Features Comparison: Paragon Partition Manager 9.0 Professional versus Paragon Partition Manager 10 Professional
Features Partition Manager 9.0 Professional Partition Manager 10 Professional Partition Manager 10 Server
Features Comparison: Paragon Partition Manager 9.0 Professional versus Paragon Partition Manager 10 Professional Copyright 1994-2009 Paragon Software Group. All rights reserved.
Partitioning Create Partition Express Create Partition Wizard Format Partition Delete Partition Undelete Partition Wizard Move/Resize Partition Express Resize Partition Wizard Redistribute Free Space Wizard Merge Partitions Wizard Change File System Assign/Remove Drive Letter Hide/Unhide Partition Mark Partition as Active/Inactive Change Cluster Size Change Root Size (FAT16) Change Boot Size (FAT16/FAT32) Change Volume Label Change Serial Number Change Partition ID Downgrade NTFS Version Change SID Make Partition Logical/Primary View Sectors Edit Sectors Change Primary Slots Boot Management Boot Manager Setup Wizard Install New OS Wizard Update MBR Data Consistency Checkup Test Surface Check File System Integrity File System Optimization Defragment Partition Defragment MFT Compact MFT Copy and Migration Hard Disk Copy Wizard
Incremental Copy Partition Copy Wizard Copy with Resize (Increase) Disaster Recovery Backup to Backup Capsule Backup to Local/Network Drives Backup to Physical Partitions Backup to CD/DVD/Blu-Ray
Bootable Archives Restore with Resize (Increase) Restore with Shrink Comments for archives File Transfer Wizard Volume Explorer Automatization Virtual Operations Shutdown after Completing Operations Recovery Media Management Recovery Media Builder Recovery Media on Flash Embedded Full RCD Additional Boot-up Mode for a 32-bit Platform Boot-up Mode for a 64-bit Platform User Interface Operable Disk Map (Drag and Drop support) Predefined GUI Layouts Two-mode User Interface Barrier Free Software Support Supported Technologies Paragon Hot Processing (Hot Backup/Copy) Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Partitioning Schemes Support Dynamic Volumes View Dynamic Volumes Convert Dynamic Disks Backup Dynamic Volumes Restore Dynamic Volumes Hot Backup Of Dynamic Volumes Restore Dynamic Disks with Auto Resize Format Dynamic Volume Defragment Dynamic Volume Compact MFT for Dynamic Volumes Test Surface for Dynamic Volumes Check File System for Dynamic Volume
Edit/View Sectors for Dynamic Volumes GPT Volumes View GPT Disks Create GPT Partition Format GPT Partition Delete GPT Partition Move/Resize GPT Partition
Copy GPT Partition Copy GPT Disk Backup GPT Partitions/HDD Restore GPT Partitions/HDD Hot Backup of GPT Partition/HDD Defragment GPT Partitions Compact MFT for GPT Partitions Test Surface for GPT Partitions Check File System for GPT Partitions Edit/View Sectors for GPT Partitions Apple Partition Map View Apple Partition Map Disks Block All Operations for Apple Partition Map Disks Supported Operating Systems Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional X64 Edition Windows Vista Windows Vista X64 Edition Windows 7 Windows Server 2000 Family Windows Server 2003 Family Windows Server 2008 Family Supported File Systems Backup Capsule NTFS (V1.2, V3.0, V3.1) FAT16 FAT32 Ext2FS Ext3FS Reiserfs Linux Swap HPFS Apple HFS+ Supported Storage Technologies Parallel ATA (IDE) Serial ATA (SATA)
SCSI All Levels of SCSI, SATA and IDE RAID Controllers IEEE 1394 (Firewire) USB 1.0/2.0 Support of Large Hard Disks PC Card Storage Devices
Additional for Recovery CD Find OSes On Your Hard Disk Restore Wizard Install Windows Wizard Boot Corrector Correct 'Boot.ini' Files Correct BCD Files Network Configuration Log Saver List of Mounted Partitions Command Line

