Local Disk MM 34 4 MB NTFS
4. 145942 5282010 1 15 41 AM Ee Ge 2 2 20098 10 55AM Disk info Microsoft Virtual PC hard disk Capacty 39GB 41 544 277 840 Bytes 4 Our wizard will detect a version of Windows OS inside the image and offer to specify a virtualization software vendor At the present moment the vhd format is supported by Microsoft Virtual PC Server Hyper V and Oracle VirtualBox We choose the last one The folowing OS wil be used as guest Windows Vista b Please select a virtual software vendor VMware Workstation VMware Fusion Microsoft Virtual PC Orece VirtualBox 5 Set properties of the future virtual machine e Virtual machine version Please make sure you choose a version which is supported by your virtualization software otherwise you won t be able to work with the newly created machine e Virtual machine name By default the wizard picks the name of your guest OS which can be modified however e CPU number If your computer supports multiprocessing select how many CPUs you d like to allocate for the virtual machine e Memory amount Depending on the guest OS the wizard calculates the recommended size of RAM which can be modified however Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 53 Vitual machine version Oracle VirtualBox Virtual machine name My_ ist Backup CPU number 1 A Memory amount 65 ME ie Minimum memory size Recommended memory size If the selected ve
5. 7 Meda D Primary NTFS 180GB 913MB F Ewok F Primary NTFS 1644GB 30 8MB Tero G Primary NTFS 1554 G8 305MB g F Basic Hard Disk 2 intemal Hard Disk Drive 700 GE ECS Pinay NTFS 6999GB 1076MB 4 Specify the guest OS and a virtualization software vendor If your system hosts several Windows OSes our wizard will find them all and automatically patch to run in a virtual environment However we cannot guarantee smooth startup of all found Windows systems for their configuration parameters may be incompatible with each other This is why we additionally prompt you to specify what operating system you d like to use as guest to configure the virtual machine for that particular system Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 44 The following OS wil be used as quest Ly Windows 7 Please select p virtual software vendor o Vibware Vilorketation VMware Fusion vendors for their size exceed the maximum capacity for virtual disks The wizard cannot creste virtual machines of the following vendos O The following virtualization software formals are not supported Microsoft Virtual PC 1274 GB Not all vendors may be available to choose If capacity of one of the selected objects exceeds the maximum virtual disk capacity of any vendor this vendor will be shadowed 5 Set properties of the future virtual machine e Virtual machine version Please make sure you choose a version which is supported by
6. Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 34 On this page you can choose a hard disk you would like to copy All partitions from this hard disk will be copied to the destination you wil choose on the next page etcetera VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev a Y Local Disk C 499 SGE NTFS lt om VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev 1 34 ae FAT S2 6 Onthe Select Target Hard Disk page select a destination disk a hard disk to copy contents of the source disk Select a target hand disk All data from the source hard disk wil be copied there During copy operation target Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware Vilimaa Virtual SCSI Disk Dew g Local Disk C 499 9GB NTFS Basic Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev a U Backup Capsule 47 966 NTFS Ji Ja GH Unalog Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware VMware Virtual SCSI Disk Dev 4999 GE During the operation all contents of the destination disk will be deleted 7 On the next page of the wizard define the copy options In our case we d rather copy data with a proportional resize to occupy the entire disk Choose copy options that sut best your task Copy options HDD rew copy Parttions raw copy Resize options Remove free blocks between partitions Mark the checkbox to proportionally change the size of parttions while keeping ther relative order intact Tip This can be very con
7. Executive accommodates a simplified version of LDM to the Windows 2000 operating system Windows 2000 and XP support two quite different partitioning schemes the old DOS partitioning scheme and the new Dynamic Disk Management DDM The problem is that earlier versions of Windows do not support DDM In addition most hard disk utilities do not support it as well Recovery Media is a CD DVD disc a USB flash card or even a floppy disk from which you can boot for maintenance or recovery purposes Root Directory is the top level directory of a formatted logical drive to include other files and directories In modern file systems Ext2 Ext3 NTFS and even FAT32 it does not differ from other directories This is not the case for old FAT12 and FAT16 file systems Serial Number In the DOS partitioning scheme every hard disk and every partition has a 32 bit serial number represented by an 8 figure hexadecimal value It is stored in the MBR and its value is assigned when the MBR sector is initialized by Microsoft standard disk managing tools such as Windows Disk Administrator and the FDISK utility In fact a hard disk s serial number is not important for most operating systems and software It is known that Windows NT 2000 and XP store its value in the database of assigned drive letters A partition s serial number is stored in its boot sector in FAT16 FAT32 and NFTS file systems Its value is assigned when the partition is formatted It does not
8. Hard Disk management Error Code 0x1100a What is wrong here The problem is that the Microsoft VSS service is set as the default Hot Processing mode in the program But this service has not been started in your WindowsXP Windows2003 Vista Please start this service right click on My Computer gt Manage gt Services gt find Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service and make it active Set also to start it automatically 10 When running a backup operation with the Paragon Hot Processing mode enabled get an error error code 0x1200e Internal error during Hot Backup Most likely your hard disk contains bad blocks Please fix the issue with your HDD manufacturer s tool You can find a name of the tool you need here http kb paragon software com 11 When running a backup operation with the Microsoft VSS mode enabled get the following error error code 0x12016 VSS can t read volume data Most likely your hard disk contains bad blocks Please fix the issue with your HDD manufacturer s tool You can find a name of the tool you need here http kb paragon software com 12 When trying to back up to a network share get the following error i o error or can t open create file Please check whether you ve got a permission to write to the selected destination or not 13 When trying to restore a backup archive get the following error Can t restore to current selection or Archive does not fit Most likely you re trying to res
9. Linear Linear Scaling Min Width ma el Scaling linu Ext Disk Map is synchronized with the Explorer Bar Thus by selecting a disk on the Disk Map the Explorer Bar will automatically display detailed information on it The drag and drop functionality is not available when the logarithmic type of the disk A N layout is selected Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 23 Explorer Bar The Explorer Bar is located in the center of the main window which emphasizes its importance The bar displays reference information including e The help system e General information on the product including its name version and a list of helpful links e Detailed information about disks selected on the Disk Map e Disk Editor utility According to these categories the Explorer Bar has several tabs e Disk View which offers the user the following options Partition List to get a clear cut picture of the current state of the system hard disks partitions Disk Editor to view edit sectors of the selected partition hard disk Properties to view detailed information on the selected partition hard disk in the bright graphical form A You can switch between these components by clicking tabs on the left side of the Explorer Bar e Help which contains the program help and general information on the product You can access the desired information by clicking on the appropriate tab The Explorer Bar is a fully
10. Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 61 Please select the Gestination oath where to save the data from clipboard be A AS j LOO f RO i bl xX Ka address Name Date B Vics C ralang rfa eg t p arcryve co ld gt lt wi wt 1 ie 3 7 5 t amp BM2005 12 2 1 7 Dad p 7 t ui PerdLog 12 2009 7 20 08 F at Progra e Fi lt 1 M lt ictal data size 391 7 KB Space avaiable on destination 147 3GB 8 Finish the wizard to accomplish the operation Copying data from a parent virtual disk to one of its snapshots Let s assume you ve got a virtual machine with several snapshots You need to copy some data from a parent image to one of its snapshots You can t just roll back to the parent image as you don t want to lose the latest data of the Snapshot so the best way out is to copy the required data from the parent image to the snapshot To copy data from a parent image to one of its snapshots please do the following 1 Connect the required snapshot disk to our program 2 Connect its parent disk to our program It ll be connected for reading only 3 Copy the required data from the parent disk to the snapshot 4 Disconnect the virtual disks or close the program Migrating from one virtual environment to another V2V Let s assume you re willing to shift to another virtualization software vendor e g from Microsoft Virtual PC to VMware Workstation The onl
11. System Change Volume Label Hide Partition Free space 31 9 MB Mark Partition as Active Activity No Make Partition Logical Hidden state No Change Cluster Size Change Serial Number Change Partition ID 5 Downgrade NTFS version Wipe Partition a Basic GPT Hard Dist EREE Jisk Dev Clear Free Space Local Disk Test Surface 128 MB Net foemat E Check File System Integrity Basic Hard Disk 3 A Edit View Sectors Local Disk Properties BB Local Disk 24 4 MB NTFS 0 ME Me 35 4 MB NTFS E NTS MB FAT32 B aTe M Unse Urn Be Unx Sts B Raas i 4 7 Inthe opened dialog shift the right edge of the partition to the right end thus increasing its size Ave you sure you want to move resize volume You are about to move resze NTFS volume System Q Local Disk 64 4 MB NTFS Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware virtual image Vatual Image Volume size 6445M6 f 2MB 64 ME Free space before 0 Bytes Sfo 0 bytes 61 98 MB Free space after 0 Bytes s e 0 bytes 61 52 MB Sector to sector move Select this option to move partition areas that dont contain any data This allows you to keep the patton s content after move exactly as t was but wil require more time 8 Apply all introduced changes By default the program works in the virtual mode of execution so you have to confirm all operations to let the program accomplish them To do that just click the Apply bu
12. access to some of its software You don t want to waste Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 43 time re installing the old software to the new system and you do know for sure that the bulk of it won t work anyway The best way out is to virtualize your old system But before you start please make sure the following conditions are met e Your hard disk has enough free space to store a virtual image of your Windows depends on the system e You ve got one of the supported virtualization software To make a virtual disk out of your current system please do the following 1 Click the P2V Copy item of the Wizards menu There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview A N chapter to know more on the subject 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Select objects you need to virtualize You re allowed to select any combination of hard disks and partitions but don t forget to choose your system partition Local Disk C in our case to use it as guest Otherwise the resulted virtual machine won t start up Please epecty what volumes or entire hard disks cluding connected vriual disks you d lke to add to your tual machine Name Type Fie system Sire Used E G My Computer My Computer 3 fil F Basic Hard Disk 0 intemal Hard Disk Drive 500 GB 7 E Loea Disk C Primary NTFS 4999GB 75GB 3 E E Basic Hard Disk 1 intemal Hard Disk Drive 500 GB
13. account during the Send log files and Send e mail notification operations e Outgoing mail server SMTP To send messages by using the built in mail client it is necessary to have access to a computer running an SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server All outgoing messages are first sent to the SMTP server which in its turn delivers them to the required recipients The address may be represented as a traditional Internet host name e g mail com or as an IP numeric address e g XXX XXX XXX XX e User e mail address Specify an e mail address that has been assigned by the Internet Service Provider or organization s e mail administrator e My outgoing server requires authentication Activate the option to allow the program to make authentication on the server before sending messages User name Enter the name that will be used to log in to the e mail account Password Enter the password that will be used to access the mail server When you re ready with the settings click on the Send test e mail button to check if everything is OK e Send e mail notification on apply Specify an e mail to send notifications on the carried out operations Send mail in HTML format Activate the option to create messages in the HTML format instead of plain text Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 30 Send complete report after applying operations Activate the option to create an in depth report on the carrie
14. and then reboot the computer Adding specific drivers The WinPE 3 0 based recovery environment offers excellent hardware support Anyway you ve got the option to add drivers for specific hardware with a handy dialog To add drivers for specific hardware please do the following 1 Once you accept the agreement you will see the Universal Application Launcher Click Load Drivers 2 Inthe opened dialog browse for an INF file of the required driver package located on a floppy disk local disk CD DVD or a network share Then click the Open button to initiate the operation Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 64 qa sarve 2 th ee ati 6 25 2007 6 43 53 AM i eo vr 4 16 2005 3 15 50 AM E 2200 72 2009 7 08 07 AM LA E 4Natasha 12 17 2008 ning AM Network Places E tools_PM2005 7 10 2008 2 51 04 AM E Ee Aduads 77 2009 11 45 04 PM th E Compatib ty 6 15 2009 7 46 37 AM E Devscan 6 18 2009 11 28 46 PM fied ivers FRA 2009 3 75 36 A artta mink paista _b11975 By 18 2009 10 31 34 PM E Intel her 58 2005 10 33 53 PH fe Orve 5 18 2005 10 33 53 FM Ear SEKE 9 12 2008 1 21 12 AM a Stor inf 7SKB 12 2000 1 1 21 12 AM To know how to map a network share please consult the Configuring network scenario 3 You will be notified on the successful accomplishment of the operation Click Yes to load another driver or No to close the dialog Ci Driver z adjustos dri
