Among programs for working with hard disk partitions, a prominent place is occupied by the utility from Acronis. The program is able to create new partitions, delete old ones and efficiently allocate free space. However, how to use Acronis Disk Director 12? This question arises from users for the reason that the program has too many options. And you can really get confused in them. But let's try to figure out how to work with the software product.
A bit about the developer
Acronis was born in 2000. And, strangely enough, it was founded by developers from Russia. From the very beginning, the guys planned to release specialized software for managing hard disks, creating backups, and more. Probably the most famous data backup software is Acronis Backup and True Image. However, software of a different direction is also available in the company's arsenal. For example, specialized software for transferring data or destroying it. But only the disk management utility has reached such popularity that so many users are interested in it and would like to know how to use Acronus Disk Director 12 ".
Program Modes
Few people know, but "Disk Director" may well work both under the installed OS and under MS-DOS. The latter option is useful in that you can partition the hard disk before installing the operating system. You can also perform some operations with partitions if the OS for some reason does not want to boot. Just before that, you need to write the image of the software product to a disk or USB-drive. Without this, running the program in the MS-DOS environment will fail. Now let's move on to the direct answers to the question of how to use Acronis Disk Director 12.
Create new partitions on your hard drive
Creating a new partition on the HDD is sometimes necessary in order to place the operating system on it. Or allocate a separate place for music and films. In any case, such an operation is often required to be performed. How to use Acronis Disk Director 12 Build 12.0 3223 in this case? First you need to run the program using the appropriate shortcut on the desktop. In the main window, you need to select the free space on the hard drive from which you want to create a partition and click on the "Create volume" button. A window will appear with a selection of features for the new section. Select the type of the "Basic" section and click "Next". Now click on the unallocated space. It is from it that a new volume will be created. In the next window, the wizard prompts you to select the size of the new partition, the drive letter, and so on. As for the volume, it is worth choosing all the unallocated space. Less simply does not make sense.
Completing the operation to create new partitions
Now select the letter of the new section. You can assign it to any letter. This will not affect performance. The default file system is NTFS. You should not touch this parameter. As well as cluster size. In general, after selecting the section letter, it is better to click on the "Finish" button. However, this is not all. Now you need to apply the selected operations. At the top of the screen is an oblong button with a checkered flag and the words "Apply pending operations." And you need to click on it. The wizard displays a window with general information about the options for creating a new section. You need to check everything and click on the "Continue" button. The volume creation process begins. Upon completion, a new one will appear in the list of drives. This means that everything went well. But how to use Acronis Disk Director 12 Build 12.0 3270 if you just need to format the disk? About this in the next chapter.
Section formatting
Formatting a disk using this utility is very simple. No special knowledge is needed here. Run the program using the appropriate shortcut. In the disk selection window, select the desired partition and right-click on it. In the drop-down menu, click "Format Partition". The formatting wizard window opens. Here you need to select the file system (for Windows - NTFS) and the formatting method (Fast, Standard, and so on). Next, click on the "OK" button. However, this is not all. Now you need to apply the operation (in the same way as in the case of creating a new partition). The button "Apply pending operations" located at the top of the window on the left side will help us. In the next window, click the "Continue" button. The operation will begin. The time required to perform the formatting operation depends entirely on the volume of the section. In any case, the program will notify you of the successful completion of the work. And how to work with Acronis Disk Director 12 Build 12.0.3297 if you need to increase the space on any partition? The answer is in the next chapter.
Section volume increase
It should be noted right away that such an operation is possible only if there is a certain unlabeled area. Then to increase the volume of the already created section is not difficult. This operation is performed without damaging the data on the disk. But changing the size of the system partition from under a running OS does not work. So, in the main window of the utility, select the desired disk and click on the "Resize Volume" item. The wizard will immediately launch to perform this operation. At the first stage it will be offered to choose the size of the section to be changed. Here we leave everything as it is and click "Next". Now it is proposed to choose the space from which it is planned to "pinch off" a piece. Select the unallocated area and set the desired volume. Now click on "OK." We move to the top line of the window and press the confirmation button. In the window that appears, click Continue. The process is running. Now it remains only to wait for its end. But how to work with Acronis Disk Director 12 Build 12.0.3223 if you need to combine disks? There is an answer to this question.
Partitioning
This option may be needed if it is advisable to combine all partitions into one for more successful use of the HDD. There are several options for this operation: with the complete removal of partition data and with the transfer of all data. The latter, of course, is preferable. But the process will take a lot of time. So, select the desired disk and click "Combine Volume". A wizard window will open in which the user will be asked to select a section to combine. If you need to save all the information, you should check the box next to "Transfer user data". This, by the way, is one of the answers to the question about how to use Acronis Disk Director 12 to transfer files to a new disk. However, we continue. After selecting all the parameters, click on the "Finish" button and click on the button for applying operations. It is worth paying attention to the fact that this procedure cannot be canceled if the "Continue" button has already been pressed. And if you have not selected the option of data transfer, then you can say goodbye to them. After clicking on “Continue” in the corresponding window, the process of combining and transferring data will begin. It will take a long time. But the program will inform about success.
Conclusion
So, we disassembled a wonderful software product for fine-tuning the hard disk and its volumes and answered the question about how to use Acronis Disk Director 12. This is one of the few utilities that can adequately work with volumes on the HDD. But there is a minus to the program: it is not free. And a license is expensive. However, all users know where to get the license key. So, let's not delve into this topic. In any case, every user should have such a software product.