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To register as a new user To register as a new user, please do the following: 1. Run an Internet browser and visit the page: www.paragon-software.com/my-account/; 2. Click Create of the Create a Paragon Account section; 3. Fill out a registration form;
11 4. Click Register. The most important field in the form is an E-mail address, as it serves as a login to enter the system. Besides your access password will be sent to this address as well. To register a new product If you are a registered user and would like to register Partition Manager Professional, please do the following: 1. Run an Internet browser and visit the page: www.paragon-software.com/my-account/; 2. In the Email field of the Authorization section, enter an E-mail used for registration; 3. In the Password field enter a password received after registration; 4. Click Sign in; 5. If the user name and password are valid, you will get to your account; 6. Click Register new product of the Products section; 7. Enter your product serial number in the Serial Number field. You can find it in the product box or obtain from your reseller. Click Next; 8. On the next page you will be asked to provide some additional data. Also you will need to decide whether you want to get confirmation on registering the product by E-mail or not. Click Next, and then click Finish. That is all. The product is now registered. How to Download Updates/Upgrades Downloading of updates/upgrades can be fulfilled in the following way: 1. Run an Internet browser and visit the page: www.paragon-software.com/my-account/; 2. In the Email field of the Authorization section, enter an E-mail used for registration; 3. In the Password field enter a password received after registration; 4. Click Sign in; 5. If the user name and password are valid, you will get to your account; 6. Select My Downloads of the Products section to see what updates are available for you; 7. Select the desired update and click Download.
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14 To accomplish online backup/copy of locked partitions/hard disks the program uses a kernel mode hotcore driver, thus the system reboot is required to complete the installation procedure.

First Start

To start Paragon Partition Manager Professional under Windows, please click the Windows Start button and then select Programs > Paragon Partition Manager Professional > Paragon Partition Manager. The program provides wide opportunities in the field of hard disk structure modification, so just to be on the safe side, please make a backup of your data before carrying out any operation. The first component that will be displayed is called the Express Launcher. Thanks to a well thought-out categorization and hint system, it provides quick and easy access to wizards and utilities that we consider worth using on a regular basis. With its help you can also start up the traditional launcher, the help system or go to the programs home page.
To start up the traditional Launcher, please click the Partition Manager button and then Partition Manager. To know more on how to handle the products interface and accomplish typical operations,
15 please consult the Windows Components chapter.

Building Recovery Media

Recovery Media Builder can help you accomplish the following operations: Prepare the Linux/DOS recovery environment (included in the installation package) on external media (CD, DVD, or flash memory) to boot and run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS, and that way to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes (strongly recommended); Prepare a custom Linux/DOS recovery environment by adding any data you like to the standard image; Prepare a bootable recovery environment from any ISO image, including our WinPE 3.0 image (strongly recommended); Create from the master CD the Linux/DOS or WinPE recovery environment on a CD/DVD disc, or flash memory.
Below you can find how to build our WinPE 3.0 based recovery environment on a thumb drive: 1. Plug in a thumb drive of at least 250 MBs in size. Please note all data on that drive will be deleted. 2. Launch the Recovery Media Builder. There are several ways to do it: In the Main Menu: select Tools > Recovery Media Builder On the Common Tasks Bar: click the Recovery Media Builder item of the Wizards menu.
3. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button. 4. Select the Flash Memory option.
5. Select the User specified CD/DVD image (.iso file) option, then browse for an ISO image of our WinPE 3.0 recovery environment or manually type in a full path to it. By selecting the Typical option you can build our Linux/DOS recovery environment, which we highly recommend you to do as well.
16 You can get an ISO image of our WinPE 3.0 recovery environment through the companys web service. 6. Select the required thumb drive from the list of flash memory devices available in the system at the moment (if several).

