Operation Manual

Introduction

• Booting installed operating systems from under Windows

• Installation of several operating systems on a single partition

• Hiding or protecting with a password any operating system on your PC

• Duplicating installed operating systems and defining different configurations

for each copy

• Recovering boot records, files and folders structure, finding lost clusters and

removing viruses.

How to find the information you need in this guide

The Acronis Disk Director Suite User’s Guide contains:

• Chapter 1 «Installation And Use» — general information about software

installation, running, error recovery, removal and user interface essentials

• Chapter 2 «Beginning The Work» — information about the main window of

Acronis Disk Director Suite, logical software organization, main features,

and methods of calling and executing partition operations

• Chapter 3 «Automatic Partition Operations» —

beginner information about

disk partition operations, performed through wizards

• Chapter 4 «Manual Partition» —

experienced-user information about manually

performed disk partition operations

• Chapter 5 «Working with Acronis Recovery Expert» — recovering deleted or

damaged partitions

• Chapter 6 «Working with Acronis Disk Editor» — editing hard disk data

• Chapter 7 «Working with Acronis OS Selector» — working with the Acronis boot

manager

• Chapter 8 «Installing and using several operating systems on a single PC» —

installation of several operating systems on one computer

• Chapter 9 «Bootable Media Builder» — creating bootable media

• Appendix A «Hard Disk And Operating System» — supplemental information

about hard disks, partitions and file systems

• Appendix B «Particularities of Operating System Function» — specificity of

various operating systems

• Appendix C «Glossary» — technical terms to help you understand this guide.

Software use conditions

The conditions of Acronis Disk Director Suite use are listed in the supplied

«License Agreement». To prove that you legally purchased and use Acronis Disk

Director Suite, you received a registration card along with the package. Each

registration card has a unique number.