Paragon Virtualization Manager - 2010 Professional Owner's Guide

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Virtualization Manager™ 2010

User Manual

Contents

Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 5

What’s New in Virtualization Manager? ...................................................................................................... 5

Product Components ............................................................................................................. 7

Features Overview ................................................................................................................. 7

Key Features ............................................................................................................................................... 7

Supported Technologies .............................................................................................................................. 8

Supported Virtual Machines ........................................................................................................................ 9

Getting Started .................................................................................................................... 10

System Requirements ................................................................................................................................ 10

Windows based utilities ........................................................................................................................................................ 10

WinPE environment .............................................................................................................................................................. 10

Additional requirements ....................................................................................................................................................... 10

Installation ................................................................................................................................................ 10

First Start ................................................................................................................................................... 10

Booting from the WinPE Environment ........................................................................................................ 11

Contacting Paragon Technology GmbH ....................................................................................................... 13

Basic Concepts ..................................................................................................................... 14

About System Virtualization ....................................................................................................................... 14

About Adaptive Restore Technology .......................................................................................................... 14

Windows Components ........................................................................................................ 17

Interface Overview .................................................................................................................................... 17

General Layout ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17

Main Menu ........................................................................................................................................................................... 18

Tool Bar ................................................................................................................................................................................. 21

Virtual Operations Bar .......................................................................................................................................................... 21

Common Tasks Bar ............................................................................................................................................................... 22

Disk Map ............................................................................................................................................................................... 23

Explorer Bar .......................................................................................................................................................................... 24

Partition List .......................................................................................................................................................................... 25

Properties Bar ....................................................................................................................................................................... 26

Legend Bar ............................................................................................................................................................................ 27

Status Bar .............................................................................................................................................................................. 27

Settings Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 27

General Options .................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Partitioning Options .............................................................................................................................................................. 29

General Copy and Backup Options ....................................................................................................................................... 30

Hot Processing Options ......................................................................................................................................................... 31

E-Mail Options ...................................................................................................................................................................... 32

Operation Dependency Options ........................................................................................................................................... 33

Virtual Mode Options ........................................................................................................................................................... 34

File System Conversion Options ........................................................................................................................................... 35

Log Files Options ................................................................................................................................................................... 36

Copy/Backup Exclude Options .............................................................................................................................................. 37

Defragmentation Options ..................................................................................................................................................... 38

Typical Scenarios ................................................................................................................. 39

System Migration and Virtualization Scenarios ........................................................................................... 39

Migrating system to another hard disk (Clone HDD) ............................................................................................................ 39

Virtualizing the current system (P2V Copy) .......................................................................................................................... 41

Virtualizing system from its backup image (P2V Restore) .................................................................................................... 44

Creating an empty virtual disk (Create VD) .......................................................................................................................... 48

Making Windows Vista/7 backup bootable on virtual hardware (P2V Adjust OS) ............................................................... 49

Connecting a virtual disk (Connect VD) ................................................................................................................................ 51

Repartitioning a virtual disk .................................................................................................................................................. 53

Exchanging data between physical and virtual environments ............................................................................................. 55

Copying data from a parent virtual disk to one of its snapshots .......................................................................................... 57

Migrating from one virtual environment to another (V2V) .................................................................................................. 57

Making system bootable on different hardware (P2P Adjust OS) ........................................................................................ 57

Migrating from a virtual environment to physical (V2P) ...................................................................................................... 65

Migrating a Windows 7 vhd .................................................................................................................................................. 65

Extra Scenarios for WinPE .......................................................................................................................... 66

Correcting BCD (Boot Configuration Data) ........................................................................................................................... 66

Adding specific drivers .......................................................................................................................................................... 66

Configuring network ............................................................................................................................................................. 67

Saving log files ....................................................................................................................................................................... 69

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Introduction

More and more people today face the problem of smooth and cost saving system migration. It mostly has to do with constant hardware improvement. Traditional approach involving complete re-installation and re-setup of the operating system and all applications requires a lot of time and labor resources, few can afford. Moreover it doesn’t guarantee all software will flawlessly work on a new hardware platform.