3. Once you accept the agreement, you will see the Universal Application Launcher. In general it enables to run components of the product, load drivers for undefined hardware or establish a network connection.
4. Click on the required operation to start. Hints on the selected at the moment item will help you make the right choice. 5. Consult the help system by pressing ALT+F1 to know more on the subject.
21 Our WinPE 3.0 based recovery environment offers excellent hardware support. However in case it doesnt have a driver for your disk controller, your hard disks will be unavailable. Please consult the Adding specific drivers scenario to know how to tackle this issue.

Basic Concepts

This chapter explains terms and ideas that show how the program works. To understand these helps to obtain a general notion of the operation performance and makes it easier for the user to operate the program.
System and Data Protection
The data protection issue is a growing cause of worrying for more and more people today. Indeed, it is hardly to find a person who will be particularly happy when all precious information on the hard disk is irreversible lost as a result of its malfunction. So how this tragedy can be prevented? Backup Storage Our program supports major present day techniques of storing backup images. Lets take a closer look at them all to understand what kind of storage is able to provide better security: You can place a backup image to a local mounted or unmounted (without drive letter assigned) partition. Despite the fact that it is the most convenient way, try not to use it. You can delete your backup just by accident or lose it as a result of a hardware malfunction, or a virus attack; You can place a backup image to an external mounted storage to provide for a higher level of data protection and system independence; You can place a backup image to external media (CD/DVD) to guarantee a high level of data protection as long as the backup media is kept secure; You can place a backup image to a network drive to stand a better chance of success in case of a hard disk failure. Moreover, by storing it on a special-purpose server you may be pretty sure nothing will happen to it.

Starting the Format Partition Wizard to format an existing partition to one of the file systems supported by the program. Starting the Delete Partition Wizard to delete a partition of any file system.
34 Advanced Partitioning Tasks Starting the Express Resize Partitions Wizard to redistribute free space between two adjacent partitions. Starting the Merge Partitions Wizard to merge adjacent partitions of NTFS, FAT, FAT32 file systems. Starting the Redistribute Free Space Wizard to redistribute available disk space of existing partitions. Starting the Undelete Partitions Wizard to recover accidentally deleted partitions.
Copy and Migration Tasks Starting the Copy Hard Disk Wizard to copy a hard disk.
Starting the Copy Partition Wizard to copy a partition.
Starting the P2P Adjust OS Wizard to make your system bootable on different hardware Backup Tasks Starting the Sector Backup Wizard to create an archive of a hard disk or separate partitions. Starting the Restore Wizard to restore a hard disk, separate partition, or files from the backup image. Virtualization Tasks Starting the P2V Copy Wizard to migrate a Win2K+ physical system to a virtual environment in the online mode. Starting the P2V Restore Wizard to migrate a Win2K+ physical system backed up with a Paragon disaster recovery tool to a virtual environment. Starting the P2V Adjust OS Wizard to recover the startup ability after unsuccessful virtualization with a 3rd party tool. Tools Starting the File Transfer Wizard to transfer data from any media. Besides it provides access to Paragon backups as regular folders to browse through their contents or copy required files. Starting the Boot Manager Setup Wizard to easily manage several operating systems on one computer.
35 Starting the Install New OS Wizard to install a new operating system.
Help and Documentation Launching the help system (you can also do it by pressing F1).
Opening the page which contains information about the program. This page will be displayed in the Explorer Bar. Disk Map The Disk Map is displayed in the Explorer Bar when the Disk View tab is selected. It is located either at the top or at the bottom of the window, depending on the state of the Disk Map Location option (Main Menu: View > Disk Map Location). As the name infers, the Disk Map displays the layout of physical and logical disks. Physical disks are represented with rectangle bars that contain small-sized bars. These small-sized bars represent logical disks. Their color depends on the file system of the appropriate partition.
Large-sized bars display the following information about physical disks: Manufacturer, Model.
Small-sized bars display the following information about logical disks: Serial number, Drive letter, Total size, File system.

