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<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="generator" content="RoboHelp by eHelp Corporation www.ehelp.com"> <title>Hard Disk Management</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="default_ns.css"><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpSplitCss"> <!-- if (navigator.appName !="Netscape") { document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' href='default.css'>");} //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpInlineScript"> <!-- function reDo() { if (innerWidth != origWidth || innerHeight != origHeight) location.reload(); } if ((parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4) && (navigator.appName == "Netscape")) { origWidth = innerWidth; origHeight = innerHeight; onresize = reDo; } onerror = null; //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- div.WebHelpPopupMenu { position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; z-index:4; visibility:hidden; } --> </style><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whmsg.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="whver.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whproxy.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whutils.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whtopic.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor="white" background="file:///D:\Projects\Exact%20Image\gray" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.gbWhTopic) { if (window.addTocInfo) { addTocInfo("Windows Components\nHard Disk Management"); addAvenueInfo("Windows Components","Partition_Management.htm","Task_Scheduling.htm"); addButton("show",BTN_TEXT,"Show","","","","",0,0,"","",""); } if (window.writeBtnStyle) writeBtnStyle(); if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(1); if (window.setRelStartPage) { setRelStartPage("db9Per_eng060608.htm"); autoSync(0); sendSyncInfo(); sendAveInfoOut(); } } else if (window.gbIE4) document.location.reload(); //--> </script><SCRIPT type="text/javascript" x-save-method="compute-relative" src="./ehlpdhtm.js" name="EHELP_DHTM" language="JavaScript1.2"></SCRIPT> <h2>Hard Disk Management</h2> <p>In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to carry hard disk operations supported by the program (<i><a href="#Updating_MBR">Update MBR</a></i>, <i><a href="#Changing_Primary_Slot">Convert to Basic</a></i>, <i><a href="#Changing_Primary_Slot">Change Primary Slot</a></i>).</p> <h3><a name="Updating_MBR"></a>Updating MBR</h3> <p>The program enables to overwrite the current <i>bootable code</i> in the <A class=glossterm x-use-popup=#POPUP33265 x-popup-type=expanding href='javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)' id=HotSpot33265>MBR</A><SCRIPT type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">kadovTextPopupInit('HotSpot33265');</SCRIPT> (Master Boot Record) by the standard <i>bootstrap code</i>. This can help to repair a corrupted bootable code of a hard disk resulted from a <i>boot virus</i> attack or a malfunction of boot management software.</p> <p> </p> <p>In order to update MBR of a hard disk you should take the following steps:</p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in; ">1.<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span>Select a hard disk on the Disk Map.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in; ">2.<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span>Call the <i>Update MBR</i> dialog to set up the operation. There are several ways to do it:</p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.25in; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Wingdings; "><font size=1 style="font-size:8pt;">q<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span></font></span>Select in the Main Menu: <i>Hard Disk </i>> <i>Update MBR</i>.</p> <p style="margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.25in; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Wingdings; "><font size=1 style="font-size:8pt;">q<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span></font></span>Call the popup menu for the selected hard disk (right click of the mouse button) on the Disk Map, then select the menu item: <i>Update MBR</i>.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; "> </p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; "><img border="0" width="381" height="117" src="db9_help_en060608Per_web.files/image099.png"></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in; ">3.<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span>The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.</p> <h3><a name="Changing_Primary_Slot"></a>Changing Primary Slot</h3> <p>Different operating systems apply different approaches to enumeration of the primary partitions.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>In Linux</b>:</p> <p>In Linux, every partition has a special symbolic name that encodes a hard disk containing a partition, and a partition itself. Partitions are addressed and accessed by using their symbolic names. Symbolic names are automatically generated by Linux in accordance with the order of hard disks in BIOS and the order of partition records in the <i>Partition Table</i>. Thus changing enumeration of the primary partitions can lead to changing of paths to some important resources.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>In DOS</b>:</p> <p>The last versions of MS-DOS use a rather sophisticated algorithm for a drive letter assignment. A drive letter, which is assigned to a partition, depends on the order of records in the <i>Partition Table</i>. Thus changing enumeration of the primary partitions affects the drive letters assignment. In early versions of </p> <p>MS-DOS, it could even lead to the unavailability of a partition.</p> <p> </p> <p>The program provides the ability to change enumeration of the primary partitions. This feature will allow you to fix problems concerning an inappropriate order of partitions.</p> <p> </p> <p>In order to modify enumeration of the primary partitions you should take the following steps:</p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in; ">1.<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span>Select a hard disk on the Disk Map.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in; ">2.<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span>Call the <i>Change Primary Slot</i> dialog to set up the operation. There are several ways to do it:</p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.25in; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Wingdings; "><font size=1 style="font-size:8pt;">q<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span></font></span>Select in the Main Menu: <i>Hard Disk</i> > <i>Change Primary Slot</i>.</p> <p style="margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.25in; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Wingdings; "><font size=1 style="font-size:8pt;">q<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span></font></span>Call the popup menu for the selected hard disk (right click of the mouse button) on the Disk Map, then select the menu item: <i>Change Primary Slot</i>.</p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:.75in; "><img border="0" width="352" height="324" src="db9_help_en060608Per_web.files/image100.png"></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in; ">3.<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span>In the opened dialog you can see the current enumeration of the primary partitions of the selected hard disk in the <i>Partition Table</i>. To help you distinguish partitions from one another, the program provides the following parameters for every partition:</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; "> </p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; ">- Slot</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; ">- Volume</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; ">- Partition type</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; ">- File system</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; ">- Partition size </p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; ">- <A class=glossterm x-use-popup=#POPUP26794 x-popup-type=expanding href='javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)' id=HotSpot26794>Volume label</A><SCRIPT type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">kadovTextPopupInit('HotSpot26794');</SCRIPT></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; ">There are two buttons on the right to move the selected partition up and down within the primary part of the <i>Partition Table</i>.</p> <p> </p> <p style="margin-left:.5in; text-indent:-.25in; ">4.<span style="font:7.0pt 'Times New Roman'; "><font size=1 style="font-size:7pt;"> </font></span>The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.</p> <DIV class=x-popup-text id=POPUP33265 STYLE='display: none; position: absolute'> <P>is the 0th sector of the disk. MBR (Master Boot Record) contains important information about the disk layout: - The used partitioning scheme; - The starting records of the Partition Table; - The standard bootstrap code (or the initial code of boot managers, disk overlay software or boot viruses). Generally, the 0th sector is used for similar purposes in all existing partitioning schemes. The MBR capacity is not sufficient to contain sophisticated boot programs. That's why the on-boot software is allowed to use the entire 0th track of the disk. For example, boot managing utilities such as LILO, GRUB and Paragon Boot Manager are located in the 0th track.</P> </DIV> <DIV class=x-popup-text id=POPUP26794 STYLE='display: none; position: absolute'> <P>or Partition Label is a small textual field (up to 11 characters) that is located in the partition's boot sector. This value is used for notification purposes only. It is detectable by any partitioning tool including the DOS FDISK utility. 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