User Interface; Before You Run Acronis Partitionexpert - ACRONIS PARTITIONEXPERT 2003 User Manual

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User Interface

Acronis PartitionExpert software is installed in OS Windows, has graphical

user interface and is controlled by the mouse or by Tab, Shift+Tab,

Left, Right, Up, Down, Space, Enter and Escape keys.

If you regularly work with Windows or X Window applications, you should not en-

counter any problems with the Acronis PartitionExpert interface.

While working with Acronis PartitionExpert software, a user deals with a se-

quence of dialogs, in which he/she selects one further action, of several pos-

sible, by setting switches to the necessary position or choosing a value from

a list, or marking the necessary partitions or disks for work.

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PLEASE NOTE: Operations on system, application or data partitions must be

done very carefully to avoid potential hard disk booting or data storage prob-

lems.

Acronis PartitionExpert is thoroughly tested for working with numerous hard disks, so

any potential problems are not caused by the software, but only from improper use.

A power loss, PC power cut, or pressed Reset might result in partition damage

and data loss.

Please take all necessary precautions and following these simple rules:

Create a full backup of the disk that partitions are to be reconfigured.

It will assure you that your data will not be lost under any circum-

stances.

Almost all current PCs feature CD-R/W drives. Having a hard disk or the

most important data CD backup will enable you to work on partitions

with full confidence.

Acronis offers extremely effective hard disk and partition backup software —

Acronis TrueImage (visit http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/). Acronis

TrueImage creates a hard disk and partition backup, stored in a compressed ar-

chive file, whose contents can be restored any time.

Test your disk to make sure it's fully functional and does not contain

bad sectors or file system errors.

You can invoke system hard disk checking tools directly from Acronis

PartitionExpert by selecting Disk

tion for errors toolbar button.

Check or clicking Check the selected parti-

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