40 General Options

This section contains a set of general options that will be taken into account during any operation carried out with the program: Enable data loss protection. Mark the checkbox to make the program work in the fail-safe mode (also referred to as the data-loss protection mode), which ensures reliability for operations by maintaining a special journal. In case of a hardware malfunction, power outage or an OS failure happened in the middle of a data-sensitive operation (resize, move, merge, redistribute, change cluster size, etc.), the program will ask to insert the bootable recovery media and automatically complete the interrupted operation, thus reviving the corrupted partition. It is strongly recommended to enable this option. Enable Initial Backup reminders. If this option is marked, the program will automatically offer to make a backup before accomplishing any critical partitioning operation, thus minimizing the risk of data loss.

41 Backup Image Options

This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during restore operations: Control archive integrity. Mark the checkbox to guarantee that all backup images created with the program are 100 percent flawless. If you decided not to control the archive integrity, the backup operation would take about 3-5% less time. Set image file names automatically. Mark the checkbox to make the program automatically set a file name for every volume of a complex backup image. Otherwise you will need to do it manually during the backup operation. Compression level. From the pull-down list you can select the desired compression level for backup images that will be used by default. Enable image splitting. Mark the checkbox to automatically split every backup image to volumes of a particular size. Splitting images enables to tackle problems caused by a maximum file size limitation of some file systems. Maximum split size. With the spinner control you can specify a maximum size for backup volumes.

42 Partitioning Options

This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during partitioning operations: Enable 64 KB cluster size for FAT16. Mark the checkbox to enable 64KB clusters for FAT16 partitions. Thus you will be able to create FAT16 partitions up to 4GB in size Due to the maximum cluster size of 32KB for Windows 95/98/ME or MS DOS, FAT16 partitions larger than 2GB are not reliably accessible under these operating systems. Request confirmation before partition deletion. Mark the checkbox to activate an additional security mechanism. Thus when going to delete a partition you will be automatically requested to enter its label. Request confirmation when converting FAT16 to FAT32. Mark the checkbox to automatically request confirmation before converting FAT16 to FAT32. There are a number of situations when this kind of conversion is the only way out to accomplish the operation. For instance, you are going to migrate your system to a larger hard disk with the proportional resize of existing partitions, what is very convenient. As a result you can get original FAT16 partitions go beyond the 4GB limit. Thus without conversion to FAT32, this operation will in no way be possible to accomplish. The same goes for any copy hard disk/partition or restore hard disk/partition operation involving an extra upsizing.

The model and serial number of the disk serve as the title of the browsed page. The disk layout is shown in form of a circular graph, where the color of a sector corresponds to a file system of an appropriate partition. On the right you may see a table, which contains the following information: Type of hard disk (basic or dynamic), Total size (in GB), Information on geometry of the disk (amount of sectors per track, heads and cylinders).
Below there is a list of available wizards. If you click a corresponding record the appropriate wizard will be started. All default values for the operation parameters will correspond to the disks settings. The list of wizards contains a detailed description of tasks that can be performed by the wizard. This nullifies the possibility of selecting the wrong wizard.
When you select a small-sized bar (i.e. corresponding to a logical disk) the Explorer Bar will display information on it as well. The page title will contain a drive letter, which is assigned to the disk. The disk layout graph will be colored in accordance with the volume ratio of the used space to the free space (the light colored sector). The table on the right will contain the following information: Volume label (if available), Type of the logical disk, File system (represented by the color of the graph and the selected bar), Total size, used space and free space (in GB or MB).
Below there is a list of wizards, which may be called for this disk. All default values of parameters will correspond to the disk settings. Viewing Image Properties General information on backup archives can be obtained with the help of the Restore Wizard: Using the Restore Wizard There are several ways to launch the Restore Wizard: In the Main menu: select Wizards > Restore In Common Tasks bar: click the Restore item of the Wizards menu Select a hard disk/partition and then click the Restore an image of the entire disk/Restore the logical disk from an image link on the Explorer Bar page.
At first, the wizard displays the Welcome page simply click the Next button at the foot of the dialog window. The next page refers to Browse for Archive. You can find the required image in the browser-like window.
The section below (i.e. Archive File Details) displays a short description of the selected image, including: Information on a type of the archive contents (whether it is sector-based or file-based), Whether the archive is compressed or not, Whether the archive is password protected or not, The date, when the archive was created.