Paragon Virtualization Manager™ 2010 is an elegant solution that can help you accomplish the following tasks:

 Migrate a live Win2K+ physical system to a virtual environment (P2V Copy);  Restore a Win2K+ physical system from a Paragon’s backup to a virtual environment (P2V Restore);  Migrate a Win2K+ virtual system to a physical environment (V2P);  Migrate from one virtual environment to another (V2V);  Migrate a Win2K+ physical system to a different hardware platform (P2P);  Connect a virtual disk as if it’s an ordinary physical disk, thus opening up all functionality available for physical

disks to virtual (Connect VD);

 Make OS start up after unsuccessful migration with 3rd party tools (P2V Adjust OS/P2P Adjust OS).

In this manual you will find the answers to many of the technical questions, which might arise while using the program.

What’s New in Virtualization Manager?

 The updated P2V Copy/Restore Wizards to migrate a Win2K+ physical system (live or from a Paragon’s backup)

to a virtual environment of one of the supported virtualization software vendors. In the latest version of the product the wizards enable to:

- Create and properly configure virtual machines according to your preferences. Depending on the selected

virtualization vendor you’ve got the option to specify a version of the future virtual machine, its name, location, RAM to allocate, a disk controller, the guest OS, etc. So when the migration is over, you’ll get not only a virtual disk that contains an operating system and/or data, but a ready-to-use virtual machine.

- Convert any combination of hard disks and partitions to migrate your entire computer or certain partitions

in one operation. Complex backups that contain partitions from different hard disks are supported as well.

- Employ MS VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) to synchronously migrate from several hard disks, thus

ensuring data consistency during online migration of a system, which seats on several partitions or hard disks. This is achieved by taking a point-in-time snapshot of the whole disk subsystem.

- When migrating from several hard disks, all their signatures will be kept intact, so you’ll get the same drive

letters in a virtual environment.

 The updated P2V Adjust OS Wizard allows creation of virtual machines as well, so besides its primary function,

you can now build virtual machines out of supported virtual disks or Windows Vista/7 backup images.

 The updated Connect VD to connect a virtual disk as if it’s an ordinary physical disk, thus opening up all

functionality available for physical disks to virtual. You’ve now got the option to:

- Mount a virtual disk in the read-only mode to make sure no data will be changed on the virtual disk during

copy or any other operation on it.

- Support for VMware ESX Server’s export format to copy/retrieve data from virtual machines of this vendor.

It’s useful for offline V2V and V2P operations.

 Create VD Wizard to create an empty virtual disk or with specific data of one of the supported virtualization

vendors.

 The updated P2P Adjust OS Wizard to successfully start up a Win2K+ physical system on a different hardware

platform (P2P) by allowing injection of all required drivers and the other actions crucial for this type of migration. Including the third generation of Paragon’s Adaptive Restore™ technology, it now can:

- Analyze all installed drivers inside a target system to report on devices without drivers.

- Search for and install lacking drivers from the built-in Windows repository.

- Notify the user about boot critical devices without drivers (HDD/RAID controllers, etc.), automatically

prompting to provide a path to a driver repository.

- Name all devices according to their model description, not some alphanumeric code, which requires

additional deciphering.

- Determine and install drivers not only for boot critical devices, but for physically connected NICs as well.

 WinPE 3.0 based bootable environment to enjoy support of a wider range of hardware configurations with the

option to add drivers for specific hardware on-the-fly.

 The updated Boot Corrector for WinPE that now equals the functionality of the Linux/DOS counterpart.

Product Components

Paragon Virtualization Manager™ 2010 contains several components:

 Windows based utilities. With the help of an easy to use launcher you may find and run the required task, open

the help system, or collect log files for Paragon Support Team.

 WinPE based environment. Our product also includes a WinPE 3.0 bootable environment, which you can build

on CD/DVD or a thumb drive. It offers excellent hardware support and the same interface and functionality as

the Windows version does. Despite the fact that its system requirements are tougher, it’s practically

indispensible for V2P and P2P scenarios.

Features Overview

This chapter dwells upon key benefits and technical highlights of the product.

Key Features

Let us list some of the key features:

 P2V Copy to migrate a live Win2K+ physical system to a virtual environment.  P2V Restore to restore a Win2K+ physical system from a Paragon’s backup directly to a virtual environment.  Connect VD to connect a virtual disk as if it’s an ordinary physical disk, thus opening up all functionality available

for physical disks to virtual.

