## 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:

1. Main Menu

2. Tool Bar

3. Virtual Operations Bar

4. Common Tasks Bar

5. Explorer Bar

6. Partition List

7. Properties Bar

8. Disk Map

9. Legend Bar

10. Status Bar

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:

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
Generate Script… | Generate a script for the task
Save to Scheduler… | Schedule pending operations
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
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
Schedule Hard Disk Copy… | Set a timetable for a hard disk copy
Copy Partition… | Create a partition copy
Schedule Partition Copy… | Set a timetable for 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
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.

### Tool Bar

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

BUTTON | FUNCTIONALITY
| Connect a virtual disk
| Open the Help system

### 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.

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

Virtual mode is an effective way of protection from any troubles, since no operations will be executed until clicking the Apply button for confirmation, thus giving a second chance to weigh all pros and cons of this or that particular operation. The program politely reminds the user that there are unsaved changes by showing the following window:

### Common Tasks Bar

The Common Tasks Bar is located on the left side of the main window. It is intended for easy access to the program's wizards.

The bar contains several tabs named Virtualization Tasks, Copy Tasks, Tools and News and Documentation. Each of these contains a separate button bar which can be folded by clicking it.

Virtualization Tasks
| Starting the P2V Copy Wizard to migrate a live Win2K+ physical system to a virtual environment.
| Starting the P2V Restore Wizard to restore a Win2K+ physical system from a Paragon’s backup to a virtual environment.
| Starting the P2V Adjust OS Wizard to recover the startup ability after unsuccessful virtualization with a 3rd party tool; to make Windows Vista/7 backups bootable on virtual hardware.
Copy Tasks
| Starting the Copy Hard Disk Wizard to copy a hard disk.
| Starting the Copy Partition Wizard to copy a partition.
Tools
| Starting the Connect a Virtual Disk dialog to connect a virtual disk to work with it as if it’s a physical disk.
| Starting the File Transfer Wizard to transfer data from any media. Besides it provides access to Paragon backups as regular folders to browse through their contents or copy required files.
News and Documentation
| Launching the help system (you can also do it by pressing F1).
| Opening the page which contains information about the program. This page will be displayed in the Explorer Bar.
| Opening a brief review on the Paragon Scripting Language.

### Disk Map

The Disk Map is displayed in the Explorer Bar when the Disk View tab is selected. It is located either at the top or at the bottom of the window, depending on the state of the Disk Map Location option (Main Menu: View > Disk Map Location).

As the name infers, the Disk Map displays the layout of physical and logical disks. Physical disks are represented with rectangle bars that contain small-sized bars. These small-sized bars represent logical disks. Their color depends on the file system of the appropriate partition.

Large-sized bars display the following information about physical disks:

· Manufacturer,

· Model.

Small-sized bars display the following information about logical disks:

· Serial number,

· Drive letter,

· Total size,

· File system.

Furthermore, it is possible to estimate the used disk space by looking at the size of the bar’s shaded area. The program offers to choose from several types of the disk layout scaling. It’s done especially to increase the program usability. For instance, if you’ve got a high capacity hard drive containing both very large (more than 100 GB) and rather small (less than 10 GB) partitions, you can select the logarithmic type to make all partitions readable, otherwise (selecting the linear type) you won’t be able to see small partitions at all, but thing strips. On the other hand, if the proportional disk layout is critical for you, the linear type is exactly what you need.

Nevertheless there’s a compromise solution – linear scaling with the minimal limit to small partitions. So if a partition is too small it will remain readable.

Just click on the arrow icon on the top right side of the Disk Map to select the desired scaling type.

Disk Map is synchronized with the Explorer Bar. Thus by selecting a disk on the Disk Map, the Explorer Bar will automatically display detailed information on it.

| The drag-and-drop functionality is not available when the logarithmic type of the disk layout is selected.

### Explorer Bar

The Explorer Bar is located in the center of the main window which emphasizes its importance. The bar displays reference information including:

· The help system;

· General information on the product including its name, version and a list of helpful links;

· Detailed information about disks selected on the Disk Map;

· List of scheduled operations;

· List of scripts;

· Volume Explorer utility;

· Disk Editor utility.

According to these categories the Explorer Bar has several tabs:

· Disk View, which offers the user the following options:

- Partition List to get a clear-cut picture of the current state of the system hard disks/partitions;

- Disk Editor to view/edit sectors of the selected partition/hard disk;

- Volume Explorer to browse and export contents of the selected partition/hard disk;

- Properties to view detailed information on the selected partition/hard disk in the bright graphical form.

| You can switch between these components by clicking tabs on the left side of the Explorer Bar.

· Scheduled Tasks, which gives the user the possibility of browsing and editing scheduled operations and the program scripts.

· Help, which contains the program help and general information on the product.

You can access the desired information by clicking on the appropriate tab.

The Explorer Bar is a fully-functional embedded HTML browser, which offers the possibility to address, for example, the company's website to look through important technical notes or download the latest updates without having to close the program.

The program help is also HTML-oriented. You can read it and follow external links from to get additional information.

To easily navigate through browsed pages, the program provides the following functionality:

BUTTON | FUNCTIONALITY
| Return to the previously browsed page
| Open the next browsed page
| Stop loading the current page
| Refresh the contents of the current page

### Partition List

The Partition List is another helpful tool that enables you to get a clear-cut picture of the current state of the system hard disks/partitions. Partitions are sorted according to their starting position. For every item of the list there is the possibility to call the context-sensitive popup menu with available operations. Besides, the program provides detailed information on all hard disks/partitions found in the system including the following properties:

- Name,

- Volume label (if exists),

- Partition type (Primary/Extended /Logical),

- File system type,

- Size,

- Amount of used and unused (free) space,

- Start/End cylinder,

- Start/End head,

- Start/End sector

- Free size in sectors/bytes

- Active/Inactive attribute

- Hidden/Unhidden attribute

You may customize outlook of the Partition List by clicking on the arrow icon on the top right side of the panel.

By marking a checkbox opposite the required item you can choose whether to display it or not. Besides, you can change its order by pressing the Move up or Move down buttons.

If you don’t need the Disk Map, please click the shown below icon to disable it:

### Properties Bar

The Properties Bar provides information on the selected at the moment partition/hard disk:

For a hard disk

· Model,

· Serial number,

· Type of hard disk (basic or dynamic),

· Total size (in GB),

· Information on geometry of the disk (amount of sectors per track, heads and cylinders).

For a partition

· Drive letter assigned to the disk,

· Volume label (if available),

· Type of the logical disk,

· File system (represented by the color of the graph and the selected bar),

· Total size, used space and free space (in GB or MB).

Besides you can modify practically any partition property by clicking on the required value.

### Legend Bar

The Legend Bar explains the color scheme used for disk and partition presentation. You can hide (or show) the bar with the appropriate Main Menu item: View > Disk Map Legend. When it is activated it can be found at the bottom of the Explorer Bar.

The program distinguishes between the following types of known file systems:

- FAT16/32,

- NTFS,

- Linux Ext2/3/4,

- Linux ReiserFS,

- Apple HFS.

### Status Bar

This is the bottom part of the main window. The Status Bar displays menu hints, for each item the cursor points to.

The user can hide (or show) the bar with the appropriate Main Menu item: View > Status Bar.