15. can modify practically any partition property by clicking on the required value Legend Bar The Legend Bar explains the color scheme used for disk and partition presentation You can hide or show the bar with the appropriate Main Menu item View gt Disk Map Legend When it is activated it can be found at the bottom of the Explorer Bar The program distinguishes between the following types of known file systems FAT16 32 NTFS Linux Ext2 3 4 Linux ReiserFS Apple HFS Status Bar This is the bottom part of the main window The Status Bar displays menu hints for each item the cursor points to The user can hide or show the bar with the appropriate Main Menu item View gt Status Bar Settings Overview The Settings dialog is available from the Main Menu Tools gt Settings All the settings are grouped into several sections which functions are described in the following paragraphs The list of sections is placed on the left side of the dialog By selecting a section from the list you can open a set of options A N To get a detailed description to any setting control or field of the program just click the hint button and then the object you need Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 26 General Options J General options Partton Akgnment Mode Vesta Align partitions according to the rules used in Windows Vista and later OSes Check FS integrity policy Orce ha Stan
16. functional embedded HTML browser which offers the possibility to address for example the company s website to look through important technical notes or download the latest updates without having to close the program The program help is also HTML oriented You can read it and follow external links from to get additional information To easily navigate through browsed pages the program provides the following functionality BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Return to the previously browsed page Open the next browsed page 5g Stop loading the current page Refresh the contents of the current page Partition List The Partition List is another helpful tool that enables you to get a clear cut picture of the current state of the system hard disks partitions Partitions are sorted according to their starting position For every item of the list there is the possibility to call the context sensitive popup menu with available operations Besides the program provides detailed information on all hard disks partitions found in the system including the following properties Name Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 24 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 Free size in sectors bytes Active Inactive attribute Hidden Unhidden attribute Y
17. hardware and applications e Cut expenses on hardware and energy e Guarantee smooth and cost saving system migration e Enjoy working with old applications you can t launch on your current PC e Take advantage of having multiple operating systems on one Windows PC including Linux Mac OS X etc e Forget about hunting for replacement of the failed hardware and many more Known Issues 1 You should install integration services e g VMware Tools on the virtual system yourself We only guarantee its smooth startup 2 After transferring Microsoft Vista and later versions to a virtual disk you will need to re activate license of the system It s normal behavior as these systems keep tracking any change of hardware Re activation is legally justified in this case as you transfer your system to another PC 3 If your system hosts several Windows OSes our program will find them all and automatically patch to runina virtual environment However we cannot guarantee smooth startup of all found Windows systems but the guest OS for its configuration parameters may be incompatible with the others Adaptive Restore Technology Background Windows family operating systems are notorious for their excessive sensibility to hardware especially when it turns to replacement of such a crucial device as HDD controller or motherboard actually Windows will most likely fail to boot as a result of this operation In 2008 our company came with a
18. hardware platform with minimal effort e If you need to upgrade hardware while keeping all programs and settings intact e If you need to replace failed hardware and cannot find an exact match for original system specifications Known Issues 1 After transferring Microsoft Vista and later versions to different hardware you will need to re activate license of the system It s normal behavior as these systems keep tracking any change of hardware Re activation is legally justified in this case as you transfer your system to another PC 2 If you ve installed several operating systems on one partition we can only add drivers to the latest version of OS Microsoft highly recommends that you install an operating system on a separate partition 3 Please note drivers are not cached during selection That s why if you select a driver to add to the system but it s already unavailable during the operation the program will end the operation with an error Windows Components In the given section you can find all the information necessary to successfully work with the Windows version of the product Interface Overview This chapter introduces the graphical interface of the program The design of the interface precludes any mistake being made on the part of the user Most operations are performed through the system of wizards Buttons and menus are accompanied by easy understandable icons Nevertheless any problems that might occur while manag
19. if it s an ordinary physical disk thus opening up all functionality available for physical disks to virtual Connect VD e Make OS start up after unsuccessful migration with 3rd party tools P2V Adjust OS P2P Adjust OS e And many more Most functionality of the product is offered through handy intuitive wizards that s why not only IT pros but also inexperienced users can find it easy and efficient In this manual you will find the answers to many of the technical questions which might arise while using the program Our company is constantly releasing new versions and updates to its software that s why AN images shown in this manual may be different from what you see on your screen What s New in Virtualization Manager 12 e Support of Oracle VirtualBox 4 0 e Improved Connect VD to connect a virtual disk as if it s an ordinary physical disk thus opening up all functionality available for physical disks to virtual You ve now got the option to Mount Paragon s backups pbf images Mount a virtual disk in the read only mode to make sure no data will be changed on the virtual disk during copy or any other operation on it e Automatic partition alignment during partitioning copy operations to optimize performance of your hard disk Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 5 Check FS Integrity and Data Loss Policies to let you specify the acceptable balance between the operation per
20. of that kind you can manually set e Time zone to use during the convert operation NTFS keeps file timestamps in GMT Greenwich Mean Time while FAT uses a fixed local date and time The program takes proper account of these differences and enables to adjust timestamp values An incorrectly chosen time zone might lead to inability to launch certain software e Language for file names to use during the convert operation NTFS stores file names in Unicode while FAT FAT32 uses ANSI to save short file names also called the DOS aliases The codepage information is required for the correct conversion of non English file names from Unicode to ANSI and vice versa An incorrectly chosen codepage will certainly result in corruption of non English file fi names e Request confirmation of settings before NTFS lt gt FAT FAT32 conversion Mark the checkbox to automatically display the local settings dialog to check and modify if necessary the default parameters before launching the convert file system operation Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 32 Copy Backup Exclude Options Be Exclude from Copy Backup Aad fiter Rename categon wab Delete filter pab Delete fier nab Disha filter pat Delete filter ost Delete filter dc Delete fiter Jog Delete fier WE Delete fher contact Delete hier Executable amp Installations fiters k In this section the program
21. play an important role for most operating systems and software as well Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved
22. specifics of the advance scenario 1 Adjust the OS to the new hardware automatically ern Perform the OS adjustment in the automatic mode The wizard wil automatically set Set parameters for the OS adjustment Perform the OS adustment in the advance mode You will be able to manually set parameters and inject divers 6 Select Adjust the OS to the new hardware automatically 7 The wizard will automatically accomplish all the necessary actions Process diver ini netepgc inf from Windows diver repository PR n a zam e R e 8 The only action that might be required from your side is to set a path to an additional driver repository in case the wizard has failed to find drivers for some boot critical devices in the built in Windows repository Generally together with new hardware you get its drivers for different operating systems on removable media mostly CD or DVD By collecting all these drivers in one folder you can let the wizard automatically pick and install only those required for your OS Select Search for drivers in a specific folder Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 37 What would you ike to do Search for drivers in a specific folder Soecty a path to the missing divers t can either be local or network ignore all missing drivers Continue to adjust the OS without injecting the missing divers Click on the link at the bottom of the page to see what bo
23. to empty the file ever e Minimal to have the file emptied all the time e Custom to set a certain storage life span for the file Please note once the defined period has been expired the file will be emptied We strongly recommend you not to choose the Minimal option as in case of having A N problems with the program our Support Team won t be able to study operation logs thus help you out Typical Scenarios This chapter lists a number of the most frequently used scenarios that may be accomplished with the program You can find here useful recommendations and descriptions of operations System Migration Scenarios Migrating system to a new HDD up to 2 2TB in size Let s assume that you ve bought a new hard disk that is up to 2 2TB in capacity It s faster and of much higher capacity than your current system disk so it s quite natural you start thinking about system migration We can help you do that To migrate your system to a hard disk that doesn t exceed the 2 2TB capacity limit please do the following 1 Connect both source and destination disks to the computer 2 Turnonthe computer 3 Click the Copy Disk item of the Wizards menu There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview A N chapter to know more on the subject 4 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 5 On the Select Hard Disk to Copy page select a source disk a hard disk you want to copy
24. to return to any of the previous pages and modify the installation settings 8 Copying Files The Copying Files page shows the overall progress of the installation Click the Cancel button to abort the setup 9 Finishing the Installation The Final page reports the end of the setup process Click the Finish button to complete the wizard Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 10 First Start To start Paragon Virtualization Manager 12 under Windows please click the Windows Start button and then select Programs gt Paragon Virtualization Manager 12 gt Paragon Virtualization Manager i The program provides wide opportunities in the field of hard disk structure modification so A N just to be on the safe side please make a backup of your data before carrying out any operation The first component that will be displayed is called the Express Launcher Thanks to a well thought out categorization and hint system it provides quick and easy access to wizards and utilities that we consider worth using on a regular basis With its help you can also start up the traditional launcher the help system or go to the program s home page Paragon Virtualization Manager 12 Professional i i TM paragon Virtualization Manager 12 Srarason Copying and Virtualization E OO What would you like to do go P2V Copy Move the operating system and data from your computer t
25. Advanced interface amp EiectCD Besat E Shutdown 4 Click on the required operation to start Hints on the selected at the moment item will help you make the right choice 5 Consult the help system by pressing ALT F1 to know more on the subject The WinPE 3 0 based recovery environment offers excellent hardware support However in A N case it doesn t have a driver for your disk controller your hard disks will be unavailable Please consult the Adding specific drivers scenario to know how to tackle this issue Basic Concepts This chapter explains terms and ideas that show how the program works To understand these helps to obtain a general notion of the operation performance and makes it easier for the user to operate the program System Virtualization With new powerful x86 computers system virtualization has become extremely popular It s a software technology that enables to run several virtual machines on one physical machine providing resources of that single computer are shared across several environments As a result one and the same physical computer can have multiple OSs and applications operating simultaneously thus opening up enormous opportunities for both business and home users exactly e Avoid underutilization of up to date powerful computers e Increase flexibility of a physical infrastructure Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 13 e Provide for increased availability of
26. From the pull down list you can select the required hot processing technology Always use hot processing Select the option to process partitions without making them locked Thus you will be able to keep working with them as usual Use hot processing only when partition is locked Select the option to use the hot processing only when partitions are locked and cannot be processed without restarting the computer Please keep in mind that once you start any operation on a partition in this mode it will automatically be locked by the program thus you won t be able to keep working with it as usual Hot processing temporary drive Here you can select a disk drive that will be used to store the temporary hot backup data by default C Attempts to start VSS Here you can set how many attempts to start Microsoft VSS the program is to do before automatically rebooting the system and accomplishing the operation in a special boot up mode Timeout between attempts in seconds Here you can set a time period between different attempts to start Microsoft VSS Switch between hot processing technologies Mark the checkbox to automatically switch between Paragon Hot Processing and Microsoft VSS if one of them is unavailable at the moment Partitioning Options Confirmations J Ask for voume label before partition delete Ask confirmation when converting FATI6to FATS2 This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during pa
27. ISOFTWARE GROUP G PARAGON Software Group karacon Pa racon Heinrich von Stephan Str 5c 79100 Freiburg Germany Tel 49 0 761 59018201 Fax 49 0 761 59018130 Internet www paragon software com Email sales paragon software com Virtualization Manager 12 Professional User Manual Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Contents PIV EROGUCKION meserna ninn EEEE EEEE E E 4 What s New in Virtualization Manager 12 ssssssssessossssssceososessesseoscsessoecsosesessssososesessosssosesesssecsosesessseosese 4 Product COMPONENTS arrere a N E E E EE T A NEE ES 5 Feature S OV CUO W serens rir rana A EE EEN N R E E EAO 5 RO Cat OS A E E E A A E E A E E E 5 Supported TECNMOIOBIES sc saisicsacsecsievecsaeiasssscatuxonacensndsatousstnsabinssaecitanosscanendeadaunsanaabiunsatoitenesijeniedeoneiiobscabsaneuss 6 Supported Virtual MachineS sesessesessecessesesssoessscecssoecesoesesoecesoecesoecesescecescesssoecesoesesoesesoscesescesesoessscsessesese 7 S pported File SysteniS sissisodan innare Nann N ONNE E 7 SUID ONCE MEIS seiner E E E E S 7 Cetina Sar e Oaa T E EEE E E EETA 7 Contacting Paragon Software GmbH ssesessssesessecessecessecescecessececsscecesoesesoeceeoesesoscesoecesoscesoscesesceseecesesoessesese 8 SVOM REUN EENS osna EEEE EE EEEE 8 S a O E AAE A EA E EAE AA E E TAAA EAEE OEA 9 Prt StA E E E E E E E E E E 10 Booting from the WinPE Recovery Media sessesessesessecesses
