User manual ACRONIS RECOVERYEXPERT

[. . . ] 6 1. 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 3 INSTALLATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 4 REPAIRING/UPGRADING ACRONIS RECOVERYEXPERT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1. 5 REMOVING THE SOFTWARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] In case you have problems with installation or using the system, which cannot be solved with this guide or readme, e-mail the technical support. You will need to send us the registration number of your Acronis RecoveryExpert copy. This number is written on a registration card, supplied with the package. Support URL: http://www. acronis. com/support/ E-mail: support@acronis. com Acronis RecoveryExpert 5 Chapter 1. Installing and Starting Work with Acronis RecoveryExpert 1. 1 Acronis RecoveryExpert System Package Acronis RecoveryExpert system package includes: · · · · · An installation disc, This guide, License agreement, Registration card, Advertising materials. 1. 2 System Requirements To take a full advantage of Acronis RecoveryExpert one should have: · · · · · a PC-compatible computer with a Pentium CPU or similar, 32 MB RAM, a floppy or a CD-RW drive, VGA monitor, a mouse (recommended). 1. 3 Installation To install the Acronis RecoveryExpert: 1. Insert the Acronis RecoveryExpert installation CD into CD-ROM drive and start the installation procedure. Carefully follow the installation program instructions on the screen. 6 Chapter 1 : Installing and Starting Work with Acronis RecoveryExpert 3. After making your installation choices and copying of Acronis RecoveryExpert files onto your hard disk, you will be offered to create a bootable rescue diskette or CD-R/W (you may omit this step if you have purchased the boxed product that contains a bootable CD). While RecoveryExpert works in Windows, you may need to recovery system partition when your PC fails to boot or recover a hard disk partition with Linux or other PC operating system. After installation of Acronis RecoveryExpert is completed, you should restart your computer. Acronis RecoveryExpert 7 1. 4 Repairing/Upgrading Acronis RecoveryExpert In order to repair or upgrade your software, start the Acronis RecoveryExpert installation program again. It will determine that Acronis RecoveryExpert was already installed on your computer and will ask you if you want to restore (update) the program or completely remove it from disk. 1. 5 Removing the Software To remove the software select Acronis RecoveryExpert Uninstall Acronis RecoveryExpert from the Programs menu. You will see a dialog box asking if you really want to remove the software from your PC hard disk. Acronis RecoveryExpert will be completely removed. 1. 6 User Interface Acronis RecoveryExpert software works under the Windows operating system. It has a graphical user interface, controlled by mouse or Tab, Shift+Tab, Left, Right, Up, Down, Space, Enter and Escape keys, and represents an application of a Wizard type, widespread in this OS environment. If you work with Windows, X Window, or OS/2 applications on a regular basis, you will have no problems understanding and using Acronis RecoveryExpert interface. While working with a partition store and restore wizard, a user sees a sequence of Wizard pages, on each of which he (she) selects from several available actions, and thus sets switches to the desired state. The switches can be set with the mouse or keyboard. Each dialog box contains detailed text comments for the dialog's purpose and switches (control elements) as well as for each switch state. There is no Help button on Wizard pages. It is unnecessary because on each page there is detailed information about the purpose of the page and its controls. Moreover, there is detailed information about what possibilities you get if you select any of controls in any possible state. 8 Chapter 1 : Installing and Starting Work with Acronis RecoveryExpert 1. 7 Running Acronis RecoveryExpert Software Acronis RecoveryExpert software runs in different modes during disk/partition image creation or restoration, in case of a serious system malfunction or disk filing structure damage. To create a disk/partition image under Windows, select Start Programs Acronis RecoveryExpert Acronis RecoveryExpert. You will immediately see a welcome window containing the partition (disk) image creation and restoration wizard. If your system is damaged and you are unable to boot the PC from its system partition, you should use the bootable diskette or CD-R/W that you previously created, selecting Start Program Acronis RecoveryExpert Bootable Rescue Media Builder. Acronis RecoveryExpert 9 Chapter 2. Working with Acronis RecoveryExpert The Acronis RecoveryExpert starts with the welcome page. This lists all the capabilities of this software program. [. . . ] The manual mode however enables you to work at once (see 2. 2 «Manual Recovery»). 12 Chapter 2 : Working with Acronis RecoveryExpert Partitions found during the search are shown in the list with their main parameters: · · · · · · number, status, label, capacity, partition free space, file system. Please note: Found partitions are automatically added to the list during the search. A deleted partition found Note that you do not have to select partitions for recover in the automatic mode. Acronis RecoveryExpert will recover all partitions found. Acronis RecoveryExpert 13 The Recovered Partitions window shows a partition to recover as a part of hard disk partition structure, marking it with an icon in the upper right corner of its rectangle. A hard disk partition to be recovered A partition has been found by Acronis RecoveryExpert and is shown in the disk structure, but has not yet been recovered. The next window contains a scenario for partition recovery, generated by Acronis RecoveryExpert. Partition recovery scenario This is the last page of the Wizard, next the scenario will be executed. So far the program has not performed any actions and has only created the 14 Chapter 2 : Working with Acronis RecoveryExpert recovery scenario. [. . . ]