Partition Magic - Partition Manager Software
Extend partition with one step
Resize/Move partition without data loss.
Create, delete and format partion with simple steps. Copy partition and disk to transfer data with ease. Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB. Keep your data safe even in case of power outages or hardware failure.
Resize/Move partition without data loss.
Create, delete and format partion with simple steps. Copy partition and disk to transfer data with ease. Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB. Keep your data safe even in case of power outages or hardware failure.
Connecting a hard disk to the computer
- It is, certainly, better to master Acronis DiskEditor program not with your main hard disk. Connect to the computer any old hard disk of small capacity to experiment fearlessly with. Install this disk into the case of the personal computer and connect it to the power supply unit and the system board.
Before installation and fastening a hard disk you must set a jumper on an electronic board of the disk or on a special socket to which power and data cables are connected. The jumper on the main hard disk of your personal computer is, most likely, set to Master position. You should set the jumper on an auxiliary disk to Slave position.
The overwhelming majority of hard disks for in personal computers use the so-called IDE-interface. These disks are installed in the personal computer case to a compartment for devices with 3.5" form-factor (see: Appendix A. Hard disks ). - A standard power plug is connected to a hard disk along with 40-wire IDE data cable (its another end should be plugged to system board's Primary IDE socket; if there are hard disks on your computer already you should use another socket - Secondary IDE).
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Note
• There are also numerous models of hard disks with the so-called SCSI-interface. They are usually plugged to sockets on a special SCSI-controller board. The amount of different cables used to connect such disks is rather great. Such disk models will not be considered here, as the main purpose of the Help is to describe Acronis DiskEditor program (and file systems).
• For more information about installing a hard disk into the personal computer case and its connecting see section Appendix A. Installing Hard Disks on Computers.
Beginning the Work
Automatic partition operations
- Create partition method
- Hard disk drive selection
- Select unallocated space
- Partition selection
- Partition size
- Partition type
- File system
- Logical drive letter
- Partition label
- Hard disk drive structure
Manual partition operations
- Creating partition
- Copying a partition to unallocated disk space
- Moving a partition to unallocated disk space
- Resizing and/or moving a partition
- Splitting partitions
- Changing partition labels
- Merging partitions
- Explore partitions
- Formatting a partition
- Delete partition
- Checking hard disk partitions for errors
- Defragmenting a partition
- Wiping unallocated hard disk space
- Clearing a hard disk
- Changing partition letter
- Converting partition file system
- Copying Master Boot Record
- Hiding a partition
- Unhiding a partition
- Changing cluster size
- Changing partition type
- Setting active partition
- Resizing a root
- Resizing i-node table in Linux Ext2/Ext3
Working with Acronis DiskEditor
- Files and partitions
- Connecting a hard disk to the computer
- Setting BIOS
- User interface
- Technical support
- Selecting partitions (disks) for working
- Master Boot Record (MBR)
- Creating primary partition
- Formatting a partition
- Creating a logical partition
- File Allocation Table (FAT) and Root folder (Root)
- A file as a chain of clusters
- A folder in DiskEditor main window
- Files with short names
- Files with long names
- Folders and subfolders