28. In Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware virtual image Virtual Image 65 4 MB NTFS E NTFS MM FAT32 Mm FATIE E Uwt Linx Bad Lrux Ets E ReiserFS E a 3 Right click on the space donor partition then select Move Resize Partition Volume letter a Volume label Privat Convert File System rt Type Pomary Rie system NTFS Change Volume Label Root entries 19 ni Sectors per boot 3 Hide Partition Sectors per cluster Mark Partition as Active Make Partition Logical ce Change Cluster Size Change Serial Number e Move Resize Partition Change Partition ID vh Resize or Move patton Downgrade NTFS version C ipe Partition Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Clear Free Space Local Disk Unallocated Test Surface Wl 122 MB Netformaned OEM se Ml 569 8 GB YE Check File System Integrity _ el Edit View Sectors Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware virtual image Virtual image Properties tt Local Disk MB 34 4 MB NTFS 65 4 MB NTFS E ars W rat E FATION M nxe D Une LmxEes D ResefS W 4 Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 56 In case you ve got more than two partitions on the disk and the required space donor is not adjacent to the system partition you can still use this scenario by consecutively redistributing free space between all part
29. Just click on a disk and then select the required interface from the pull down list But be ready to provide drivers for it on the next page B Virtua disk Dis a copy of the Archive 19 9 GB EJ Sc SI LSI Logie SESI LSI Logic SAS C Users user Downioads vmacsi 1 2 0 4 fip Browse Windows 7 has been found on the source partition and the disk controler type has been set to SCSI BusLogic The wizard may need additional path to look for the disk controller driver You can specify here F you dont care just leave this field blank Our program supports injection of drivers delivered in iso or flp images so you can for A N instance download and inject drivers for the BusLogic controller from the VMware website e Additional properties that depending on the selected virtualization vendor may include Size of the virtual disk By default the wizard offers to create a virtual disk exactly the size of the selected object s which you can resize however available for all Resize partitions proportionally If you upsize the resulted virtual disk you can make the wizard proportionally change the size of partitions keeping their relative order intact available for all Create a split disk You can choose whether to automatically cut the resulted virtual image to files of 2 GBs or not available for VMware only Pre allocate all disk space You can choose whether to pre allocate all space of the future virtual disk or do it dy
30. S in a vhd Virtual Hard Disk format used now by Microsoft Virtual PC Server Hyper V and Oracle VirtualBox Unfortunately you cannot just take this type of backup to run Windows OS in a virtual environment it won t start up We can help you out with this naughty problem Our P2V Adjust OS Wizard can patch Windows OS inside a vhd backup image according to the specified virtualization vendor to let you start up and work with your Windows on virtual hardware To make a Windows vhd backup image start up in a virtual environment please do the following 1 Click the P2V Adjust OS item of the Wizards menu There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview chapter to know more on the subject 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Browse for the required vhd backup image of your Windows Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 52 Name Sze Date a a di ac 240510171631687 5 24 2010 10 1705 AM a di ac 240510172327546 5 24 2010 10 24 32 AM E i new folder 5 24 2010 10 14 40 AM a jy PeriLogs 7 13 2009 7 37 05 PM E i Program Files 5 26 2010 11 22 18 PM a i Users B11720095 12 18 49 PM F Ji Utils 8 11 2009 1 32 53 AM a jb Windows 8 11 2009 12 19 57 PM 1 E Madia 0 H 8 BD ROM Drive E a E work F3 H E Teme G a E apps H F windowsimagebackup server poal V jy Test PC 5 28 2010 1 33 51 AM 5 J Backup 2005 03 02
31. al disks or Windows vhd backup images Greate Virtual Disk Starting the Create Virtual Disk Wizard to create an empty virtual disk or with specific data of one of the supported virtualization vendors Copying Tasks a Starting the Copy Hard Disk Wizard to copy a hard disk Copy Disk S Copy Paxton Starting the Copy Partition Wizard to copy a partition Tools Starting the File Transfer Wizard to transfer data from any media Besides it File Transfer Wizard l l provides access to Paragon backups as regular folders to browse through their contents or copy required files Log Saver Starting the Log Saver Wizard to collect and send logs to Support Help and Documentation Launching the help system you can also do it by pressing F1 Virtualization Manager Help Si About Virtualization Manager Opening the page which contains information about the program This page will be displayed in the Explorer Bar ee Script Manual Opening a brief review on the Paragon Scripting Language Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 22 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 As the name infers the Disk Map displays the layout of physical and logical disks Physical disks are
32. ally close the progress dialog after committing the changes In this section you may configure the virtual mode e Allow virtual mode Mark the checkbox to enable the virtual mode It is an effective way of protection from any troubles since no operation will be executed until confirmation thus giving you a second chance to weigh all pros and cons of this or that particular operation Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 31 We strongly recommend you to enable this mode e Close progress dialog automatically Mark the checkbox to automatically close the progress dialog after accomplishing operations File System Conversion Options oS File system conversion options Select a time zone SMT Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh London Lisbon Select language for file names Engish CP 850 a This language wil be used to specfy national symbols in fle names Confirm settings before NTFS lt gt FAT FAT32 conversion Choose this option to make the program to allow to customize these settings each time when converting fie systems This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account when converting FAT and NTFS file systems By default the program takes locale regional settings from the system Problems might occur however because of different standards for file names and file time stamps Created Modified and Last Access Time of NTFS and FATxx file systems To tackle problems
33. and convert t to virtual disk 4 Specify a virtualization software vendor and a number of additional parameters including Type of the virtual disk You can either create an IDE or a SCSI virtual disk relevant for VMware only Create a split disk You can choose whether to automatically cut the resulted virtual image to files of 2 GBs or not available for VMware only Pre allocate all disk space You can choose whether to pre allocate all space of the future virtual disk or do it dynamically not available for VMware ESX and Oracle VirtualBox Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 51 Select your virtualization software a VMware Workstation VMware Fusion 2 003 MB H SCSI Lsiloge F Creste a spit dsk T Fre slocate all disk space Microsoft Virtual PC Oracle VirtualBox 5 Specify a file name for the resulted virtual disk and its location File name for the virtual disk a The viriual disk wil take approx 320 KE on apps H1 After the operation is over there wil stl be 699 8 GB of free space on the selected disk 6 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Apply pending changes 7 Do not show this message again l Mo Making Windows Vista 7 backup bootable on virtual hardware P2V Adjust OS As you probably know Windows Vista and later operating systems from Microsoft include a built in disaster recovery tool which enables to create backup images of Windows O
34. boxes Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 54 Would you like to connect a virtual hard disk image Please select virtual hard disk image file E New Volume F Look in kh XZ Hame E E Vista C E 0 BD ROM Drive D E Local Disk E S F New Volume F Server 2003 64 8 vidi E Test VM Disk vmdk Viste Mba vd IXP 32 bit vhd E E ser 1200 0 1 164 a tr Files of type All vitual dak images Connect disk at the program start Disk info VMware virtual hard disk IDE Capacity 100 MB 10 257 500 Bytes 3 That s all The selected virtual disk will be available on already worked with Disk View Scheduled Tasks Archives Help Local Disk g PGS eS Paton Volume letter M Volume label Prve Type Pamay File system NTFS Root entries 19 Sectors per boot Sectors per cluster 1 1MB 3 24 2003 3 32 17 AM JAM 9 18 2009 1 57 30 AM BO SKE 24 2009 7 45 26 AM 442MB 5 16 2009 5 56 25 AM Click the Show recently used disks link to select and connect one of the disks you ve the disk map as if it s an ordinary physical disk Serial number F2D CO4F Partition ID 07 NTFS NTFS version 200 Volume Size 99 88 Partition size 99 9 MB Used space 24MB Free space 974MB Activity No Hidden state No mt Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev BB Local Disk
35. ca of IDE Controller intel R 82371AB EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Onver already installed of ATA Channel 1 IDE Channel El I a e Filter devices without drivers by clicking ka Unlike the automatic mode where only boot critical devices storage controllers without drivers are being reported here you can view and inject drivers for network cards as well Only show devices without drivers Show all devices kies w 1020 1030 Driver mot found Chek here to find a driwer tor this device Intel R PROS 1000 MT Network Connection afa Driver not found Ciok here to find a driwer for this device e Add a driver for each device that lacks it by clicking on the device then browsing for the required location The wizard will then match the device with drivers inside the given location and pick the right one Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 41 WinXP C i Alese 12 5 2008 4 01 40 AM di Arch DE Taa 2008 11 56 50 PM Ji Documents and Settings 6 18 2008 1 12 53 PM Program Files 7 22 2008 11 43 02 PM a jj windows 9 25 2009 5 54 12 AM a Local Disk D3 a Application E e CD Drive F PARAGON at Boot pt ia Dive Heposibory servers pooh i Lf mE gt Ej w pa Fi J EH L oe p B T ner Adevice diver has been found Press ORK io instal this driver a Intel R PROJ 1000 MT Network Connecti
36. ced owen Gratin a S a a dane suman hadicneereeaee 64 COM SCTNS NOS seis isis estes leat a a Seta ecards te teenie Sid aide eae saan eases Sid aaah ua coo ae deoowweas 67 Touple SHOO Or iain a cc nagentoesacanwsenacunrs E E A O canamatenraaeneeaae 69 SOS SAY an E E E E ES 71 Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Introduction More and more people today face the problem of smooth and cost saving system migration It mostly has to do with constant hardware improvement Traditional approach involving complete re installation and re setup of the operating system and all applications requires a lot of time and labor resources few can afford Moreover it doesn t guarantee all software will flawlessly work on a new hardware platform Paragon Virtualization Manager 12 Professional is an elegant solution that can help you accomplish the following tasks e Transfer your live Windows or from a Paragon s backup to a virtual environment of Microsoft Virtual PC VMware Workstation Fusion or Oracle VirtualBox 4 0 P2V P2V Restore e Transfer your Windows to a different hardware platform When upgrading to newer or just replacing failed hardware use our unique P2P technology to guarantee startup of your system on a dissimilar hardware configuration P2P e Transfer your virtual Windows back to a physical environment V2P e Migrate your Windows from one virtual environment to another V2V e Connect a virtual disk as
37. ceumeheons 27 HOE PFOCCSSINE ODON S eisean asheat te inesadiee oh icadoueaead tou an a a N 28 PAN EITlOMiAe ODINS cceseschanesesbisce tose nasee tunes to stiose tess Neratess nnnei duane caspases eaideca te weinneoedanne sadn tanaeehesbeca tabs moked due Nicaea 28 Esai ODUIONS diivesral ceo i heessacicces avi E lees oedisacon tees radomeemdoaeeaawacaia aiaeeareeomeni lee oie 29 Operation Dependene y ODTIONS reran riana T A T A et eee ee ees 30 WA CA MOdE ODLUONS siira O E E 30 FIE Sy Stell CONVElSlOl ODEON oa a a haa ecaneesnaoewaeceannseeeiaes 31 CODY BACKU EXCIUde OPON enan aa a a A A E Dee thease 32 toe File OpUON Sesen a S 33 Typical SCCM ANOS seenen E 33 System Migration Scenarios sesccateceisiarcsscecs vanSaneeBoncat E N 33 Migrating system to a new HDD up tO 2 2TB in SIZE eessssssssseeseesrrrressrrrressrrrrresrrrrressrrrreesertreesserereesertrreserteresserereeseeeeresse 33 Making system bootable on different hardware P2P Adjust OS cccccssssccccceesseeccceeeeecceeceeesecceeseeeseceesseeeaeeeeseueneeeeeegs 35 Virtualizing the current system P2V COpy cccccssssecccccessseccceceesseccceceeeecceseueeecsessueneecssseuuseecessaeeneceseseunssceessaeesecesssagnaeeess 42 Virtualizing system from its backup image P2V R StOre ccesccccccssseeccecceseecceceeeecccceeueseccssseeeseceseseeeeeccessaeenecesssagnseeess 46 Creatine an empty virtual disk Create VDjoreri iiaa a a a R 50 Making Windows Vista 7 backup bootable on v
38. 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 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
39. d out operations and send it after performing the last operation Send graphical view of the disk sub system before and after apply Activate the option to allow the program to attach two pictures of the disk layout made before and after the operation is completed By clicking the link at the bottom of the window you can jump to the Operation Dependency Options Operation Dependency Options Operation dependency options Please select a task to be camedd out when one or more of the following operations are Perform the task Send emal notfication Adus OS to boot on new hardware Adust OS to boot on virtual hardware F Backup partition or disk Change NTFS version Change SID Convert Dynamis Disk to Base Sa E A fe S e e This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account when the Send e mail notification on apply function is enabled By marking unmarking a checkbox opposite the required operation you can choose whether to receive an e mail notification on its completion or not A N You won t be notified if an operation requires the system restart Virtual Mode Options Operations mode Allow virtual mode Set this option on to cary out all the operations virtually You will be able to commit the changes or rolback al of them or the last one F you switch this option off the operations wil be camied out immediately Close progress dialog automaticaly Set this option on to automatic