Result By default, the operation takes only a fraction of a second. However, the program waits until Windows completes the modification of the disk layout. Advanced Partitioning Operations Here you can learn how to accomplish advanced partitioning operations (merge, redistribute free space, undelete, etc.).
74 Merging Partitions The Merge Partitions Wizard enables to consolidate the disk space, which originally belongs to two adjacent partitions, into a single, larger partition. The order, in which two partitions have been chosen, is important since all contents of the second selected partition will be placed in a folder on the resulted joined partition. The program provides the ability to merge only NTFS, FAT16 or FAT32 partitions. Startup There are several ways to start the Merge Partitions Wizard: Express Launcher Click the Partitioning button and then select Merge Partitions.
Launcher In the Main menu: select Wizards > Merge Partitions On the Common Tasks bar: click the Merge Partitions item of the Wizards menu.
Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation: The partition to expand. Select a partition, the size of which you need to increase by up-taking contents of an adjacent partition.
The partition to merge with. Choose the second partition for the merge operation, the contents of which will be placed in a folder on the resulted joined partition. By default, the program offers an easy-to-understand folder name to store files of the second partition, which however can be customized.
75 Be particularly careful when selecting system partitions to process, since the incorrect order, in which two partitions have been chosen, will result in inability to boot the operating system. Result After the operation is completed the disk space of the two adjacent partitions will be consolidated. Redistributing Unused Space between Partitions This operation can be accomplished either with the Express Resize Partitions Wizard or the Redistribute Free Space Wizard. Express Resize Partitions Wizard The Express Resize Partitions Wizard enables to easily increase free space on one partition by up-taking the unused space of an adjacent partition of your hard disk. Startup There are several ways to start the Express Resize Partitions Wizard: Express Launcher Click the Partitioning button and then select Resize Partitions.
Launcher In the Main menu: select Wizards > Express Resize Partitions On the Common Tasks Bar: click the Express Resize item of the Wizards menu.
Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation: Adjacent partitions to resize. Click on the left partition of the pair of partitions you need to redistribute the unused space between, as the right one will be selected automatically.
Resulted size of partitions. Redistribute the unused space between the partitions with the slider or manually by entering the required value.

3. Set a new ID for the selected partition.
Predefined ID. Select from the pull-down list the required ID. Enter ID manually. With the spinner control set the required ID value. It has to be a 1-2 digit hexadecimal number.
4. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation. Change Serial Number of a Partition FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS file systems include the Serial Number parameter. A partition's serial number is saved in the boot sector. Its value is generated while formatting. The program enables to modify the serial number parameter for FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS partitions without reformatting. In order to change a serial number you should take the following steps: Launcher 1. Select a partition on the Disk Map. 2. Call the Change Partition Serial Number dialog to set up the operation. There are several ways to do it: Select in the Main Menu: Partition > Modify > Change Serial Number. On the Explorer Bar: click on the current serial number.
3. Enter a new serial number for the selected partition. It should contain 8 hexadecimal figures (0.9 or A.F). The operation cannot proceed until you enter all 8 symbols.
4. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.

