Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Adv WS TIDLBPDES User Manual
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TIDLBPDES
shown in the table, as well as in graphical form at the bottom of the view. Any volume changes,
including changing the volume letter or label, are also immediately displayed in the view.
including changing the volume letter or label, are also immediately displayed in the view.
6.9.5. Disk operations
Acronis Disk Director Lite includes the following operations that can be performed on disks:
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Disk Initialization (p. 259) - initializes the new hardware added to the system
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Basic disk cloning (p. 260) - transfers complete data from the source basic MBR disk to the target
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Disk conversion: MBR to GPT (p. 262) - converts an MBR partition table to GPT
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Disk conversion: GPT to MBR (p. 262) - converts a GPT partition table to MBR
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Disk conversion: Basic to Dynamic (p. 263) - converts a basic disk to dynamic
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Disk conversion: Dynamic to Basic (p. 264) - converts a dynamic disk to basic
The full version of Acronis Disk Director will provide more tools and utilities for working with disks.
Acronis Disk Director Lite must obtain exclusive access to the target disk. This means no other disk management
utilities (like Windows Disk Management utility) can access it at that time. If you receive a message stating that
the disk cannot be blocked, close the disk management applications that use this disk and start again. If you
cannot determine which applications use the disk, close them all.
utilities (like Windows Disk Management utility) can access it at that time. If you receive a message stating that
the disk cannot be blocked, close the disk management applications that use this disk and start again. If you
cannot determine which applications use the disk, close them all.
6.9.5.1.
Disk initialization
If you add any new disk to your machine, Acronis Disk Director Lite will notice the configuration
change and scan the added disk to include it to the disk and volume list. If the disk is still not
initialized or, possibly, has a file structure unknown to the machine system, that means that no
programs can be installed on it and you will not be able to store any files there.
change and scan the added disk to include it to the disk and volume list. If the disk is still not
initialized or, possibly, has a file structure unknown to the machine system, that means that no
programs can be installed on it and you will not be able to store any files there.
Acronis Disk Director Lite will detect that the disk is unusable by the system and will prompt you to
initialize it. The Disk management view will show the new detected hardware as a gray block with a
grayed icon, thus indicating that the disk is unusable by the system. The Disk Initialization prompt
window will provide the basic hardware details such as the disk’s number, model and capacity to aid
you in the choice of your possible action.
initialize it. The Disk management view will show the new detected hardware as a gray block with a
grayed icon, thus indicating that the disk is unusable by the system. The Disk Initialization prompt
window will provide the basic hardware details such as the disk’s number, model and capacity to aid
you in the choice of your possible action.
Delayed or immediate disk initialization
If for any reason you want to keep the disk uninitialized, you can decline the initialization prompt
so that it will not be triggered in the future, and the disk will remain unusable in the system. If in
the future you decide to initialize the disk, you will be able to summon the initialization prompt
by right-clicking on the gray block, depicting the disk and choosing the Disk Initialization action in
the context menu.
so that it will not be triggered in the future, and the disk will remain unusable in the system. If in
the future you decide to initialize the disk, you will be able to summon the initialization prompt
by right-clicking on the gray block, depicting the disk and choosing the Disk Initialization action in
the context menu.
If you want to initialize the new hardware immediately, you can choose whether you want the
disk to have the MBR or the GPT partition scheme. You can also decide on the disk’s immediate
conversion to dynamic, or it can be left basic, depending on the tasks you plan for this new
hardware.
disk to have the MBR or the GPT partition scheme. You can also decide on the disk’s immediate
conversion to dynamic, or it can be left basic, depending on the tasks you plan for this new
hardware.
Please note that the new disk initialization will not be postponed and added to the pending operations list to be
committed later. After you accept the settings and click the OK button, the initialization will start immediately. It
is a quick procedure and will be finished in a short time, but still please wait until it is finished: do not try to
interrupt it. If you decide to change the new disk settings it can be done later using the standard Acronis Disk
Director Lite disk tools.
committed later. After you accept the settings and click the OK button, the initialization will start immediately. It
is a quick procedure and will be finished in a short time, but still please wait until it is finished: do not try to
interrupt it. If you decide to change the new disk settings it can be done later using the standard Acronis Disk
Director Lite disk tools.
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