 P2V Adjust OS to recover the startup ability after unsuccessful virtualization with a 3rd party tool; to make

Windows Vista/7 backups bootable on virtual hardware.

 P2P Adjust OS to migrate a Win2K+ physical system to a different hardware platform; to recover the startup

ability after unsuccessful migration with a 3rd party tool.

 Create VD to create an empty virtual disk or with specific data of one of the supported virtualization vendors.  Support for major virtual machines, Microsoft Virtual PC, Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware

Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware ESX Server, Oracle VirtualBox.

 Smart Driver Injector to make the process of adding new drivers smooth and easy.  Easy size setup for virtual disks with the partition auto-resize option.  Disk file split for VMware to automatically cut the resulted virtual image to files of 2 GBs each.  Partition/Hard disk copy to successfully transfer all on-disk information including standard bootstrap code and

other system service structures, thus maintaining the operating system’s working capability.

 File Transfer Wizard to make such operations as transferring of files/directories or burning of them to CD/DVD

as easy and convenient as possible.

 Merge Partitions Wizard to consolidate the disk space, which originally belongs to two adjacent partitions

(NTFS, FAT16/FAT32), into a single, larger partition.

 Redistribute Free Space Wizard to increase free space on one partition by up-taking the on-disk unallocated

space and the unused space of other partitions.

 Convert a file system (FAT16/32, NTFS, Ext2/Ext3) without reformatting.  Modify file system parameters (make active/inactive, hide/unhide, change serial number, partition ID, volume

label, etc.).

 Basic functions for initializing, partitioning and formatting hard disks (create, format, delete). Instead of the

standard Windows disk tools, the program supports all popular file systems.

 Undelete Partitions Wizard to recover an accidentally deleted partition.  27 defragmentation strategies available to defragment FAT and NTFS file systems.  MFT defragmentation and shrinking to improve performance of NTFS.

Supported Technologies

Along with using innovative technologies from outside, Paragon has developed a number of its own original technologies that make its products unique and attractive for customers:

 Paragon Hot Copy™ technology to clone locked partitions and hard disks under Windows NT+ family operating

systems providing both high operating efficiency as well as low hardware requirements.

 Paragon Adaptive Restore™ technology to successfully migrate a Win2K+ physical system to a different

hardware platform (P2P).

 Paragon Power Shield™ technology to provide data consistency in case of a hardware malfunction, power

outages or an operating system failure.

 Paragon UFSD™ technology to browse partitions of any file system including hidden and unmounted, modify

and copy files and folders, etc.

 Paragon Hot Resize™ technology to enlarge NTFS partitions (system, locked) without rebooting Windows and

interrupting its work.

 Paragon Smart Partition™ technology to securely perform hard disk partitioning operations of any complexity.  Paragon VIM™ (Virtual Image Management) technology that enables Paragon products work with virtual disks

as if they are physical hard disks.

 Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to provide the copy/backup infrastructure for the Microsoft

Windows XP/Vista/7/Server 2003/2008 operating systems. It offers a reliable mechanism to create consistent point-in-time copies of data known as shadow copies. Developed by Microsoft in close cooperation with the leading copy/backup solution vendors on the market, it is based on a snapshot technology concept.

 Microsoft Dynamic Disk (simple, spanned, striped, mirrored, RAID-5) to offer more management flexibility

without the partition limitation of basic disks. Dynamic storage can be particularly beneficial for large-scale businesses when dealing with many physical hard disks involving complex setup.

 GUID Partition Table (GPT). It is the next generation of a hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift

restrictions of the old MBR. GPT disks are now supported by Windows Vista/7, Server 2008, Mac OS X and Linux.

Supported Virtual Machines

Paragon Virtualization Manager™ 2010 provides support for major virtual machines presented on the market today:

 Microsoft Virtual PC;  VMware Workstation;  VMware Fusion;  Oracle VirtualBox;

Additionally for Connect VD and P2V Adjust OS only

 MS Windows Vista/7 backup;

Additionally for Connect VD only

 Parallels Workstation;  XenServer (.vhd only).

Getting Started

In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to get the product ready to use.