Hard Disk Management

In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to carry hard disk operations supported by the program (Update MBR, Convert to Basic, Change Primary Slot). Updating MBR The program enables to overwrite the current bootable code in the MBR (Master Boot Record) by the standard bootstrap code. This can help to repair a corrupted bootable code of a hard disk resulted from a boot virus attack or a malfunction of boot management software. In order to update MBR of a hard disk you should take the following steps: Launcher 1. Select a hard disk on the Disk Map. 2. Call the Update MBR dialog to set up the operation. There are several ways to do it: Select in the Main Menu: Hard Disk > Update MBR. Call the popup menu for the selected hard disk (right click of the mouse button) on the Disk Map, then select the menu item: Update MBR.
3. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation. Converting Dynamic MBR to Basic The program allows you to convert a dynamic MBR disk containing simple volumes into a basic one while keeping its contents intact. In order to convert a dynamic MBR disk into basic you should take the following steps: Launcher 1. Select a dynamic MBR disk containing simple volumes on the Disk Map. 2. Call the Convert to Basic dialog selecting in the Main Menu: Hard Disk > Convert to Basic 3. Set the required number of primary partitions if necessary. According to the DOS partitioning scheme a hard disk can have up to four Primary partitions. If there is an Extended partition on the disk, only three primary partitions are allowed. That is why if a dynamic disk contains several simple volumes the program enables to choose the number of primary partitions. The rest of them if any will automatically be converted to logical disks within the Extended partition.

99 1. Select a partition on the Disk Map 2. Call the Check File System Integrity dialog to set up the operation. There are several ways to do it: Select in the Main Menu: Partition > Check File System Integrity Call the popup menu for the selected partition (right click of the mouse button) on the Disk Map, then select the menu item: Check File System Integrity.
3. Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters. In most cases, you can just press the Yes button to confirm the operation.
Scan for and attempt to recover bad sectors. Mark the checkbox to additionally process sectors marked bad in the file system metadata for the purpose of their possible recovery.
4. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation. Edit/View Sectors With the built-in Edit/View Sectors tool the program enables to view/edit sectors on existing partitions/hard disks providing the possibility to directly access and modify sectors, save and restore sectors from specified files, navigate through the system metadata, etc. In order to edit/view sectors of a hard disk/partition you should take the following steps: Launcher 1. Select a hard disk/partition on the Disk Map. 2. Call the Edit/View Sectors dialog to set up the operation. There are several ways to do it: Click the Disk View tab and then choose Disk Editor. Select in the Main Menu: Partition/Hard Disk > Edit/View Sectors. Call the popup menu for the selected partition/hard disk (right click of the mouse button) on the Disk Map, then select the menu item: Edit/View Sectors.
Careless use of the Edit Sectors function may result in the irreversible data corruption.
Send Log Files The program enables to simplify the procedure of sending support requests to the Paragon Support Team. In case of having difficulties with handling the program, you, with the help of this very function, can address the company support engineers and provide them with all the information they need such as the disk layout, performed operations, etc. in order to tackle the encountered problem. Information of that kind is stored in Log files. In order to send log files to the Paragon Support Team you should take the following steps: Launcher 1. Call the Send Log Files dialog in the Main Menu: Tools > Send Log Files; 2. Provide a customer name and a product serial number; 3. Give a detailed description on the encountered problem.
By clicking the Send button the built-in mail client will generate a template request with attached compressed log files and then send it to the Paragon Support Team. Log Files Log files are simple textual files that can be opened by any text editor. There are several log files automatically generated by the program: Stubact.log Pwlog.txt Contains in-depth information on parameters and performance of all operations carried out by the program Besides brief overview on operations it also contains detailed information about the state of all hard disks Contains low-level information on the CD/DVD devices used in the system It is an OS-dependent supplementary log file derived from Bioxx.dll. It may contain valuable information on Windows family operating systems

