User Guide

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 1. INSTALLING ACRONIS DISKEDITOR AND GETTING STARTED .6
1.1 ACRONIS DISKEDITOR SYSTEM PACKAGE...................................... 6
1.2 INSTALLATION................................................................................. 6
1.3 REPAIRING/UPGRADING ACRONIS DISKEDITOR ............................. 7
1.4 REMOVING THE SOFTWARE............................................................. 7
1.5 USER INTERFACE............................................................................. 7
CHAPTER 2. WORKING WITH ACRONIS DISKEDITOR ................................... 8
2.1 PARTITION OR DISK SELECTION...................................................... 8
2.2 MAIN WINDOW OF THE PROGRAM .................................................. 9
2.3 WORKING IN MULTI-WINDOWS MODE ......................................... 11
2.4 EDIT HARD DISKS.......................................................................... 13
2.5 WRITE BLOCK TO A FILE AND READ FROM A FILE........................ 14
2.6 VIEW.............................................................................................. 16
2.7 SEARCH ......................................................................................... 16
2.8 WORKING WITH DIFFERENT ENCODINGS ...................................... 18
CHAPTER 3. MAIN WINDOW VIEW MODES ................................................. 19
3.1 MASTER BOOT RECORD (MBR).................................................... 19
3.2 CREATING PRIMARY PARTITION ................................................... 20
3.3 FORMATTING A PARTITION ........................................................... 22
3.4 CREATING A LOGICAL PARTITION................................................. 25
3.5 FILE ALLOCATION TABLE (FAT) AND ROOT FOLDER (ROOT)...... 26
3.5.1 A FILE AS A CHAIN OF CLUSTERS ............................................................. 26
3.5.2 A FOLDER IN DISKEDITOR MAIN WINDOW ..............................................27
3.5.3 FILES WITH SHORT NAMES .......................................................................29
3.5.4 FILES WITH LONG NAMES.........................................................................30
3.6 FOLDERS AND SUBFOLDERS .......................................................... 31
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