User manual ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SERVER 10

[. . . ] Acronis Disk Director Server 10. 0 User's guide Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2010. Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners. Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. [. . . ] To defragment a partition in Windows NT 4. 0 and earlier Windows operating systems, it is recommended that you install a third-party disk defragmenter tool. If you need to defragment a hard disk partition: 1. Select a hard disk and partition to defragment in the Acronis Disk Director Server main window. Select Disk Defragment or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list, or click Defragment the selected partition on the toolbar. By clicking OK in the Defragmentation window, you'll run partition defragmentation. , 52 Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2010 Manual Partition Operations Run partition defragmentation window 4. Defragmentation results are shown in the Defragment Partition window. Partition defragmentation results window 5. 1. 13 Wiping unallocated hard disk space PC hard disks can contain a substantial amount of confidential information. Often users forget that private information must be completely destroyed to avoid unauthorized access to it -- simply deleting an old file is not sufficient. Windows tools do not guarantee data destruction. Formatting and even deleting a partition leaves hard disk sector contents the same. Acronis Disk Director Server offers a simple but reliable algorithm for wiping hard disk unallocated space. If you need to wipe unallocated disk space: 1. Select a hard disk and unallocated space in the Acronis Disk Director Server main window -- Wipe unallocated space becomes available on the toolbar. Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2010 53 Manual Partition Operations 2. 3. Select Disk Wipe or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list, or click the selected unallocated space on the toolbar. Wipe In the Wipe Unallocated Space window, enter a number of disk passes (up to 99), For information about the Acronis Disk Director Server data wiping algorithm see the commentary for 5. 1. 10 «Deleting a partition». Hard disk passes number window 4. By clicking OK, you'll add a pending operation of unallocated disk space wiping. Clearing a hard disk 5. 1. 14 Acronis Disk Director Server lets you clear not only unallocated disk space, but an entire disk as well. If you need to clear the entire hard disk: 1. Select a hard disk on the Tree View panel of Acronis Disk Director Server -- Clear the current hard disk drive button becomes available on the toolbar (if there is no Tree View panel in the main window, show it by selecting View Tree View). Select Disk Clear or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list, or click the current hard disk drive on the toolbar. Select the clearing method in the Clear Hard Drive window; you can: (1) (2) just delete hard disk partitions (without wiping disk sectors) -- set the switch to Delete partitions. delete hard disk partitions and fully clear hard disk sectors -- set the switch to Delete partitions and destroy data. Having set the switch to Delete partitions and destroy data, enter the number of passes for wiping. 3. 54 Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2010 Manual Partition Operations Hard disk clearing parameters window 4. By clicking OK, you'll add a pending operation of hard disk clearing. Deleting hard disk partitions does not destroy disk sector contents. They can be restored by special means, if needed. Therefore, if you need to destroy confidential information, set the switch to Delete partitions and destroy data!For information about the Acronis Disk Director Server data wiping algorithm see the commentary for 5. 1. 10 «Deleting a partition». [. . . ] The main partition table is located in the hard disk MBR, and the other partition tables are called extended. Partition tables are usually stored in the first sector of a cylinder. A disk that is physically a separate device. Thus, floppy disks, hard disks and CD-ROMs are physical disks. [. . . ]