Acronis diskeditor 6.0 Manual De Usuario
Chapter 3. Main Window View Modes
A hard disk of 1.79 Gb capacity is used as an example of how DiskEditor
displays information. All disk partitions were removed and the disk was com-
pletely cleared of any information with the help of Acronis DriveCleanser
which zeroed all hard disk sector bytes. This is done to demonstrate how
data storage structures are created on a hard disk by standard means – for
example MS Windows (or MS DOS) operating system using FDISK and/or the
FORMAT utility.
displays information. All disk partitions were removed and the disk was com-
pletely cleared of any information with the help of Acronis DriveCleanser
which zeroed all hard disk sector bytes. This is done to demonstrate how
data storage structures are created on a hard disk by standard means – for
example MS Windows (or MS DOS) operating system using FDISK and/or the
FORMAT utility.
3.1
Master Boot Record (MBR)
The main window of the program in the view as Partition table mode is
shown below. As you can see the disk is empty and contains no partitions.
shown below. As you can see the disk is empty and contains no partitions.
Partition table
As a hard disk can contain only 4 primary partitions, 4 lines on the screen are
allocated for information about partitions. A hard disk partition is character-
ized by the following parameters:
allocated for information about partitions. A hard disk partition is character-
ized by the following parameters:
• Type, for example FAT16/32, NTFS, etc.,
• Boot patch flag – whether partition is bootable or not,
• Begin partition cylinder,
• Begin partition head,
• Begin partition sector,
• End partition cylinder,
• Boot patch flag – whether partition is bootable or not,
• Begin partition cylinder,
• Begin partition head,
• Begin partition sector,
• End partition cylinder,
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