System Requirements

Windows based utilities

To use the Windows utilities, you should install them first. But before that, make sure your computer meets the following minimum system requirements:

 Operating systems: Windows 2000 Professional and later, except server editions  Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher  Intel Pentium CPU or its equivalent, with 300 MHz processor clock speed  128 MB of RAM (256+ recommended)  Hard disk drive with 100 MB of available space  SVGA video adapter and monitor  Mouse

WinPE environment

To use the WinPE based utilities on your computer, (it doesn’t matter what operating system is installed), make sure that it meets the following minimum system requirements:

 Intel Pentium III CPU or its equivalent, with 1000 MHz processor clock speed  At least 512 MB of RAM  SVGA video adapter and monitor  Mouse

Additional requirements

There may be additional requirements if you want to use advanced features:

 Network card to send/retrieve data to/from a network computer  Recordable CD/DVD drive to burn data to compact discs  External USB hard drive to store data.

Installation

The setup utility has the standard user interface and set of installation steps. Once the installation procedure is completed you need to restart the system to activate a system driver that will enable to copy locked partitions/hard disks online.

First Start

To start Paragon Virtualization Manager 2010 under Windows, please click the Windows Start button and then select Programs > Paragon Virtualization Manager™ 2010 > Paragon Virtualization Manager™.

To start up the traditional Launcher, please click on Switch to Full Scale Launcher.

To know more on how to handle the product’s interface and accomplish typical operations,

please consult the Windows Components chapter.

The first component that will be displayed is called the Express Launcher. Thanks to a well thought-out categorization and hint system, it provides quick and easy access to wizards and utilities that we consider worth using on a regular basis. With its help you can also start up the traditional launcher, the help system or go to the program’s home page.

Booting from the WinPE Environment

1. Start up the computer from our WinPE environment, which you can prepare on a CD/DVD disc or a thumb drive.

Please make sure the on-board BIOS is set up to boot from CD/USB first.

2. Read Paragon’s license agreement and then mark the appropriate checkbox to accept. If you do not agree with

any conditions stated there, you won’t be able to use the program.

Our WinPE 3.0 based environment offers excellent hardware support. However in case it doesn’t have a driver for your disk controller, your hard disks will be unavailable. Please

3. Once you accept the agreement, you will see the Universal Application Launcher. In general it enables to run

components of the product, load drivers for undefined hardware or establish a network connection.

4. Click on the required operation to start. Hints will help you make the right choice.

consult the Adding specific drivers scenario to know how to tackle this issue.

Service

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Contacting Paragon Technology GmbH

If you have any questions about the company products, please do not hesitate to contact Paragon Technology GmbH.

Basic Concepts

This chapter explains terms and ideas that show how the program works. To understand these helps to obtain a general notion of the operation performance and makes it easier for the user to operate the program.

About System Virtualization

With new powerful x86 computers, system virtualization has become extremely popular. It’s a software technology that enables to run several virtual machines on one physical machine, providing resources of that single computer are shared across several environments. As a result one and the same physical computer can have multiple OSs and applications operating simultaneously, thus opening up enormous opportunities for both, business and home users, exactly:

 Avoid underutilization of up-to-date powerful computers;  Increase flexibility of a physical infrastructure;  Provide for increased availability of hardware and applications;  Cut expenses on hardware and energy;  Guarantee smooth and cost saving system migration;  Enjoy working with old applications you can’t launch on your current PC;  Take advantage of having multiple operating systems on one Windows PC, including Linux, Mac OS X, etc.;  Forget about hunting for replacement of the failed hardware, and many more…

Known Issues

1. You should install integration services of your particular version of virtualization software (e.g. VMware Tools)

on the virtual system yourself. We only guarantee its smooth startup.

2. After transferring Microsoft Vista and later versions to a virtual environment, you will need to re-activate license

of the system. It’s normal behavior as these systems keep tracking any change of hardware. Re-activation is legally justified in this case.

3. If your system hosts several Windows OSes, our program will find them all and automatically patch to run in a

virtual environment. However we cannot guarantee smooth startup of all found Windows systems, but the guest OS, for its configuration parameters may be incompatible with the others.

About Adaptive Restore Technology

Technology Background

Windows family operating systems are notorious for their excessive sensibility to hardware, especially when it turns to replacement of such a crucial device as HDD controller or motherboard – actually Windows will most likely fail to boot as a result of this operation.