7. On the Where to Restore page specify a hard disk, then one of its partitions to restore the image to (if several in your computer). By default, the program offers to restore the archive exactly where it belongs. Thats what we actually need.
All contents on the partition selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation. 8. On the Restore Results page you can see the resulted disk layout. Besides theres the possibility to change size of the partition and its location if necessary as well as assign a particular drive letter.
9. On the next page of the wizard confirm the operation by selecting the appropriate option.
10. In the Progress window you can see in real-time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program.
Mark the checkbox at the bottom of the window to automatically switch off the computer on the successful accomplishment of the restore operation. 11. After completing the operation close the wizard, and then reboot the computer. This operation can also be accomplished with the Linux/DOS recovery environment. To make a Win2K+ operating system bootable on different hardware, please additionally complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard. Restoring a system partition from a local drive Lets assume that your operating system gives trouble after having installed brand new software. But youve got a backup of the system partition on a local disk. Thats just enough to easily roll it back to the point when run smoothly. To restore your system partition from a backup image located on a local disk, please do the following: Launcher 1. Click the Restore item of the Wizards menu (any of the ways described earlier can also be used here). 2. On the Restore Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button. 3. On the Browse for Archive page, specify the required archive: By clicking the Switch to File View link, you can find the required image in the browser-like window. The section below (i.e. Archive File Details) will also display a short description of the selected image.
To know more on the subject, please consult the Viewing Image Properties chapter. 4. On the Where to Restore page specify a hard disk, then one of its partitions to restore the image to (if several in your computer). By default, the program offers to restore the archive exactly where it belongs. Thats what we actually need.
All contents on the partition selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation. 5. On the Restore Results page you can see the resulted disk layout. Besides theres the possibility to change size of the partition and its location if necessary as well as assign a particular drive letter.
124 6. Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes.

Reviving the system partition In case you are not able or not willing to complete the mentioned above scenarios, but have already reached the point when all changes are applied and everything is ready to install the second OS, please do the following to make your system bootable once again (only relevant for the traditional scenario): 1. Start up the computer from our Linux/DOS recovery media. Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare the Linux/DOS or WinPE recovery environment either on a CD/DVD disc or a thumb drive. To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on-board BIOS is set up to boot from CD/USB first. 2. In the Linux launch menu select Partition Manager.
3. In the main window select your non-bootable Windows partition on the Disk Map.
4. Unhide the partition by calling the context menu for it (right click of the mouse button) and then selecting Unhide.
5. Only for the Windows XP + Windows Vista scenario you need to make the system partition active as well by calling the context menu for it (right click of the mouse button) and then selecting Set Active.
165 6. You will be notified after the operations are completed.

7. Restart the computer.

System Migration and Virtualization Scenarios
Migrating system to another hard disk (Clone HDD) Lets assume that youve bought a new hard disk. Its faster and of much higher capacity than your current system disk, so its quite natural you start thinking about system migration. We can help you do that. To migrate your system from one hard disk to another, please do the following: Launcher 1. Connect both source and destination disks to the computer. 2. Turn on the computer. 3. Click the Copy Disk item of the Wizards menu (any of the ways described earlier can also be used here). 4. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button. 5. On the Select Hard Disk to Copy page, select a source disk (a hard disk you want to copy).
6. On the Select Target Hard Disk page, select a destination disk (a hard disk to copy contents of the source disk).
During the operation all contents of the destination disk will be deleted. 7. On the next page of the wizard, define the copy options. In our case wed rather copy data with a proportional resize to occupy the entire disk. Besides we recommend you to enable the surface test to make sure your new hard disk is flawless.
8. On the Revise Copy Results page review all parameters of the operation.
9. Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes.
10. When copying is completed, shut down the computer. 11. Disconnect (physically) the source hard disk. 12. Boot the computer from the destination hard disk. To make a Win2K+ operating system bootable on different hardware, please additionally complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard. Virtualizing the current system (P2V) Lets assume that youre about to migrate to a brand-new hardware platform with the latest operating system available for it. Your current system is quite obsolete, but you still need access to some of its software. You dont want to waste time re-installing the old software to the new system, and you do know for sure that the bulk of it wont work anyway. The best way out is to virtualize your old system. But before you start, please make sure the following conditions are met: Your hard disk has enough free space to store a virtual image of your Windows (depends on the system). Youve got one of the supported virtualization software.

