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Partition ManagerTM 12 Professional

User Manual

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Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 6

What's New in Partition Manager 12........................................................................................................... 6

Product Components ............................................................................................................. 6 Features Overview.................................................................................................................7

Features ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 User Friendly Fault Minimizing Interface................................................................................................................................7 Backup Facilities......................................................................................................................................................................7 Restore Facilities.....................................................................................................................................................................8 Boot Management Facilities ...................................................................................................................................................8 Partition/Hard Disk Management Facilities............................................................................................................................8 File System Optimization Facilities .........................................................................................................................................8 Auxiliary Facilities ...................................................................................................................................................................8 Supported Technologies.............................................................................................................................. 9 Supported Virtualization Software .............................................................................................................10 Supported File Systems ..............................................................................................................................10 Supported Media .......................................................................................................................................10

Getting Started .................................................................................................................... 11

System Requirements ................................................................................................................................11 Installation ................................................................................................................................................12 First Start...................................................................................................................................................13 Building Recovery Media............................................................................................................................13 Booting from the Linux/DOS Recovery Media.............................................................................................15 Startup ..................................................................................................................................................................................15 Boot menu ............................................................................................................................................................................15 Booting from the WinPE Recovery Media ...................................................................................................17 Startup ..................................................................................................................................................................................17

Basic Concepts..................................................................................................................... 18

Dynamic Disks............................................................................................................................................19 GPT versus MBR.........................................................................................................................................19 uEFI Boot Challenges..................................................................................................................................20 Apple Boot Camp .......................................................................................................................................20 64-bit Support............................................................................................................................................20 Drive Partitioning.......................................................................................................................................21

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Windows Components ........................................................................................................ 21

Interface Overview ....................................................................................................................................21 General Layout......................................................................................................................................................................22 Main Menu ...........................................................................................................................................................................23 Tool Bar.................................................................................................................................................................................26 Virtual Operations Bar ..........................................................................................................................................................26 Common Tasks Bar ...............................................................................................................................................................27 Disk Map ...............................................................................................................................................................................28 Explorer Bar ..........................................................................................................................................................................29 Partition List..........................................................................................................................................................................30 Properties Bar .......................................................................................................................................................................31 Legend Bar ............................................................................................................................................................................32 Status Bar..............................................................................................................................................................................32 Settings Overview ......................................................................................................................................32 General Options....................................................................................................................................................................32 Backup Image Options ..........................................................................................................................................................34 General Copy and Backup Options .......................................................................................................................................34 CD/DVD/BD Recording Options ............................................................................................................................................35 Hot Processing Options.........................................................................................................................................................36 Partitioning Options..............................................................................................................................................................36 E-Mail Options ......................................................................................................................................................................37 Operation Dependency Options ...........................................................................................................................................38 Virtual Mode Options ...........................................................................................................................................................38 File System Conversion Options ...........................................................................................................................................39 Log Files Options...................................................................................................................................................................40 Viewing Disk Properties .............................................................................................................................40 Viewing Image Properties ..........................................................................................................................41 Using the Restore Wizard .....................................................................................................................................................41 Data Backup and Rescue ............................................................................................................................43 Creating Backup Images........................................................................................................................................................43 Restoring System and Data...................................................................................................................................................46 Boot Management .....................................................................................................................................50 Partition Management...............................................................................................................................51 Basic Partitioning Operations ...............................................................................................................................................51 Advanced Partitioning Operations........................................................................................................................................60 Changing Partition Attributes ...............................................................................................................................................71

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4 Hard Disk Management .............................................................................................................................74 Converting Dynamic MBR to Basic .......................................................................................................................................74 Converting GPT to Basic MBR ...............................................................................................................................................75 Converting Basic MBR to GPT ...............................................................................................................................................76 Updating MBR.......................................................................................................................................................................76 Changing Primary Slot...........................................................................................................................................................77 Extra Functionality .....................................................................................................................................78 View Partition/Hard Disk Properties.....................................................................................................................................78 Volume Explorer ...................................................................................................................................................................79 File Transfer Wizard..............................................................................................................................................................80 Mount Partition ....................................................................................................................................................................82 Downgrade NTFS Version .....................................................................................................................................................83 Change SID ............................................................................................................................................................................83 Defragment MFT...................................................................................................................................................................84 Compact MFT........................................................................................................................................................................85 Test Surface ..........................................................................................................................................................................85 Check File System Integrity...................................................................................................................................................86 Edit/View Sectors..................................................................................................................................................................86 Send Log Files........................................................................................................................................................................87 View Logs ..............................................................................................................................................................................88

Typical Scenarios ................................................................................................................. 89

Backup Scenarios .......................................................................................................................................89 Backing up a hard disk or partition to external media (CD/DVD).........................................................................................89 Backing up a hard disk or partition to a network drive ........................................................................................................91 Backing up a dual boot Mac to an external USB drive..........................................................................................................93 Recovery Scenarios ....................................................................................................................................95 Correcting EFI parameters ....................................................................................................................................................95 Correcting BCD (Boot Configuration Data) ...........................................................................................................................96 Fixing Windows startup ability .............................................................................................................................................97 Restoring a system partition from external media (CD/DVD) ............................................................................................100 Restoring a system partition from a network drive............................................................................................................102 Restoring a system partition from a local drive..................................................................................................................106 Restoring a dual boot Mac from an external USB drive .....................................................................................................108 Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk .............................................................................110 Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD/DVD .............................................................................................112 Copying of data from a backup to the corrupted system partition....................................................................................114

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5 Restoring separate files and folders from a backup ...........................................................................................................117 Resize Scenarios.......................................................................................................................................121 Creating a new partition to detach operating system from the rest of data .....................................................................121 Increasing size of a system partition by taking unused space of an adjacent partition .....................................................123 Increasing size of a system partition by taking unused space from any other...................................................................125 Increasing size of a system partition by taking unused space of an adjacent logical partition..........................................129 Separating OS from media data..........................................................................................................................................130 Merging a system partition with an adjacent logical partition...........................................................................................132 Shrinking a system partition to increase size of a data partition .......................................................................................134 Resizing partitions of Apple Boot Camp .............................................................................................................................136 Creating Dual Boot Systems .....................................................................................................................138 For Windows computers.....................................................................................................................................................138 Connecting a virtual disk (Connect VD) .....................................................................................................148 Repartitioning a virtual disk................................................................................................................................................150 Exchanging data between physical and virtual environments ...........................................................................................153 Copying data from a parent virtual disk to one of its snapshots........................................................................................154 Using 2.2TB+ HDD as internal data storage in Windows XP .......................................................................154 Extra Scenarios for WinPE ........................................................................................................................157 Adding specific drivers........................................................................................................................................................157 Configuring network ...........................................................................................................................................................158 Saving log files.....................................................................................................................................................................161

Troubleshooter.................................................................................................................. 163 Glossary............................................................................................................................. 165

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