In 2008 our company came with an exclusive technology called Paragon Adaptive Restore™. Initially aimed at restore of

Windows Vista or Server 2008 from a backup to a different hardware configuration, its current realization, available in the P2P Adjust OS Wizard, enables to make any Win2K system (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 and Vista/7/Server 2008) bootable on dissimilar hardware by allowing automatic injection of all required drivers and the other actions crucial for this type of migration.

Though all Win2K systems have built-in driver repositories, please be prepared to have additional drivers when dealing with Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, because for these

Technology Concept

Let’s take a closer look at how Paragon Adaptive Restore works.

As you see, successful migration of a Win2K system to a different hardware platform involves several actions:

1. Change of the Windows kernel settings according to the new configuration. The program detects the given

hardware profile and automatically installs the appropriate Windows HAL and kernel.

2. Installation of drivers for boot critical devices. The program detects those without drivers and automatically

tries to install lacking drivers from the built-in Windows repository. If there’s no driver in the repository, it prompts the user to set a path to an additional driver repository, strongly recommending not to proceed until all drivers for the found boot critical devices are installed. In case drivers for these devices are installed, but disabled, they will be enabled.

3. Installation of drivers for a PS/2 mouse and keyboard. This action will only be accomplished for Windows

2000/XP/Server 2003.

4. Installation of drivers for network cards. The program detects those without drivers and automatically tries to

install lacking drivers from the built-in Windows repository. If there’s no driver in the repository, it prompts the user to set a path to an additional driver repository.

These actions guarantee a Win2K system will start up on dissimilar hardware. After the startup, Windows will initiate reconfiguration of all Plug'n'Play devices. It’s a standard procedure, so please don’t worry and prepare the latest drivers at this step to get the most out of the system.

systems they are very modest.

Technology Application

Let’s consider a number of situations when the Adaptive Restore technology can help you out:

 If you need to migrate to a different hardware platform with minimal effort  If you need to upgrade hardware while keeping all programs and settings intact  If you need to replace failed hardware and cannot find an exact match for original system specifications

Known Issues

1. After transferring Microsoft Vista and later versions to different hardware, you will need to re-activate license of

the system. It’s normal behavior as these systems keep tracking any change of hardware. Re-activation is legally justified in this case, as you transfer your system to another PC.

2. If you’ve installed several operating systems on one partition, we can only add drivers to the latest version of

OS. Microsoft highly recommends that you install an operating system on a separate partition.

3. Please note drivers are not cached during selection. That’s why if you select a driver to add to the system, but

it’s already unavailable during the operation, the program will end the operation with an error.

1. Main Menu

2. Tool Bar

3. Virtual Operations Bar

Windows Components

In the given section you can find all the information necessary to successfully work with the Windows version of the product.

Interface Overview

This chapter introduces the graphical interface of the program. The design of the interface precludes any mistake being made on the part of the user. Most operations are performed through the system of wizards. Buttons and menus are accompanied by easy understandable icons. Nevertheless, any problems that might occur while managing the program can be tackled by reading this very chapter.

General Layout

When you start the program, the first component that is displayed is called the Launcher. It enables to run wizards and dialogs, to specify program settings, to visualize the operating environment and the hard disk configuration.

The Launcher’s window can be conditionally subdivided into several sections that differ in their purpose and functionality:

4. Common Tasks Bar

5. Explorer Bar

6. Partition List

7. Properties Bar

8. Disk Map

9. Legend Bar

10. Status Bar

MENU ITEM

FUNCTIONALITY

Tools

View Logs…

View logs on the carried out operations

Send Log Files

Compress and send the log to the Paragon Support Team

File Transfer Wizard…

Transfer data from any media

Settings...

Edit the general settings of the program

Exit

Exit the program

Changes

Undo `the last virtual operation`

Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations

Redo `the last virtual operation`

Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations

View Changes…

Display the List of Pending Operations

Apply Changes

Launch the real execution of virtual operations

Discard All Changes

Cancel all virtual operations on the List of Pending Operations

Reload Disk Info

Refresh the current information about disks

Wizards

A number of panels offer similar functionality with a synchronized layout. The program enables to conceal some of them to simplify the interface management.

All panels are separated by vertical and horizontal expandable sliders, allowing the user to customize the screen layout.