The maximum limit you can downsize the virtual disk is the capacity of its first partition. 6. On the next page of the wizard set a file name for the resulted virtual disk and its location. Besides you can also provide a path to the integration package of your virtualization software.
Its strongly recommended to provide a path to VM Tools/Additions ISO image if you transfer Windows XP to a VMware SCSI disk, otherwise your system wont boot after the operation. 7. The wizard will provide a detailed report on successful accomplishment of the operation. You can save it by clicking the appropriate button.
8. Now you can connect the resulted virtual disk to your virtual machine. Your system has been virtualized. You need to close the program to unlock the virtual disk. Otherwise you wont be able to connect it to a virtual machine. Virtualizing system from its backup image (P2V) Lets assume that your system has been corrupted as a result of a hardware failure. You realize its quite obsolete and its next to impossible to replace the damaged hardware devices. Migration to a new hardware platform seems the best way out, if not for one thing you still need access to your software, but you do know for sure that the bulk of it wont work on the new platform. Luckily youve got a backup image of your old system made with Paragon software thats just enough for its virtualization. But before you start, please make sure the following conditions are met: Youve got a backup image of your Windows. Your hard disk has enough free space to store a virtual image of your Windows (depends on the system). Youve got one of the supported virtualization software.
To make a virtual disk out of your old system backed up with a Paragon disaster recovery tool, please do the following: Launcher 1. Click the P2V Restore item of the Wizards menu (any of the ways described earlier can also be used here). 2. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button. 3. Browse for the required backup image of your old system. The section below (i.e. Archive File Details) will also display a short description of the selected image.

202 File System Metadata. The servicing structures of a file system, which contain information about allocating files and directories, security information etc, are named the file system metadata. It is invisible for users and regular applications because its accidental modification usually makes a partition unusable. Hard Disk Geometry. Traditionally, the usable space of a hard disk is logically divided into cylinders, cylinders are divided into tracks (or heads), and tracks are divided into sectors. The triad of values {[Sectors-per-Track], [Tracks-per-Cylinder], [Amount-of-Cylinders]} is usually named the Hard Disk Geometry or C/H/S geometry. Tracks and cylinders are enumerated from "0", while sectors are enumerated from "1". These disk parameters play an essential role in the DOS Partitioning scheme. Modern hardware uses an advanced scheme for the linear addressing of sectors, which assumes that all on-disk sectors are continuously enumerated from 0. To allow backward compatibility with older standards, modern hard disks can additionally emulate the C/H/S geometry. Hidden Partition. The concept of a "hidden" partition was introduced in the IBM OS/2 Boot Manager. By default, an operating system does not mount a hidden partition, thus preventing access to its contents. A method of hiding a partition consists in changing the partition ID value saved in the Partition Table. This is achieved by XOR-ing the partition ID with a 0x10 hexadecimal value. Master File Table (MFT) is a relational database that consists of rows of file records and columns of file attributes. It contains at least one entry for every file on an NTFS volume, including the MFT itself. MFT is similar to a FAT table in a FAT file system. MBR & 1st track of the hard disk is the 0th sector of the disk. MBR (Master Boot Record) contains important information about the disk layout: - The used partitioning scheme; - The starting records of the Partition Table; - The standard bootstrap code (or the initial code of boot managers, disk overlay software or boot viruses). Generally, the 0th sector is used for similar purposes in all existing partitioning schemes. The MBR capacity is not sufficient to contain sophisticated boot programs. Thats why the on-boot software is allowed to use the entire 0th track of the disk. For example, boot managing utilities such as LILO, GRUB and Paragon Boot Manager are located in the 0th track. Partition ID (or File system ID) is a file system identifier that is placed in the partition. It is used to quickly detect partitions of supported types. A number of operating systems completely rely on it to distinguish supported partitions. Partition ID is saved in appropriate entries of the Partition Table and takes only 1 byte of space. Partition Label (or Volume Label) is a small textual field (up to 11 characters) that is located in the partition's boot sector. This value is used for notification purposes only. It is detectable by any partitioning tool including the DOS FDISK utility. Modern operating systems save it within a file system, e.g. as a special hidden file. Thus it is able to contain a relatively large amount of text in multiple languages.