User manual ACRONIS MIGRATE EASY 7.0

[. . . ] Acronis Migrate Easy 7. 0 User's Guide www. acronis. com Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2004. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. OS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. [. . . ] Adding a new hard disk If you don't have enough space for your data (e. g. family photos and videos), you can either replace the old disk with a new higher-capacity one (data transfers to new disks are described in the previous chapter), or add a new disk only to store data, leaving the system on the old disk. If the PC has space for another disk, it would be easier to add a disk drive than to clone one. To add a new disk, you must first install it in your PC. Although this operation is relatively simple, we do not recommend it for inexperienced users, and advise them to have a professional do it. If you still want to install it yourself, first take the time to study Appendix B. 4. 1 Selecting a hard disk Select the disk that you've added to the PC. This window might be bypassed if the program detects the new disk itself. In this case, you will immediately proceed to the New partition creation. If there are any partitions on the new disk, they must be deleted first. Select Delete partitions on the destination hard disk and click Next to continue. Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2004 21 Adding a new hard disk 4. 2 Creating a new partition Next you will see the current partition layout. Initially, all disk space will be unallocated. This will change after you add new partitions. To create a partition, select Create new partition in unallocated space and click Next to perform steps required by the partition creation wizard. If you make a mistake at partitioning, click Back to redo the process. After you create the necessary partition layout, uncheck the Create new partition in unallocated space box and click Next. 4. 3 Selecting the file system type During creation of the new partition you should choose type of file system for him. Acronis Migrate Easy supports all Windows file systems (FAT 16, FAT32 and NTFS), and also the most popular Linux file systems (Ext2, Ext2, ReiserFS and Linux Swap). Also you can mark new partition as unformatted. File System Type window 4. 4 Selecting the partition type Next step is type of new partition selecting. If you plan to boot from new partition, create it as the Primary partition. If you do not plan to boot from this partition, create it as logical drive. 22 Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2004 Adding a new hard disk Partition type window 4. 5 Disk add script In the next window, you will see the disk add script containing a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions (disks). Disk imaging script Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2004 23 Adding a new hard disk After you click Proceed, Acronis Migrate Easy will start creating and formatting new partitions, indicating the progress in the special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel. In that case, you will have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the disk add procedure. After the operation is complete, you will see the results message. 24 Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000­2004 Appendix A Hard disks and BIOS setup Appendix A. Hard disks and BIOS setup The appendices below provide you with extra information on the hard disk organization, how information is stored on disks, how disks should be installed in the computer and plugged into the motherboard, configuring disks with BIOS, partitions and file systems, and how operating systems interact with disks. A. 1 A. 1. 1 Installing hard disks in computers Installing a hard disk, general scheme To install a new IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard disk, you should do the following (we will assume you have powered OFF your PC before you start!): 1. Configure the new hard disk as slave by properly setting the jumpers on the drive. [. . . ] However, long-name support in Windows 95 and Windows NT bypasses this limitation. The OS/2 operating system also supports long names, but does so in a different way. B. 2. 2 FAT32 The FAT32 file system was introduced in Windows 95 OSR2. It is also supported by Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. [. . . ]