Partition Magic Software Partition magic software for Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10, etc.
Extra Functionality
- This chapter describes the supplementary functionality available in the program.
View Partition/Hard Disk Properties
The program enables to obtain in-depth information on the properties of hard disks and partitions. Besides the general information, such as capacity, used space or file system type it provides the possibility to get info on hard disk geometry, cluster size, exact partition location, etc.
To get properties on a partition/hard disk, please do the following:
1. Choose a partition/hard disk on the Disk Map.
2. Select in the Main Menu: Partition/Hard Disk > Properties…
In the opened dialog information will be grouped according to its properties, thus by clicking tabs you can get information you need.
Mount Partition
The program enables to assign or remove drive letters of existing formatted partitions.
Assign Drive Letter
In order to mount a partition you should take the following steps:
1. Select a partition on the Disk Map.
2. Select in the Main Menu: Partition > Assign Drive Letter…
3. Specify a drive letter for the selected partition. Initially the program suggests some consistent value for this parameter. So you may just press the Yes button to confirm the operation.
However you can manually define the required letter by selecting it from the pull-down list of available drive letters.
4.The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.
Remove Drive Letter
In order to un-mount a partition you should take the following steps:
1. Select a partition on the Disk Map.
2. Select in the Main Menu: Partition > Remove Drive Letter.
3. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.
Defragment Partition
Defragmentation is the process of rewriting parts of a file to contiguous sectors on a hard disk to increase the speed of access and retrieval. When files are updated, the computer tends to save these updates on the largest continuous space on the hard disk, which is often on a different sector than the other parts of the file. When files are thus fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk each time the file is opened to find all of the file's parts, which slows down response time.
The program provides the necessary tool for the defragmentation of NTFS and FAT partitions.
In order to start the operation you should take the following steps:
1. Select a partition on the Disk Map.
2. Select in the Main menu: Partition > Defragment > Defragment Partition…
3. Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters. In most cases, you can just press the Yes button to confirm the operation.
Directories Placement. From the pull-down list select the way how to sort directories.
Sort by size. Sort files according to their size.
Sort by time. Sort files according to the last time of update.
In addition, there is the possibility to make further detailed settings (although the default values will do in most cases). To activate the advance mode, you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page:
Skip auxiliary files. Mark the option to ignore contents of the PAGEFILE.SYS and HIBERFIL.SYS system files. These files are used temporarily in the operating system.
Defragmentation Mode. Select the preferable defragmentation mode.
The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.
Available operation scenarios:
Hard Disk Optimization
Test Surface
The program enables to test surface of existing partitions and blocks of free space for bad or unstable sectors. If found any it automatically marks them unusable in the file system metadata, thus minimizing the risk of data loss.
In order to start the surface test you should take the following steps:
1. Select a partition or a block of free space on the Disk Map.
2. Select in the Main Menu: Partition > Test Surface…
3. From the pull-down list choose the level of the surface check.
4. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.
Check File System Integrity
The program allows you to check integrity of a file system. It can be used to detect possible file system errors before performing any operation on a partition.
To start the system integrity check you should take the following steps:
1. elect a partition on the Disk Map.
2. Select in the Main Menu: Partition > Check File System Integrity
3. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.
View Logs
With a handy dialog you can study logs on any operation carried by the program. To make this job as easy as possible, all the information is structurally divided, besides there is the possibility to see the disk layout before and after an operation, what is very convenient.
In order to view logs on carried out operations select in the Main Menu: Tools > View Log Files
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