40. dard protection from data loss with acceptable pesfonmance The file system ntegnty will be checked for each volume only once just before accomplishing datasenstive operations Daia Loss Protection mode Reset Medium protection from data loss This section contains a set of general options that will be taken into account during any operation carried out with the program e Partition Alignment mode There are three options you can choose from Legacy DOS and Windows OSes before Vista required that partitions had to be aligned to the disk cylinder or 63 sectors to address and access sectors correctly It was OK until 4K hard drives came into scene When partitions are aligned this way on this type of disk each logical cluster is linked to two physical 4K clusters thus resulting in a double read write operation Vista Since Windows Vista operating systems do not use the archaic CHS cylinder head sector addressing scheme but the Logical Block Addressing LBA where sectors are addressed continuously over the whole disk drive It is optimal for both 512B and new 4K disk drivers Inheritance Select the option to disable automatic alignment of partitions e Check FS integrity policy Accomplishment of any data sensitive operation resize move merge redistribute change cluster size etc is potential with data loss To minimize this risk it s recommended to check integrity of your file system before this type of operat
41. ecsscesssoecesoesesoecsesosoesoecesoscoeseecesseceseecesesoecesoesessese 10 pec rose E E E E E E A 10 BASIC CONCEDES wa sccicrcassaasensvciensctonsesssvsdexaontstdantstdueautcudantteaeasnstesesusaisnceesssictsustienlecousiteneeetes 12 Systemi WIPE ANIZ AU OM cos cerecncasueseaecsacecass ouvenuesncnatucosnoveteavigetnscusesuesacentes sseeatervaescncaeaudecesuuatesa via calesieiacacs eens 12 Adaptive Restore isis ccnenncaws acne sav eneenessecnwe amare waees ENEE EEEN EEE ANETES seuvaucatcsneeseuacweansseconee 13 Windows COMDONCNES saiersrro sirr arno eeeteeea seen tees sens E 15 Mer ace OV CUO serri a E E E E O EN E ENOTE A TOENI E TENON 15 EEDE 10 r ee E E ETA ee ee A E E eee 15 Main Menu cerea A E E E E A E E A E E E eeteacnencens 16 TOOD aP a a eee E E S eve ae cs te eee 19 MUU AN OS FTO Ale e EE AE EA E E E E 20 COTO T E a ea E E E E soadtsmasaecoaucenste tea ssucemiecsnadmeaceuusieepncsteat tevecseesaeceneeas 21 DISK MAD a E E E E E E E E E E E sees ees 22 3 0 0 d DaT sa E E T E 23 PUL HES Coone a E E E E E E E E E 23 PrOD rU a ei E N E E E A E S 25 R124 lt 1 0 ml gt 2 E E E EA ee eee ee eee 25 AUS B gee nnn ne ea E E ee ae eee ee ee eee ee ee rere rer eee ene ree ere ree 25 SOLUS OV GI OW orrira nr E EEA EEEE E E EEEE 25 Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved GEN as 0 0 cceeeane err rast tne ee eee repent a een CO rr een A eee eet ae eee 26 GeneralCOpy and BackUp DUONS maneia a a cabinet sate
42. em Integrity Edit View Sectors 4 Confirm the operation by clicking the Yes button By default our program works in the virtual mode of execution so you can either confirm all operations to let the program accomplish them or continue work in the virtual mode Are you sure you wart to make the partition primary You are about to make the partition E New Volume NTFS pamary M 5 Click the Merge Partitions item of the Wizards menu 6 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 7 Select a volume you want to expand i e the system one On this page you can choose a partition that wil be eqanded to include adjacent partition Please note that 2 is possible to select only FAT FAT32 or NTFS partitions You wil not be able to proceed further no adjacent partitions of these types are present on the disk Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev il L O New Volume E 159G 839GB NTFS 8 Select a volume you d like the first volume to merge with Please note that all contents of the selected partition will be placed into a specific folder after the merge operation is over Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 59 Selaci an adjacent partion to mange wih the target partitien This partition wil be menped to the one you have selected on the previous page The content of the second partition wil be placed in a folder inside the resu
43. enables to specify what data should be automatically ignored during copy and sector based backup operations You can filter certain files or folders either by the manual selection or by creating masks what is more preferable Thus you will be able to effectively manage contents of your backup images or partition hard disk copies By default there are no available filters To create a filter please click the Add Category button In the opened dialog the program allows the user to define the following parameters e Name Give to the filter any name you like but try to use an informative one e Filter Press the Browse button to select files or folders you would like to be excluded or specify a filter mask by using or wildcards e Description Add a short description to the filter not to miss it up later Click the OK button and you will get a new item on the list of filters By marking unmarking a checkbox opposite its name you can choose whether to use it or not By clicking the link at the bottom of the window you can jump to the General Copy and Backup Options Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 33 Log Files Options Lo Log files options i Choose a storage ke span for the stubact Jog file Please note once the defined period has beeen exquired the fle wil be emptied So hinis Custom In this section you can specify a storage life span for the stubact log file e Infinite not
44. fault Mark Partition as Inactive Make the selected partition non bootable by default Change Volume Label Change volume label of the selected partition Change Cluster Size Change cluster size of the selected partition Change Serial Number Change serial number of the selected partition Downgrade NTFS version Decrease version of the selected NTFS partition Change Partition ID Change identifier of the selected partition Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Change SID Change SID Security Identifier value of any found Windows installation Make Partition Primary Make the selected partition Primary Make Partition Logical Make the selected partition Logical Test Surface Test surface of the selected partition block of free space 19 Check File System Check the selected partition for possible file system errors Integrity Edit View Sectors View edit sectors of the selected partition Properties Get in depth information on the properties of selected partition Manage the Launcher layout with several predefined profiles Manage the Tool Bar representation show hide standard and navigation buttons text labels and large icons Disk Map Location Select whether the Disk Map will be located on the top of the main window or at the bottom Hep Open the Help system you can also do it by pressing F1 Open the dialog with information about the program The Main Menu content
45. files e You ve got access to the virtual disk from your desktop PC You can have it locally on external storage or a network share To migrate from a virtual environment to physical please do the following 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE media Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE 3 0 recovery environment which you A N can get here www paragon software com my account 2 Click Full Scale Launcher 3 Connect the required virtual disk to our program 4 Copy the connected virtual disk to your physical disk just the way it s done with physical disks 5 Right click on the virtual disk then select Disconnect Virtual Disk 6 Complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Migrating a Windows 7 vhd Let s assume you need to make your Windows 7 contained in a vhd file start up on another computer You ve copied the virtual disk added info on it to the BCD boot menu then tried to start up the OS but to no avail your Windows goes BSOD with the 0x000007B error code We can help you out with this naughty problem To make a vhd image of Windows 7 start up on different hardware please do the following 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE media Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE 3 0 recovery environment which you A N can get here www paragon software com my account 2 Click Full Scale Launcher 3 Connect the required virtual disk to our program 4 Complete the P2P Adjus
46. formance and the risk of data loss Conversion of basic MBR disks to basic GPT to enjoy all benefits of the newest partitioning scheme with minimal effort WinPE traceroute ping utility to get detailed information on particular routes and measure transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol IP network Support of the restart free installation AFD Advanced Format Drive ready Support of 2TB and non 512B sector size drives USB 3 0 ready Product Components In order to cope with different tasks the product contains several components Windows based set of utilities is the crucial part of the product With the help of an easy to use launcher you may find and run tasks of any complexity in the field of data and system protection hard disk partitioning and cloning etc WinPE based recovery environment Our product includes the option to prepare a WinPE 3 0 bootable environment on CD DVD or a thumb drive It offers excellent hardware support and the same interface and functionality as the Windows version does Despite the fact that its system requirements are tougher it s practically indispensible for V2P and P2P scenarios Features Overview This chapter dwells upon key benefits and technical highlights of the product Key Features Connect VD to connect a virtual disk as if it s an ordinary physical disk thus opening up all functionality available for physical disks to virtual P2V Copy to migrate a Windows ph
47. his utility only collects the program s operation logs to help our Support Team find and tackle your problem Click Next to continue Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 68 S u 7 p a A mowers tom pan rar Se pawert Welcome to Log Saver Wizard Ondine maues onem TEST_USER gmai com The system doesnt stat up ater migration Please help Show privacy statement Log files do not contain any confidential information on the operating system settings or AN the user documents 3 On the next page choose how you d like to send the logs either immediately to Paragon s FTP Server in the automatic mode recommended or later by manually sending an e mail to our support engineers with the collected logs attached E Collect log files and save them _p Cole ai nad eS ee ha ia ee hra hahar ar Gan aalr ar aie ER pE ne the jog files You can send tham bk aT OW from another computer K Automatic mode eae Pay E EE E pee ig ee peng ty rl ar Tirar hoa ae aa oe Pe ee ee high a a ELCH a have bee Wid amp b Ea Ce ST i E kw 2 l Bt a erst f Pee Se ee ee eo St ea 5 i 5 m ed a rag zi if g i le oe ET BRETEN Manual mode Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 69 specify tolder and file name tor ZIP archive Look in Daa E s ial yw Sim Daie Neme E Local Disk C3 b E sys
48. ify 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 Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 17 Tools View Log Files View logs on the carried out operations Send Log Files Compress and send the log to the Paragon Support Team Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Undo tthe last virtual operation Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Redo the last virtual operation View Changes Display the List of Pending Operations Create Virtual Disk Create an empty virtual disk or with specific data of one of the supported virtualization vendors P2V Copy Migrate a live Windows physical system to a virtual environment P2V Restore Migrate a Windows physical system backed up with a Paragon disaster recovery tool to a virtual environment P2V Adjust OS Make Windows Vista 7 backups bootable on virtual hardware recover the startup ability after unsuccessful virtualization with a 3 party tool Copy Hard Disk Create a hard disk copy Copy Partition Create a partition copy Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 18 Hard Disk Co
49. ights reserved 39 The wizard enables to specify several driver repositories 12 If the wizard has found all missing drivers it will ask you to confirm the operation Apply the changes to complete The wizard has not applied your changes yet On this page you can ether accent or reconsider the changes Plaase note f you accent the changes the wizard wil physically perform al operations You wont be able to interrupt this process or undo the changes k may take some time to apply the changes You may also be asked to restart your computer during this Orocess Would you like to apply your changes 7 C ed No let me reconsider After the operation is completed the system will be bootable on the new hardware After the startup Windows will initiate reconfiguration of all Plug n Play devices It s a standard procedure so please don t worry and prepare the latest drivers at this step to get the most out of the system Advance scenario specifics 1 To launch the advance mode select Set parameters for the OS adjustment Wi Adjust the OS to the new hardware automatically O Peforn the OS adjustment in the automatic mode The wizard wil automaticaly set parameters and inject drivers Set parameters for the OS adjustment Parform the OS adjustment in the advance mode You wil be able to manually set parameters aN ER anver Yaoi 2 When setting additional driver repositories you can specify how to process dri
50. ing the program can be tackled by reading this very chapter General Layout When you start the program the first component that is displayed is called the Launcher It enables to run wizards and dialogs to specify program settings to visualize the operating environment and the hard disk configuration The Launcher s window can be conditionally subdivided into several sections that differ in their purpose and functionality Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 16 Tool Bar Basic MBR are VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev A Type ktema Hard Disk Deve Status Onine Total size 160GB Explorer Bar Sectors per track 62 Heads 255 Cylinders 20835 Copy the entire hard dsk Croate a copy of the entire hard disk Ai the partitions on this disk will be copied on the specified target disk E EE Basic MBR Hard Disk 1 2 Basic MER Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware VMware Virtuz Essen NTFS Ea F i NTFS ui G NTES a m oo ET Total size 160GB Basic 1 Sectors per track 63 j Cylinders 20636 i n FATIS 1 No changes Main Menu Tool Bar Virtual Operations Bar Common Tasks Bar Explorer Bar Disk Map Partition List Properties Bar Legend Bar 10 Status Bar O oO N WD Ww A W N e A number of panels offer similar functionality with a synchronized layout The program enables to conceal some of them to simpl
51. ions despite the fact that it s quite time consuming We offer you several options to let you choose which is best for you Always Maximum protection but minimal performance The file system integrity will be checked each time it s necessary to guarantee the maximum protection for the on disk data Once Standard protection with acceptable performance The file system integrity will be checked for each volume only once just before accomplishing data sensitive operations Never No protection but maximum performance If you re not 100 sure your disk is rock solid please do not use this option e Data Loss Protection mode To guarantee safety for your information when a data sensitive operation has been abruptly interrupted as a result of a computer reset or a power outage there are several techniques that correspond to the options below Donot protect No protection but maximum performance If you re not 100 sure you re completely safe from a power outage or an accidental reset of your computer please do not use this option Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 27 Reset Standard protection with acceptable performance Maintaining a special journal our program enables to automatically complete a data sensitive operation interrupted by an accidental reset of your computer from our bootable recovery media thus reviving the corrupted partition Power loss Maximum protection b
