Operation Manual

Installation And Use

1. Create a disk image of the disk on which partitions are to be reconfigured.

This will ensure that your data will not be lost under any circumstances.

Almost all current PCs feature CD-RW drives. Having your most important

data backed up to a hard disk or CD will enable you to work on the disk

partitions with full confidence that your data is safe.

Acronis offers extremely effective hard disk and partition disk imaging software —

Acronis

True Image (visit http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/). Acronis True

Ima

e creates a backup stored in a compressed archive file whose contents can be

restored at any time.

2. Test your disk to make sure it’s fully functional and does not contain bad

sectors or file system errors.

You can invoke system hard disk checking tools directly from Acronis Disk Director

Suite by selecting

Disk  Check or clicking Check the selected partition for errors

toolbar button.

3. Do not perform any partition operations while running other software that

has low-level disk access, such as antivirus or backup tools. Close such

programs before running Acronis Disk Director Suite.

If you follow these simple rules, you will protect yourself against data loss.

1.8 Running Acronis Disk Director Suite

1.8.1 Running under Windows

Under Windows, Acronis Disk Director Suite can be run by selecting

Start 

Programs 

Acronis  DiskDirector  Acronis Disk Director Suite.

Under Windows, Acronis Disk Director Suite can perform operations on any partitions,

including primary, logical, system or data

without

rebooting your PC.

1.8.2 Running Acronis Disk Director Suite for the first time

When you run Acronis Disk Director Suite for the first time, you will be prompted

to choose whether you want to work in the

Automatic Mode or in the Manual

Mode

Automatic Mode provides enough functionality to create almost any partition

configuration on your PC hard disks.

If you need a detailed partition structure representation with a complete set of

partition operations and controls, select the

Manual Mode.

You can switch between modes at any time (see 2.1.3 «Switching modes»).