User Guide

ERD Commander 2005
User’s Guide
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Partition Table Backup
Because Disk Commander allows you to modify your partition table, you may
want to create a back up of the information stored there. Disk Commander
allows you to back up the partition table entries, as well as the boot sectors of
each of your partitions, and save them to a file.
The backup file can be stored in the Disk Commander installation directory (if
running from a floppy disk it will be stored on the floppy disk) or on a floppy
disk you designate.
You can use the back up to restore your partition table and boot sectors in
the event that your changes cause additional problems with your system.
4.22.4 Volume Recovery
The Recover Volume screen is the main screen for analyzing and modifying
your disk.
The screen displays information about your disk in several ways. The top
most pane shows the layout of partitions on your disk. Every disk starts with
a Master Boot Record (MBR) shown in red, followed by one or more
partitions and extended partitions. NTFS volumes are shown in blue, while
FAT volumes are shown in green. Extended boot records (used to delineate
logical volumes) are shown in yellow.
The middle pane shows volumes that were discovered by Disk Commander
while scanning your disk. (If you elected not to perform a disk scan on the
Lost Volume Scan screen then this area will not be shown.) Some of the
volumes in this area may overlap your regular volumes; these may be
remnants of volumes created and then deleted at some point in the past. You
may also see volumes that seem to be identical to existing volumes, but there
is a slight difference: these volumes are shown because they can be
mounted using an alternate boot sector. If the regular boot sector for a