52. irtual hardware P2V Adjust OS ccccccccccssecsssessseeeeeeeeeeeesssseeeeeeeeeeens 51 Connecting a Virtual GISKACONNECE VD arruir ial Bacdactatd edapactincsasoaidea a a 53 REP ArLITIOMING a VIFLUAIWOISK aa deat otuiies quae vaetiaasaaccgededeamt stuated duadeviataasuedeausadenstodieewadsuddendtareveun 55 Merging a system partition with an adjacent logical partition ON a virtual GISK cece cecceseeeccceeecceeeseeeeeceseueceeeneseeeueeeeees 57 Exchanging data between physical and virtual environments ccccccsseccccessececsesececceecceceusecessuececsuaeceeseneceesauecesseneses 59 Copying data from a parent virtual disk to ONE OF its SNAPSHOTS cceeccceeecccseccceeccceecsceuecsceecseeeeseueceseueceseueceeeueseneneeees 61 Migrating from one virtual environment to another V2V cccccccsssseccccccseeccceceeseeccceeueeeecceseueeccesseuesecesssaeeeesessuegeeeeetegs 61 Migrating from a virtual environment to physical V2P cccccccccsssseccccceesseccceceeeecccseeeecceeseueeeceeeseeeseceesseeeeeeeesuggeeeeetegs 61 Migrating a Windows 7 Vhia a tien aon ied enka da a 62 Extra Scenarios for WINPE soisi a EAE cance eeloatians cde tov cudtiveds aaa aaae veiven wives vau eds 62 Correctine BED Boot Configuration Data gasind tvs osieistaaiestiealacntarcua a a wei ctaial boca O 62 Adding specie drivers sacha ie cess coaactess shes sane dat ca nats od aeatsecuben euanecdauacaeee S 63 CONTE UING Pe CW ON t ah Mecusicatia
53. ition and the disk controler type has been set to SCS BusLogic The wizard may need additional path to look for the disk controller driver You can specify here F you dont care just leave this field blank Our program supports injection of drivers delivered in iso or flp images so you can for A N instance download and inject drivers for the BusLogic controller from the VMware website e Additional properties that depending on the selected virtualization vendor may include Size of the virtual disk By default the wizard offers to create a virtual disk exactly the size of the selected object s which you can resize however available for all Resize partitions proportionally If you upsize the resulted virtual disk you can make the wizard proportionally change the size of partitions keeping their relative order intact available for all Create a split disk You can choose whether to automatically cut the resulted virtual image to files of 2 GBs or not available for VMware only Pre allocate all disk space You can choose whether to pre allocate all space of the future virtual disk or do it dynamically not available for VMware ESX and Oracle VirtualBox Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware virtual image Virtual Image BB 275368 NTFS SATAAHCI Curent size is 896334 MB 500 GB 2047 9 GB The maximum limit you can downsize the virtual disk is the capacity of its first partition Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Gro
54. itions involved in the operation 4 Inthe opened dialog drag and drop the left edge of the partition to the right to release the required amount of the free space displayed in aqua green You can also do it manually by entering the exact size of free space Are you sure you want to move resize volume You are about to move resize NTFS volume Privet Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware virtual image Virtual Image Volume size 35 2h Free space before 30 02 MB 0 bytes 63 MB Free space after Bytes Select this cpton to move partition areas that dont contain any data This allows you to Keep the partions content after move exactly as t was but wil require mo time 5 Now you ve got a block of free space to add to the system partition Disk Map Hl Basic GPT Hard Disk 2 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev 7 128 MB Not formatted OEM se 5E9 2GB Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware virtual image Virtual Image Bi Local Disk Unallocated BE Local Disk 34 4 MB NTFS 30 MB 35 4 MB NTFS 1M otal size 30 ME MONTES E raTa E FATIO Po Lux Be Used 30 MB w Edd E Fe M Free 0 Bytes P 6 Right click on the system partition then select Move Resize Partition Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 57 Partition ID 607 NTFS NTFS version 2 Volume Size 244 MB Partition size 344 MB Used space 248 rm Convert File
55. l pros and cons of this or that particular operation The program politely reminds the user that there are unsaved changes by showing the following window There are unsaved changes Please use the oy Apply command to commit the changes and the X Discard command to permanently undo the changes You can view the changes history via the L View Changes command and temporarily undo or redo the operation by means of the Undo and Redo commands Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 21 Common Tasks Bar The Common Tasks Bar is located on the left side of the main window It is intended for easy access to the program s wizards The bar contains several tabs Each tab includes a separate button bar which can be folded by clicking it Advanced Partitioning Tasks Starting the Undelete Partitions Wizard to recover accidentally deleted partitions Undelete Partitions Virtualization Tasks P2V Copy Starting the P2V Copy Wizard to migrate a Windows system to a virtual mites environment by converting all installed software and data into a virtual machine PV Restore Starting the P2V Restore Wizard to restore a Windows physical system from a backup directly to a virtual environment T P2V Adjust OS Starting the P2V Adjust OS Wizard to restore functionality of a virtual ae environment after unsuccessful virtualization with 3 rd party tools prepare virtual machines out of supported virtu
56. ler M IDE Channel IDE Channel O s Standard AHCI 1 0 Seia ATA Controller CO s NVIDIA nForce 250 Serial ATA Controler O Q NVIDIA nForce 250 Paralel ATA Controler le NVIDIA nForoe3 250 Seal ATA Cortrofier C iQ AMD 2111 PC Bus Master IDE Controler x M Ony show hardware found on this computer When selecting an INF file that contains several driver records for hardware you both have AN in the system and don t have you can filter the list by marking the appropriate checkbox e Remove a driver for a device which has not been found in the system 2 X ER Dever not found ick here to find a dover for this device NVIDIA nforce3 250 Serial ATA Controller No installed hardware found ad x windows system 32 divenor filerepostory mehdc irf_x86_neutral_f64 S 35e3sSe81 msh e Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller No installed hardware found x windows system 32 deverstore filerepostory mshdic inf_x86_neutral_f64bSc35alJaSbebl msh AMD SATA Controller No installed hardware found x windows system 22 diverstore filerepostiory amdsata irf_ x86 neutral faSa4835d190b ca TMA SCSI Controller LSI Adapter Ultra320 SCSI 2000 series w 1020 1030 x Virtualizing the current system P2V Copy Let s assume that you re about to migrate to a brand new hardware platform with the latest operating system available for it Your current system is quite obsolete but you still need
57. lting partio Basic Hard Disk 0 VhMaae VMware Virtual 5 SCS Disk Dew ij New Volume E Specify a folder name to keep content of the selected partition 9 Review the changes and complete the wizard 10 Apply all introduced changes By default our program works in the virtual mode of execution so you have to confirm all operations to let the program accomplish them To do that just click the Apply button on the Virtual Operations Bar 11 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out at the moment Exchanging data between physical and virtual environments Let s assume you need to import a lot of data from one of your virtual disks The best way out is to use our program as it can help you do that without starting up the virtual environment and the other actions typical for this task To import data from a virtual environment please do the following 1 Connect the required virtual disk to our program 2 Select in the Main Menu Tools gt File Transfer Wizard any of the ways described earlier can also be used here 3 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 Select a disk where the required data is stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the window You can find it among physical partitions as a connected virtual disk cannot have an assigned drive letter either Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 60
58. m depends on the system J You ve got one of the supported virtualization software To restore a Windows system from a Paragon s backup directly to a virtual environment please do the following 1 Click the P2V Restore item of the Wizards menu There are other ways to start up this function please consult the Interface Overview AN chapter to know more on the subject 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Browse for the required backup image The section below i e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 47 Name Sine Date a J F Media D J 2 BD ROM Orive E werk F Temp G H E apps H 3 E arc_OB0609 4200 0 1 119 0 arc_080609213237953 PBF 20 4 KE 6 8 2009 2 36 18 PM a ere 080609213237953 pim 1 1 KE 6 20 2009 12 14 35 AM Jac 080609213237353 _0000p 000 NEJSME 6 8 20092 3441PM i arc 080609213237953_0000p pfm 15 1 KE 682009 2 34 41 FM Jac 080603213237353 _0001p 000 S206 ME 6 8 2009 2 36 18 PM ane 0060521329 7953_000 Tp ptm 10 5 KE ECOG 23618 PM Cf Name Basic Hard Disk 0 Unknown Model Comment No comment is available Type intemal Hard Disk Drive Total size 74 5 GB File 4 Select objects you need to virtualize You re allowed to select any combination of hard disks and partitions but
59. make the program create a script of any set of operations you need Besides support of all operations available in the interactive mode the unattended mode provides some additional features such as conditional execution subroutines repeatable iterations disk partition properties analysis errors management etc Boot Corrector to fix most of the system boot problems that can be a result of a human factor program error or a boot virus activity Boot Corrector is only available for the bootable recovery environment Supported Technologies Along with using innovative technologies from outside Paragon has developed a number of its own original technologies that make its products unique and attractive for customers Paragon Adaptive Restore technology to successfully migrate a Windows physical system to a different hardware platform P2P Paragon Power Shield technology to provide data consistency in case of a hardware malfunction power outages or an operating system failure Paragon UFSD technology to browse partitions of any file system including hidden and unmounted modify and copy files and folders etc Paragon Hot Resize technology to enlarge NTFS partitions system locked without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work Paragon Smart Partition technology to securely perform hard disk partitioning operations of any complexity Paragon VIM Virtual Image Management technology that enables Paragon prod
60. ms Windows XP 32 and 64 bit Windows Vista 32 and 64 bit Windows 7 32 and 64 bit e Internet Explorer 5 0 or higher e Intel Pentium CPU or its equivalent with 300 MHz processor clock speed e 128 MB of RAM 256 recommended e Hard disk drive with 250 MB of available space e SVGA video adapter and monitor e Keyboard e Mouse During the installation additional free space up to 1GB will be required For the WinPE bootable environment e Intel Pentium III CPU or its equivalent with 1000 MHz processor clock speed e Atleast 512 MB of RAM e SVGA video adapter and monitor e Keyboard e Mouse Additional requirements e Network card to send retrieve data to from a network computer Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 9 e Recordable CD DVD drive to burn data to compact discs e External USB hard drive to store data Installation To install Paragon Virtualization Manager 12 please do the following 1 Run Setup Application Click on the MSI file This application will guide you through the process of the program installation The setup utility is compiled with the InstallShield SDK hence it contains the standard user interface and set of installation steps In case there is some previous version of the program installed on the computer the A N program will offer the user to uninstall it first 2 Starting Setup The Welcome page informs that the application is being installed Click
61. n Windows repository If there s no driver in the repository it prompts the user to set a path to an additional driver repository strongly recommending not to proceed until all drivers for the found boot critical devices are installed In case drivers for these devices are installed but disabled they will be enabled 3 Installation of drivers for a PS 2 mouse and keyboard This action will only be accomplished for Windows XP Server 2003 4 Installation of drivers for network cards The program detects those without drivers and automatically tries to install lacking drivers from the built in Windows repository If there s no driver in the repository it prompts the user to set a path to an additional driver repository These actions guarantee a Windows system will start up on dissimilar hardware After the startup Windows will initiate reconfiguration of all Plug n Play devices It s a standard procedure so please don t worry and prepare the latest drivers at this step to get the most out of the system Though all Windows systems have built in driver repositories please be prepared to have A N additional drivers when dealing with Windows XP Server 2003 because for these systems they are very modest Technology Application Let s consider a number of situations when the Adaptive Restore technology can help you out Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 15 e If you need to migrate to a different
62. n exclusive technology called Paragon Adaptive Restore Initially aimed at restore of Windows Vista or Server 2008 from a backup to a different hardware configuration its current realization available in the P2P Adjust OS Wizard enables to make any Windows OS since XP bootable on dissimilar hardware by allowing automatic injection of all required drivers and the other actions crucial for this type of migration Technology Concept Let s take a closer look at how Paragon Adaptive Restore works Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved we a a ha L Adjusting g HAL 7 wi rivers for PS Js From the Windows Repository Source environment Modifying OS intemal setings Modifying additional settings Injecting drivers for H bool critical devices 14 a NG duain kerel gt we Pl i A Resetting cPUN _parameters i a From additional driver repositories and NICs Destination Environment As you see successful migration of a Windows system to a different hardware platform involves several actions 1 Change of the Windows kernel settings according to the new configuration The program detects the given hardware profile and automatically installs the appropriate Windows HAL and kernel 2 Installation of drivers for boot critical devices The program detects those without drivers and automatically tries to install lacking drivers from the built i