Main Menu

The Main Menu provides access to the entire functionality of the program. The available functions are as listed below:

Create Partition…

Create a partition of any file system

Format Partition…

Format a partition of any file system

Delete Partition…

Delete a partition of any file system

Undelete Partitions…

Recover an accidentally deleted partition

Merge Partitions…

Merge adjacent partitions of NTFS, FAT or FAT32 file systems

Redistribute Free Space…

Redistribute available disk space of existed partitions

P2P Adjust OS…

Make your system bootable on different hardware; recover the startup ability after unsuccessful migration with a 3rd party tool

Create Virtual Disk…

Create an empty virtual disk or with specific data of one of the supported virtualization vendors

P2V Copy…

Migrate a live Win2K+ physical system to a virtual environment

P2V Restore…

Restore a Win2K+ physical system from a Paragon’s backup directly to a virtual environment

P2V Adjust OS…

Make Windows Vista/7 backups bootable on virtual hardware; recover the startup ability after unsuccessful virtualization with a 3rd party tool

Copy Hard Disk…

Create a hard disk copy

Copy Partition…

Create a partition copy

Hard Disk

Update MBR

Update MBR (Master Boot Record) of the selected hard disk

Change Primary Slots…

Modify the primary partitions enumeration for the selected hard disk

Edit/View Sectors…

View/edit sectors of the selected hard disk

Connect a Virtual Disk

Connect a virtual disk to work with it as if it’s a physical disk

Disconnect a Virtual Disk

Disconnect a virtual disk

Properties…

Get in-depth information on the properties of selected hard disk

Partition

Create Partition…

Create a partition

Format Partition…

Format a partition

Delete Partition…

Delete a partition

Move/Resize…

Move/Resize the selected partition

Convert File System…

Convert file system of the selected partition

Assign Drive Letter…

Assign drive letter to the selected partition

Remove Drive Letter…

Remove drive letter for the selected partition

Hide Partition…

Make the selected partition unavailable for the operating system

Unhide Partition…

Make the selected partition available for the operating system

Mark Partition as Active

Make the selected partition bootable by default

Mark Partition as Inactive

Make the selected partition non-bootable by default

Change Cluster Size…

Change cluster size of the selected partition

Change Volume Label…

Change volume label of the selected partition

Change Serial Number…

Change serial number of the selected partition

Change Partition ID…

Change identifier of the selected partition

Downgrade NTFS version…

Decrease version of the selected NTFS partition

Change SID…

Change SID (Security Identifier) value of any found Windows installation

Make Partition Primary…

Make the selected partition Primary

Make Partition Logical…

Make the selected partition Logical

Defragment Partition…

Defragment data on the selected FAT or NTFS partition

Defragment MFT…

Defragment MFT (Master File Table) of the selected NTFS partition

Compact MFT…

Shrink MFT (Master File Table) of the selected NTFS partition

Test Surface…

Test surface of the selected partition/block of free space

Check File System Integrity…

Check the selected partition for possible file system errors

Edit/View Sectors…

View/edit sectors of the selected partition

Properties…

Get in-depth information on the properties of selected partition

View

Layouts

Manage the Launcher layout with several predefined profiles

Toolbar

Manage the Tool Bar representation: show / hide standard and navigation buttons, text labels and large icons

Status Bar

Display the Status Bar

Common Tasks Bar

Display the Common Tasks Bar

Disk Map Legend

Display the Disk Map legend

Properties and Commands

Display the Explorer Bar

Disk Map Location

Select whether the Disk Map will be located on the top of the main window or at the bottom

Help

Open the Help system (you can also do it by pressing F1)

About

Open the dialog with information about the program

The Main Menu contents available at the moment may vary depending on the selected object.

BUTTON

FUNCTIONALITY

Connect a virtual disk

Open the Help system

BUTTON

FUNCTIONALITY

Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations

Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations

Display the List of Pending Operations

Launch the real execution of virtual operations

Cancel all virtual operations on the List of Pending Operations

Tool Bar

The Toolbar provides fast access to the most frequently used operations:

Virtual Operations Bar

The program supports previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations (so-called virtual mode of execution). In fact, when the virtual mode is enabled, the program does not accomplish operations immediately, but places them on the List of Pending Operations for later execution.

The Virtual Operations Bar enables to manage pending operations.

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