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  • Page 1 User's Guide RecoveryExpert Compute with confidence www.acronis.com...
  • Page 2 Copyright © SWsoft, 2000-2002. All rights reserved. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. OS/2 is a registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    EPAIRING PGRADING CRONIS ECOVERY XPERT ............. 8 EMOVING THE OFTWARE ................8 NTERFACE ....... 9 UNNING CRONIS ECOVERY XPERT OFTWARE 2. W ...... 10 HAPTER ORKING WITH CRONIS ECOVERY XPERT ..............11 UTOMATIC ECOVERY ..............15 ANUAL ECOVERY Acronis RecoveryExpert...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    Acronis RecoveryExpert is easy-to-use, expert-level software for recovering hard disk partitions. Whether you have deleted a partition by mistake, or you have had a hardware or software failure – Acronis RecoveryExpert will rescue you, your partitions, and your data! Hard disk partitioning is performed with a partition manager, such as the Acronis OS Selector or Acronis PartitionExpert.
  • Page 5 Technical Support Users of legally purchased and registered copies of Acronis RecoveryExpert receive free technical support from the Acronis Company. In case you have problems with installation or using the system, which cannot be solved with this guide or , e-mail the technical support. You will need to send us readme the registration number of your Acronis RecoveryExpert copy.
  • Page 6: Ecovery Expert

    License agreement, • Registration card, • Advertising materials. 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, •...
  • Page 7 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).
  • Page 8: Emoving 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. Press confirm removal. Acronis RecoveryExpert will be completely removed.
  • Page 9: Recoveryexpert

    To create a disk/partition image under Windows, select Start Programs Acronis RecoveryExpert. You will immediately Acronis RecoveryExpert see a welcome window containing the partition (disk) image creation and restoration wizard.
  • Page 10 Chapter 2. Working with Acronis RecoveryExpert The Acronis RecoveryExpert starts with the welcome page. This lists all the capabilities of this software program. Then Acronis RecoveryExpert begins reading the partition configuration of your hard disks. After the process is finished you may see a warning that there are no...
  • Page 11 You can recover deleted partitions automatically or manually. To do so set the switch to the necessary position in the Recovery mode window. Let us describe automatic partition recovery first. Set the switch to Automatic. Selecting Automatic recovery mode Acronis RecoveryExpert...
  • Page 12 0 head – called the Partition Table. This sector is called a boot-sector or the Master Boot Record, MBR. Acronis RecoveryExpert not only checks the Partition Table for deleted partitions, but also scans the entire disk surface. Therefore the recovery process might take some time to complete.
  • Page 13 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...
  • Page 14 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.
  • Page 15: M Anual R Ecovery

    Please notice that the button of the Wizard is now Next called Proceed After pressing Acronis RecoveryExpert takes care of everything Proceed automatically. Manual Recovery Set the switch to Manual in the Recovery mode window to select the manual recovery mode.
  • Page 16 • Fast, • Complete. Their difference is as follows. Using the Fast search method, Acronis RecoveryExpert checks the beginning of each side of every cylinder of a hard disk. Using the Complete method, Acronis RecoveryExpert checks every hard disk sector.
  • Page 17 From a user’s point of view, the Fast method takes less time, while the Complete method is slower, but more thorough. Note that the Fast method should find all deleted partitions in the most cases! Searching method selection Acronis RecoveryExpert...
  • Page 18 (if it has actually existed and been deleted). A deleted hard disk partition found by Acronis RecoveryExpert Unlike the automatic recovery mode, you do not have to wait until the search for deleted hard disk partitions is finished.
  • Page 19 Click the partition rectangle to select the deleted partition and continue recovery. A deleted partition selected for recovery The following Recovered Partitions window shows the location of a partition to be recovered in the disk partition structure. Location of a partition to be recovered Acronis RecoveryExpert...
  • Page 20 The next Acronis RecoveryExpert window contains a partition recovery scenario. 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 recovery scenario.

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