63. namically not available for VMware ESX and Oracle VirtualBox Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware virtual image Virtual Image Local Disk 875 3 GB NTFS SATAAHC l Curent sizeis 896334 MB 500 GB 2047 9 GB Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 50 A N The maximum limit you can downsize the virtual disk is the capacity of its first partition 8 Specify a file name for the virtual machine and its location By default the wizard scans all your local disks for available free space and picks the most appropriate location taking into account the total capacity of all virtual disks inside the virtual machine Fie name forthe virtual macnine Guirestored PC Browse All virtual disks wil take appeox 7 1 GB on Temp 3 ee he anal Ga J 148 2 GB of free space on the selected disk Heip me to find an appropiate place for my virtual machine 9 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Creating an empty virtual disk Create VD To create an empty virtual disk please do the following 1 Click the Create Virtual Disk item of the Wizards menu 2 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Select Create an empty virtual disk 4 Create an empty virtual disk AO Make a new Clear vitual image E Convert physical disk to virtual disk View the ist of al hard disks and convert chosen one to virtual dsk Convert archive to virtual disk 1 Choose pof image
64. netconfig ini file to the required destination Network troubleshooter Network Configurator includes a traceroute ping utility that enables to get detailed information on particular routes and measure transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol IP network So with its help you can easily track down problematic nodes If you need to ping some network host please select Ping then type in the required IP address or its name Click Start when ready Netw ates Netw ves ENA iieo ie ity Pro ti ttst t sC YS Target www googecom Ping the spected host unti stopped Resolve addresses to hostnames Cear output Number of echo requests to send fi B Running ping www google com Pinging www google com 74 125 43 99 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 74 125 43 99 bytes 32 tine 46ms TTL 55 Reply from 74 125 43 99 bytes 32 time 47ms TTL 56 Reply from 74 125 43 99 bytes 32 tine 45ms TTL 56 Reply from 74 125 43 99 bytes 32 time 46ms TTL 56 Ping statistics for 74 125 43 99 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost 0 0 loss Apormdmate round trip tenes in milliseconds Minimum 45s Maanum 47ms Average 46mns ping Www googie com Gone e Ping the specified host until stopped Mark the option to ping the chosen host for indefinite time e Resolve addresses to hostnames Mark the option to display hostnames instead of IP addresses e Number of echo requests to send By default the utility sends 4 echo reques
65. nvert to Basic Convert a dynamic MBR disk containing simple volume s into a basic MBR disk Convert to Basic MBR hard Convert a basic or a dynamic GPT disk containing simple volume s into a basic disk MBR disk Convert to GPT hard disk Convert a basic MBR disk into a basic GPT disk Update MBR Update MBR Master Boot Record of the selected hard disk Change Primary Slots Modify the primary partitions enumeration for the selected hard disk Change SID Change SID Security Identifier value of any found Windows installation Edit View Sectors View edit sectors of the selected hard disk Connect a Virtual Disk Connect a virtual disk to work with it as if it s a physical disk Disconnect a Virtual Disk Disconnect a virtual disk Properties Get in depth information on the properties of selected hard disk Partition Create Partition Create a partition Format Partition Format a partition Delete Partition Move Resize Delete a partition Move Resize the selected partition Convert File System Convert file system of the selected partition Assign Drive Letter Assign drive letter to the selected partition Remove Drive Letter Remove drive letter for the selected partition Hide Partition Make the selected partition unavailable for the operating system Unhide Partition Make the selected partition available for the operating system Mark Partition as Active Make the selected partition bootable by de
66. o a virtual machine cc er Virtualization Ww Advanced Interface P2V Restore Transfer an individual partion or an entire hard disk from a backup image to a virtual disk AX Tools P2V Adjust Modify an existing virtual disk to make al recognized operating systems bootable on virtual hardware rT Support Contacts Create Virtual Disk Create a new blank virtual disk file With this option t is also possible to transfer the cortert of single partitions or complete hard dives directly into the new virtual disk file Help Advanced interface l To know more on how to handle the product s interface and accomplish typical operations AN please consult the Windows Components chapter Booting from the WinPE Recovery Media Startup To start working with the WinPE recovery environment please take the following steps 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE recovery media Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 11 Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE 3 0 recovery environment which you can get here www paragon software com my account To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first 2 Once it has been loaded you will see the License Agreement Read the agreement and then mark the appropriate checkbox to accept If you do not agree with any conditions stated there you won t be able to use the program Licen
67. omfle Savetofie ay Cancel 3 Click the Network drivers tab to map a network share 4 Click Map Network Drive and provide all the necessary information to map a network share in the opened dialog Anetwork share 7 Ej Map to drive letter ly Make permanent conection GE Connect as user ea e Click the standard browse button to browse for the required network share or manually enter a path to it e Define a letter from the pull down list of available drive letters e Click the Connect as user button at the foot of the dialog page to specify a user name and password to access the selected network share if necessary By clicking Disconnect Drive you can delete an existing network share if necessary 5 Click the Network identification tab to change a network name of your computer generated automatically and a workgroup name Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 66 Ne Se Computer Name MININT B4LB8PF Workgroup WORKGROUP Pamary ONS suffit By default the wizard saves all network settings in the netconf ini file located on the WinPE RAM drive thus it will only be available until you restart the computer However you can just once configure your network device and then save this file to some other destination for instance a local drive and this way avoid constant re configuration just by providing a path to it So Click Save to file to save the
68. on Driver not found Glick here to find a driver for this device _ SCS Controller LS Adapter Uira320 SCSI 27000 series w 1020 1030 e Manually add a driver for a device that has not been found by our wizard by clicking then specifying the required INF file o a S000 MT Network Connection ata Daver net found Click here to find a driver for this device U SCSI Controller LSI Adapter Uitra320 SCS 2000 series w 1070 1030 z symmpi_ p_x86_ref symenpi inf Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved e AOO DEUO _ S500 S7 sd Li si sas2irf x86 neutral_elZaSc ctbe 3 aji Isi_sesi inf_x86_neutral_cfbdf0b0b 66 3 pi machineirt x86 neutral 6584802473 7 13 dji mchy inf _x96_neutral_5 d5 4 gt 36F00 3 2009 6 38 21 PM z ii megasasirt x26_neutral 395276349 3 2009 6 38 20 PM 3 3 2008 6 38 19 PM 2009 6 38 20 PM 2008 6 38 19 PM Ji megasas2 int_x86_neutral_599d7135 2008 6 28 20 PM Ji megasrinf_x86_nevtral_206267S92ce 2009 6 38 20 PM S ph mirt eE neutral feb8c 3005943732 003 6 38 19 PM 1 lt b at ad ol i d mshdc inf_x86_nautral_f64b c35a3a5 7 13 2008 6 38 21 PM 1D msndc inf 49 3 KB 7 13 2009 6 38 05 PM Th mamana inl wOC aadel Ta GADAN Jasana esoo on Di Ries of type INF filles r Please select hardware the driver is designed for gt Intel R 8237 1AB EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller A S Standard Dual Channel PC IDE Control
69. ot critical devices have no drivers IN The wizard names all devices according to their model description not some alphanumeric code which is very convenient 9 Though you ve got the option to continue without injecting missing drivers for boot critical devices The Ignore all missing drivers option we strongly recommend you not to do it Otherwise we cannot guarantee your Windows will start up on the new hardware There are no drivers for the following devices SCS Controler LS Adapter Utra320 SCSI 2000 series w 1020 1030 You have chosen to ignore these devices and continue with the OS adustment Your OS will not stat up on the new hardware if there are no drivers for boot critical devices Are you sure you wart to continue 10 The wizard can search for drivers on a local disk or a mapped network share In our case it s on a network share this is why we need to map it first Please specify an additional path to the masing divers p Add a fider to the drivers source lst Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 38 Windows Security x Enter Network Password Enter your password to connect to server2 gw MINI siete B 1 Ei Remember my cedenGals 11 When done we can select it as target h Ul Alego Ji Ache di Program Fies windows a Local Desk D si E Application E cD Dave F PARAGON Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All r
70. ou may customize outlook of the Partition List by clicking on the arrow icon on the top right side of the panel Please select properties to display Please select properties you would like to display in the Disks and Partitions view J Har 7 Size pectos T FS Size acions J Used pacions J Start sectors J End sectors 7 Steet CHS fhe Ele system Vere laial Partition re Siza By marking a checkbox opposite the required item you can choose whether to display it or not Besides you can change its order by pressing the Move up or Move down buttons If you don t need the Disk Map please click the shown below icon to disable it Stat pedos Evd pedas Sat CHSihex Ed CHShex 800h 235 F Rh 020 21 SMD 61 14 235FE800 JEFE MD 61l 15 FEFG 34 1E 20h 3E FEFFRR 0 20 21 FEF 34 1E Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 25 Properties Bar The Properties Bar provides information on the selected at the moment partition hard disk For a hard disk e Model e Serial number e Type of hard disk basic or dynamic e Total size in GB e Information on geometry of the disk amount of sectors per track heads and cylinders For a partition e Drive letter assigned to the disk e Volume label if available e Type of the logical disk e File system represented by the color of the graph and the selected bar e Total size used space and free space in GB or MB Besides you
71. ou start please make sure the following conditions are met e You ve got drivers for the new hardware ready to use not zipped or in exe files e Your OS is unrolled on the new computer not in a backup image To make a Windows physical system bootable on different hardware please do the following 1 Start up the computer from the WinPE recovery media Please use Boot Media Builder to prepare the WinPE 3 0 recovery environment which you can get here www paragon software com my account To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on board BIOS is set up to boot from CD USB first Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 36 2 Launch the P2P Adjust OS Wizard The WinPE 3 0 based environment offers excellent hardware support However in case it doesn t have a driver for your disk controller your hard disks will be unavailable Please consult the Adding specific drivers scenario to know how to tackle this issue 3 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 From the list of all found Windows systems if several select one you need to adjust to the new hardware If you re willing to adjust them all just re launch this wizard for each i j i at ka Waco Windows AF 5 There are two execution modes to choose from fully automatic and advance Below we will go set by step through the automatic scenario to show the whole process and then take a closer look at
72. primary partitions and an extended one already exist on the target disk need to copy a partition But when selecting a place where to make a copy always get a crossed circle sign no matter which partition is selected Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 70 The program enables to copy a partition only to a block of un partitioned space If you don t have a block of free space on your hard disk please delete or reduce an existing partition to accomplish the operation 6 cannot do anything with my USB flash drive get a crossed circle sign when trying to select any area on it Some USB flash drives don t have the MBR Master Boot Record that s the cause of your problem To fix the issue please use the Update MBR function of our program or fixmbr of the Windows installation disc to write a standard code to your flash drive 7 When trying to back up my system the program asks to restart the computer Most likely the Hot Processing mode is disabled Please make it active in the program settings 8 When backing up a partition with the VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service mode the program throws VSS could not be started for processed volume Most likely you try to back up a FAT32 partition which is not supported by VSS Please use the Paragon Hot Processing mode instead 9 cannot back up my hard disk to an external hard drive Once started the operation is aborted with the following error
73. represented with rectangle bars that contain small sized bars These small sized bars represent logical disks Their color depends on the file system of the appropriate partition Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev Local Disk C 499 9 GB NTFS Large sized bars display the following information about physical disks e Manufacturer e Model Small sized bars display the following information about logical disks e Serial number e Drive letter e Total size e File system Furthermore it is possible to estimate the used disk space by looking at the size of the bar s shaded area The program offers to choose from several types of the disk layout scaling It s done especially to increase the program usability For instance if you ve got a high capacity hard drive containing both very large more than 100 GB and rather small less than 10 GB partitions you can select the logarithmic type to make all partitions readable otherwise selecting the linear type you won t be able to see small partitions at all but thing strips On the other hand if the proportional disk layout is critical for you the linear type is exactly what you need Nevertheless there s a compromise solution linear scaling with the minimal limit to small partitions So if a partition is too small it will remain readable Just click on the arrow icon on the top right side of the Disk Map to select the desired scaling type E
74. rite access to NTFS Basic Disks under Windows Linux and PTS DOS Compressed NTFS files are also supported Full read write access to Ext2FS Ext3FS Ext4FS partitions Limited read write access to Apple HFS partitions Unfortunately support of non Roman characters for the HFS file system is unavailable at the moment The company is about to implement it in the nearest future Supported Media Support of both MBR and GPT hard disks 2 2TB disks included IDE SCSI and SATA hard disks SSD Solid State Drive AFD Advanced Format Drive Non 512B sector size drives CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW DVD R DVD R double layer and also Blu ray discs FireWire i e IEEE1394 USB 1 0 USB 2 0 USB 3 0 hard disks PC card storage devices MBR and GPT flash memory etc Getting Started In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to get the product ready to use Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Contacting Paragon Software GmbH If you have any questions about the company products please do not hesitate to contact Paragon Software GmbH Service Contact Visit Paragon Software web site WWwW paragon software com Registration amp updates web service www paragon software com support Knowledge Base amp Technical Support kb paragon software com Pre sale information sales paragon software com System Requirements For the Windows installation package e Operating syste
