Partition Magic - Partition Manager Software
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Resize/Move partition without data loss.
Create, delete and format partion with simple steps. Copy partition and disk to transfer data with ease. Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB. Keep your data safe even in case of power outages or hardware failure.
File Systems
- The logical structure that has been created on the hard disk is supported by means of operating system. The file system itself presents the information on the disk as an ensemble of files and folders.
From the user's point of view a file is a unit of storage of logically connected information: texts, graphics, sound. As for data storage organization, a file is a chain of connected clusters. A cluster is a unit of several sectors. (Sectors are characteristic for file systems supported by various versions of Windows).
Operating systems support file systems on hard disks (or disk partitions) by allowing to create, copy, and delete files and folders.
At present, the most widely spread file systems for PCs are the following two:
• FAT (File Allocation Table) for DOS, OS/2, Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
• NTFS (Windows NT File System) for Windows NT/2000/XP
However, there are many more other file systems. Linux operating system, which is now gaining popularity, widely uses two file systems:
• Ext2 is a file system for end-users' PCs
• ReiserFS is a more secure (with respect to data integrity) file system that is used on data servers
For details on file systems see Appendix C
Beginning the Work
Automatic partition operations
- Create partition method
- Hard disk drive selection
- Select unallocated space
- Partition selection
- Partition size
- Partition type
- File system
- Logical drive letter
- Partition label
- Hard disk drive structure
Manual partition operations
- Creating partition
- Copying a partition to unallocated disk space
- Moving a partition to unallocated disk space
- Resizing and/or moving a partition
- Splitting partitions
- Changing partition labels
- Merging partitions
- Explore partitions
- Formatting a partition
- Delete partition
- Checking hard disk partitions for errors
- Defragmenting a partition
- Wiping unallocated hard disk space
- Clearing a hard disk
- Changing partition letter
- Converting partition file system
- Copying Master Boot Record
- Hiding a partition
- Unhiding a partition
- Changing cluster size
- Changing partition type
- Setting active partition
- Resizing a root
- Resizing i-node table in Linux Ext2/Ext3
Working with Acronis DiskEditor
- Files and partitions
- Connecting a hard disk to the computer
- Setting BIOS
- User interface
- Technical support
- Selecting partitions (disks) for working
- Master Boot Record (MBR)
- Creating primary partition
- Formatting a partition
- Creating a logical partition
- File Allocation Table (FAT) and Root folder (Root)
- A file as a chain of clusters
- A folder in DiskEditor main window
- Files with short names
- Files with long names
- Folders and subfolders