75. rsion does not officially support the guest OS you will be notified and AN prompted to select another one 6 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Apply pending changes 7 Do not show this message again No Connecting a virtual disk Connect VD You ve got the option to connect a virtual disk of one of the supported types directly to our program as if it s an ordinary physical disk so opening up enormous possibilities e Exchange data between your physical environment and the virtual one through Volume Explorer data import only or File Transfer Wizard data import and export The way we offer is much easier and faster as you don t need a VM shared folder the network or the slow goer drag and drop e Import data from a parent virtual disk to one of its snapshots e Accomplish drive partitioning create format delete move resize etc e Modify partition attributes Active flag Hidden flag Volume Label etc e Clone a partition or an entire hard disk e Edit View sectors and many more To connect a virtual disk snapshot to our program please do the following 1 Click the Connect a Virtual Disk item of the Hard Disk menu 2 Inthe opened dialog browse for the required virtual disk then click Connect to accomplish the operation You ve also got the option to connect this disk in the read only mode or and have it connected automatically at every program startup by marking appropriate check
76. rtitioning operations Request confirmation before partition deletion Mark the checkbox to activate an additional security mechanism Thus when going to delete a partition you will be automatically requested to enter its label Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 29 e Request confirmation when converting FAT16 to FAT32 Mark the checkbox to automatically request confirmation before converting FAT16 to FAT32 There are a number of situations when this kind of conversion is the only way out to accomplish the operation For instance you are going to migrate your system to a larger hard disk with the proportional resize of existing partitions what is very convenient As a result you can get original FAT16 partitions go beyond the 4GB limit Thus without conversion to FAT32 this operation will in no way be possible to accomplish The same goes for any copy hard disk partition or restore hard disk partition operation involving an extra upsizing E Mail Options Specify your e mail account options Outgoing mail server SMTP User e mai address SMTP poet number 25 My outgoing server requires authentication Send test e mail Cick this button to test email account options The program wil send generated emal message to the address you ve specfied in User e mail address field Specify e mail notification options Send E Mail notification on apply This section contains a set of options that will be taken into
77. s available at the moment may vary depending on the selected object Tool Bar The Toolbar provides fast access to the most frequently used operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Transfer OS to a virtual environment Transfer an archived OS to a virtual environment Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 20 Adjust OS to start up on virtual hardware Create an empty virtual disk or with specific data Collect and send logs to Support Switch to Express launcher Open the Help system Virtual Operations Bar The program supports previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations so called virtual mode of execution In fact when the virtual mode is enabled the program does not accomplish operations immediately but places them on the List of Pending Operations for later execution The Virtual Operations Bar enables to manage pending operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations OQ Display the List of Pending Operations wy Launch the real execution of virtual operations x Cancel all virtual operations on the List of Pending Operations Virtual mode is an effective way of protection from any troubles since no operations will be executed until clicking the Apply button for confirmation thus giving a second chance to weigh al
78. se Press Page Up and Page Down to scroll the text End User License Agreement between PARAGON Software GmbH Heinrich von Stephan Str 5 c 79100 Freiburg Germany and You as end user if you accept the terms of the agreement click the check box below 4 Accept Decline 3 Once you accept the agreement you will see the Universal Application Launcher In general it enables to run components of the product load drivers for undefined hardware or establish a network connection Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 12 f Paragon Virtualization Manager 12 Professional l5 x ParaGon SOFTWARE GROUP LEL Paragon Virtualization Manager 12 Seraragon 6 Copying and Virtualization an Migration er Virtualization P2V Copy r E Move the operating system and data from your computer to a virtual machine Capture and store your PC s current state in a virtual environment Ww Advanced Interface P2V Restore Transfer an individual partition or an entire hard disk from a backup image to a virtual disk z Tools P2V Adjust Mod y an exdsting virtual disk to make all recognized operating systems bootable on vitua hardware ew Support Contacts Create Virtual Disk Create a new blank virtual disk file Wih this coton is also possible to transfer the cortert of single partitions or complete hard drives directly into the new virtual disk file Helo
79. t OS Wizard Extra Scenarios for WinPE Correcting BCD Boot Configuration Data To automatically correct Windows BCD please do the following 1 Once you accept the agreement you will see the Universal Application Launcher Click Boot Corrector 2 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Select Correct boot parameters to let the wizard fix BCD in all found Windows installations Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 63 Windows installation to correct View the ist of all windows installations and correct boot parameters Correct the Master Boot Record MBR View the lst of al Hard Disks and correct MBR executable code on some of them Edit View Sectors View cdt backup and restore sectors or a group of sectors on the hard disk or partition of your choice Correct boot parameters boot ini BCD eometcely conse bosti sod BCD on si ber dea nate ee 4 The wizard will ask you to confirm the operation Apply the changes to complete Neto The wizard has not applied the changes yet On this page you can ether accept or reconsider the Note F you accept the changes the wizard wil physically perform al operations You wont be able to interrupt this process or undo the changes t may take some time to apply the changes You may also be asked to restart your computer during this process Would you tke to apply the changes After completing the operation close the wizard
80. tem 03 j Unis F Tik z F p 10 sak E TAL eign na PAR ALSO i af g Mi T Boot X Fie name TEST_USERGgmad com _2011 12 15_ 04 292 Files of type ZIF archives Our Support Team will get in touch with you and help to resolve all problems This function is also available under Windows Troubleshooter Here you can find answers to the most frequently asked questions that might arise while using the program 1 try to run an operation but the program claims my partition is in use and suggests restarting the computer There are a number of operations that cannot be performed while your partition is in use or locked in other words Please agree to reboot your machine to make the program accomplish the operation in a special boot up mode run an operation and restart the machine as required but it just boots back into Windows without accomplishing the operation Please run chkdsk f for the partition in question cannot create a new partition on the disk There can be a number of reasons for that e The program cannot create a new partition on a dynamic disk e The program allows creating new partitions only within blocks of un partitioned space It cannot convert a free space on an existing partition to a new partition cannot copy a partition There can be a number of reasons for that The source or target disk you select is a dynamic disk 4 primary partitions or three
81. the Next button to continue 3 Confirm License Agreement The License Agreement page displays the Paragon License Agreement Read the agreement and then select the appropriate option to accept If you do not agree with any conditions stated there the installation process will be interrupted By clicking the Print button the License Agreement may also be printed out 4 Provide Registration Information On the Registration page you are to provide your product key and serial number 5 Provide Customer Information On the Customer Information page you are to provide the standard information i e a user name and an organization Besides you need to decide whether to make the program available for all users of this computer if several or only for the current one 6 Select an Installation Folder The Destination Folder page allows you to choose a folder where the program will be installed By default the installation folder will be created as C Program Files Paragon Paragon Virtualization Manager 12 To select another folder click the Change button After you have selected the required folder click the Next button to continue Do not install the program on network drives Do not use Terminal Server sessions to install AN and run the program In both cases the program functionality will be limited 7 Confirm Installation On the Ready to Install the Program page click the Install button to start the installation or the Back button
82. the linear addressing of sectors which assumes that all on disk sectors are continuously enumerated from 0 To allow backward compatibility with older standards modern hard disks can additionally emulate the C H S geometry Hidden Partition The concept of a hidden partition was introduced in the IBM OS 2 Boot Manager By default an operating system does not mount a hidden partition thus preventing access to its contents A method of hiding a partition consists in changing the partition ID value saved in the Partition Table This is achieved by XOR ing the partition ID with a 0x10 hexadecimal value Master File Table MFT is a relational database that consists of rows of file records and columns of file attributes It contains at least one entry for every file on an NTFS volume including the MFT itself MFT is similar to a FAT table ina FAT file system MBR amp 1st track of the hard disk is the Oth sector of the disk MBR Master Boot Record contains important information about the disk layout The used partitioning scheme The starting records of the Partition Table The standard bootstrap code or the initial code of boot managers disk overlay software or boot viruses Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 72 Generally the Oth sector is used for similar purposes in all existing partitioning schemes The MBR capacity is not sufficient to contain sophisticated boot programs That s wh
83. time to accomplish the operation e Skip OS auxiliary files Mark the checkbox to skip OS auxiliary files like pagefile sys hiberfil sys etc thus reducing the operation time and the resulted size of the backup image By clicking the link at the bottom of the window you can jump to the Copy Backup Exclude A N Options Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 28 Hot Processing Options J Enable hot processing Hot processing technology Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service is a reliable technology designed to back up volumes being locked by numerous active transactions of VSS supporting applications Microsoft VSS technology requires over 300 MB of free space on any mounted NTFS volume for temporary data This technology is provided for Windows XP and newest Windows versions but unavailable for old versions of Nindows 98 ME NT 2000 Additional options Always use hot processing o Use hot processing only when partition is locked Hot processing temporary dive w bd Number of attempts to start VSS 3 Timeout between attempts in seconds 120 J Switch between Hot Processing technologies In this section you may configure the hot processing mode Enable hot processing Mark the checkbox to enable the so called hot data processing mode that is specially designed to process data without restarting your operating system Hot processing technology
84. tore a backup of the whole hard disk to a partition or vice versa 14 set up a timetable for a task but it fails to execute There can be a number of reasons for that Windows Task Scheduler does not work properly Check whether it is so or not by scheduling a simple task call Notepad through scheduling You don t have permission to write to the selected backup destination Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 71 Glossary Active Partition is a partition from which an x86 based computer starts up The active partition must be a primary partition on a basic disk If you use Windows exclusively the active partition can be the same as the system volume In the DOS partitioning scheme only primary partitions can be active due to limitations of the standard bootstrap The term backup originates from the time when the best way to protect valuable information was to store it in form of archives on external media It s become now a general notion to mean making duplications of data for protection purposes Bootable Archive is created by adding a special bootable section when backing up the data to CD DVDs Thus you will be able to restore the data from these archives without having to run the program but by simply booting from these CD DVDs Cluster is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file All file systems used by Windows organize hard disks based on clusters which
85. ts which you can modify however If you need to trace a route to some network host please select Trace route then type in the required IP address or its name Click Start when ready Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 67 Gog Network utilties Le Target www googecom Do not resolve addresses to hostnames M Madmum numberof hopa to search fortaget Paaa a Geer output dims 43 ms JUS ES 54 153 44 ms 64 233 174 53 amp 45 ime Sims Mms 205 65 255 245 5 dma dEms 49 me bwini 105 te 100 met 74 125 43 105 Trace complete D e Do not resolve addresses to hostnames Mark the option to display IP addresses instead of hostnames e Maximum number of hops to search for target By default the utility goes through maximum 30 hops when searching for the target host which you can modify however e Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply By default the utility waits 4 seconds for each echo reply message If not received within the timeout an asterisk is displayed Collecting logs 1 Once you accept the agreement you will see the Universal Application Launcher Click Log Saver 2 Provide an e mail address used for registering the product then give a detailed description on the encountered problem in the corresponding text fields Please don t worry we respect your privacy so none of your confidential data will be exposed T
86. tton on the Virtual Operations Bar 9 When done either disconnect the virtual disk or close our program Merging a system partition with an adjacent logical partition on a virtual disk Let s assume you ve got several partitions on your virtual hard disk After installing a number of resource consuming applications and system updates your system partition has started to suffer from the lack of free space But an adjacent logical partition has a plenty of redundant space That s just enough to make your system partition suffer no more To merge a system partition with an adjacent partition please do the following 1 Connect the required virtual disk to our program 2 Inthe main window select the required logical volume on the Disk Map Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev 58 i d 3 Call the context menu for it right click of the mouse button to launch the Make Partition Primary dialog Biin th i Hume E AJDCSCOh AFEDU 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dew d T3FFFFFh i VMware VMware Virtual SCSI Disk Dew Hew Volume E E s39Gentrs Change Volume Label Remove Drrve Letter Hide Partition Make Partition Primary Change Cluster Size Change Senal Number Change Partition ID Downgrade NTFS version Wipe Partition Clear Free Space Test Surface E Check File Syst
87. ucts work with virtual disks as though they are physical hard disks Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS to provide the copy backup infrastructure for the Microsoft Windows XP Vista 7 Server 2003 2008 operating systems It offers a reliable mechanism to create consistent point in time copies of data known as shadow copies Developed by Microsoft in close cooperation with the leading copy backup solution vendors on the market it is based on a snapshot technology concept Microsoft Dynamic Disk simple spanned striped mirrored RAID 5 to offer more management flexibility without the partition limitation of basic disks Dynamic storage can be particularly beneficial for large scale businesses when dealing with many physical hard disks involving complex setup GUID Partition Table GPT It is the next generation of a hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MBR GPT disks are now supported by Windows Vista 7 Server 2008 Mac OS X and Linux Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Supported Virtual Machines Microsoft Virtual PC VMware Workstation VMware Fusion Oracle VirtualBox 4 0 Additionally for Connect VD and P2V Adjust OS only MS Windows backups vhd images Additionally for Connect VD only Paragon s backups pbf images Parallels Workstation XenServer vhd only Supported File Systems Full read write access to FAT16 FAT32 partitions Full read w
88. up All rights reserved 46 7 Specify a file name for the virtual machine and its location By default the wizard scans all your local disks for available free space and picks the most appropriate location taking into account the total capacity of all virtual disks inside the virtual machine Fle name for the virtual macnine v vmm Browse A Al vitual disks wil take approx 8 5 GB Help me to find an appeopeate place for my virtual machine Warming All vetual disks wil take approx 8 5 GB Do you wart to save your virtual machine here No 8 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Apply pending changes 7 Do not show this message again Ho Virtualizing system from its backup image P2V Restore Let s assume that your system has been corrupted as a result of a hardware failure You realize it s quite obsolete and it s next to impossible to replace the damaged hardware devices Migration to a new hardware platform seems the best way out if not for one thing you still need access to your software but you do know for sure that the bulk of it won t work on the new platform Luckily you ve got a backup image of your old system made with Paragon software that s just enough for its virtualization Before you start please make sure the following conditions are met e You ve got a backup image of your old system e You ve got enough free space to store a virtual image of your old syste
89. ut minimal performance Besides journaling our program will also disable cache of your disk when accomplishing data sensitive operations to avoid data loss even in case of a power outage General Copy and Backup Options Ye General copy and backup options Hdd raw processing Copy an entire hard disk sector by sector without taking into account ts partition sructue Partition raw processing Copy Backup each partition sector by sector Al sectors wil be processed one by one leven unused sectors Requires more time to complete the operation Skip OS audiar files Choose this option to skip OS auodiary files ke pagefile sys hiberfi sys etc This wil reduce operation time and backup image size This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during copy and backup operations e HDD raw processing Mark the checkbox to copy back up a hard disk in the sector by sector mode thus ignoring its information structure e g unallocated space or unused sectors of existing partitions will be processed as well This can help to avoid problems with hidden data created by certain applications or the system administrator However it will take more time to accomplish the operation e Partition raw processing Mark the checkbox to copy a partition in the sector by sector mode to successfully process unknown file systems However it is not recommended to enable this option when working with supported file systems as it takes more
90. vendor this vendor will be shadowed 6 Set properties of the future virtual machine e Virtual machine version Please make sure you choose a version which is supported by your virtualization software otherwise you won t be able to work with the newly created machine e Virtual machine name By default the wizard picks the name of your guest OS which can be modified however e CPU number If your computer supports multiprocessing select how many CPUs you d like to allocate for the virtual machine e Memory amount Depending on the guest OS the wizard calculates the recommended size of RAM which can be modified however Virtual machine version Vitware Workstation 6 5 A Virtual machine name Windows _ CPU number 2 5 Memory amount 1024 MB b ae A de Miramum memory size Recommended memory size Note The selected virtual machine version does not officially support the quest OS a0 We Cannot guarantee its startup Please select another version of the virtual machine Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 49 If the selected version does not officially support the guest OS you will be notified and A N prompted to select another one 7 Set properties of the resulted virtual disk s Virtual disk interface By default the wizard sets the most appropriate interface for each disk Anyway you ve got the option to change it to one of the supported by your guest OS
91. venient when migrating to a larger hard disk 8 On the Revise Copy Results page review all parameters of the operation Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 35 Onginal hard disk Basic Hard Disk 1 VMware VMware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev qj Q Local Disk E ii Q Local Dis i ll Q Unatio 4GE FAT 32 Z GENTFS i 14G 22 Gf Hard dsk copy Basic Hard Disk 3 VMware VMware Virtual S SCS Disk Dev fi Q Local Disk 7 Q Local Di Fi hl Q Unallocat Proportional resize the copy wil take 500 GB 100 of target disk space Min Copy Size 627 5 MB Max Copy Size 500GB Select the range of the disk space that wil be occupied on the destination disk with copied s partitions 9 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes 10 When copying is completed shut down the computer 11 Disconnect physically the source hard disk 12 Boot the computer from the destination hard disk To make Windows bootable on different hardware please additionally complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Making system bootable on different hardware P2P Adjust OS Let s assume you had to migrate to a new hardware platform You connected your system hard disk to the brand new PC and tried to start up the operating system you do know for sure now that this operation had been doomed to failure from the very beginning With our program you can easily tackle this naughty problem Before y
92. vers for found hardware Please specty an additional path to the missing divers fe X IT byect al necessary divers from the provided driver repository IT Keep the istes diver vemior e Inject all necessary drivers Mark the checkbox to force injection of all drivers for your devices from the given driver repository s even if there are already installed drivers for some hardware Please use this option if you suspect any of the installed drivers of not matching your hardware Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 40 e Keep the latest driver version Mark the checkbox to keep the latest version of drivers during the forced re injection You can use this option only when the above option is active 3 Just before the OS adjustment you can additionally e View all found hardware devices and their driver status by clicking The wizard names all devices according to their model description not some alphanumeric code which is very convenient So you can compare the listed devices with the given hardware to make sure the wizard has analyzed your system correctly ajo 2000 series w 1020 1030 Diver not found Giek here to find a driver for thes device a intel A PRO 1000 MT Network Connection afa Dever not found Chek here to find a driwer for this device e AMD SATA Controller No installed hardware found x windows eystem 32 diversions tiempotan Wamdsata inf x86 neural faSe4bi Sd be F
93. vers intel ich driver iaahci ini has been loaded successfully Would you like to load another driver s ve C The WinPE 3 0 recovery environment is 32 based thus you need to use 32 bit drivers for injection Configuring network If your local network has a DHCP server a network connection will be automatically configured once the WinPE recovery environment has been started up Otherwise you will need to do it manually with a handy dialog by providing an IP address a network mask default gateway etc Besides with its help you can easily map network shares To manually set up a network connection and map a network share please do the following 1 Once you accept the agreement you will see the Universal Application Launcher Click Configure Network 2 Inthe opened dialog provide an IP address a network mask default gateway etc for your network device Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 65 Ethemet adapter intel A PRO 1000 MT Network Connection IP address configuration Obtain an IP address automaticaly Renew address Release address Use the following IP address IP Address 172302412 Subnet Mask 255 255 2990 Default Gateway 172 30 24 254 Advanced DNSAWINS configuration FY Obtain DNS server address automaticaly DNS server EEES Advanced FY Obtain WINS server address automaticaly Primary WINS server Secondary WINS sever D000 Loadfr
94. y 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 is used for notification purposes only It is detectable by any partitioning tool including the DOS FDISK utility Modern operating systems save it within a file system e g as a special hidden file Thus it is able to contain a relatively large amount of text in multiple languages Partitioning Scheme is a set of rules constraints and format of the on disk structures to keep information on partitions located on a hard disk There are known several partitioning schemes The most popular of them is the so called DOS partitioning scheme It was introduced by IBM and Microsoft to use multiple partitions in the disk subsystems on IBM PC compatible computers Another popular partitioning scheme is the so called Logical Disks Model LDM that originates from the UNIX mainframe systems Veritas
95. y thing that holds you back from it is a lot of virtual machines of MS Virtual PC which are not fully compatible with VMware Workstation Don t worry we can help you out Before you start please make sure you ve got enough free space to accomplish the operation To make a virtual machine of one vendor out of an existing virtual machine of another vendor please do the following 1 Connect all virtual disks of the required virtual machine to our program 2 Complete the P2V Copy Wizard Do not forget to select all virtual disks as objects of virtualization As a result you ll get two virtual machines containing the same virtual environment but of different vendors You can now delete the original to release some free space Migrating from a virtual environment to physical V2P Let s assume your desktop PC was damaged a couple of months ago Luckily you had had its system virtualized just before the tragedy Having a laptop at the disposal you kept working with the desktop system in a virtual environment for a while while scanning the market for a replace To cut it short you ve got a brand new desktop PC just delivered to your door it s time for a little V2P operation Our program can help you do that Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 62 Before you start please make sure the following conditions are met e You ve got drivers for the new hardware ready to use not zipped or in exe
96. your virtualization software otherwise you won t be able to work with the newly created machine e Virtual machine name By default the wizard picks the name of your guest OS which can be modified however e CPU number If your computer supports multiprocessing select how many CPUs you d like to allocate for the virtual machine e Memory amount Depending on the guest OS the wizard calculates the recommended size of RAM which can be modified however CPU number 1 l Memory amount 1024 ME A ray de Minimum memory size A Recommended memory size D Maxdmum memory size f taken more you could face extensive swapping 6 Set properties of the resulted virtual disk s Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 45 Virtual disk interface By default the wizard sets the most appropriate interface for each disk Anyway you ve got the option to change it to one of the supported by your guest OS Just click on a disk and then select the required interface from the pull down list But be ready to provide drivers for it on the next page Virtual disk info Vetual disk Dis a copy of the Basic Hard Disk 0 VM IDE PIS FA E Virtual dsk 1 is a copy of the Basic Hard Disk 1 vM 1DE PIKO 2 SESI BusLogec CS E Virtual disk 2 is a copy of the Basic Hard Disk 2 0M SCSI LSI Loge og SATA AHCI i Browse C Users user Downioads vmacsi 1 2 0 4 fip Windows 7 has been found on the source part
97. ysical system to a virtual environment in the online mode P2V Restore to migrate a Windows physical system backed up with a Paragon disaster recovery tool to a virtual environment P2V Adjust to recover the startup ability after unsuccessful virtualization with a 3rd party tool Create VD to create an empty virtual disk or with specific data of one of the supported virtualization vendors P2P Adjust to successfully migrate a Windows physical system to a different hardware platform P2P by allowing automatic injection of all required drivers and the other actions crucial for a migration of this kind Partition hard disk copy to successfully transfer all on disk information including standard bootstrap code and other system service structures thus maintaining the operating system s working capability Easy size setup for virtual disks with the partition auto resize option Disk file split for VMware to automatically cut the resulted virtual image to files of 2 GBs each Copyright 1994 2012 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 6 Undelete Partitions Wizard to recover an accidentally deleted partition Merge Partitions Wizard to consolidate the disk space which originally belongs to two adjacent partitions NTFS FAT16 FAT32 into a single larger partition Redistribute Free Space Wizard to increase free space on one partition by up taking the on disk unallocated space and the unused space of other partitions Scripting to

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