About O&O PartitionManager 3
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NEW: Processingof stripe sets on all Windows operating systems. A stripe set saves data alternately in stripes on
selected disks. As this involves simultaneously contacting ever more (at least two) disks, the load will be divided, which
means data can be written and read faster with a stripe set than with a simple or spanned one.
NEW: Processing RAID 5 volumes on Windows Server operating systems. A RAID-5 volume is a mixture of payload and
data redundancy. This makes a RAID-5 volume very fault-tolerant. If you create, for example, a RAID 5 volume using
three dynamic disks of 10GB each, the entire volume will have a capacity of 20 GB. The remaining disk space will be used
for storing backup data (parity).
NEW: Mirror disk and create mirrored volumes (under Windows 7 and Windows Server operating systems). Unlike
stripe sets, identical data will be written onto the disks of a mirrored volume. The data will therefore be “mirrored”
from one disk, e.g., hard disk, to another. This provides you with a “backup copy”, just in case one disk is defective.
Advanced right-click function
The advanced entries enable an even better overview an much more comfortable hard disk management. You can, for
example, open partitions/volumes directly by right-clicking them and by now convert logical drives and primary par-
titions. The properties entry shows all disk details in one overview.
Support of all disk types
As a basis for providing professional disk management, O&O PartitionManager supports a wide range of disks.
Besides recognizing basic disks support is also given to dynamic disks, as well as removable storage media, such as
USB sticks and memory cards. This enables you to create various disk types and convert them to one disk type or
another. For example, you can convert a basic disk into a dynamic disk and there create a spanned volume.
Modify the system partition through the Start CD
The usual disk management programs often only offer a limited possibility to change the system partition. Usually, you
will need to restart the computer and work in the native mode, where you not have the possibility to change anything.
The Start CD of the O&O PartitionManagers is based on Windows PE. You will be able to easily and comfortably
shrink, extend or move the system partition, depending on the data volume and file system.
Change the size of a partition
Depending on the size and data allocation, it's possible to change the size of a partition. You can, for instance, divide a
large partition into several smaller ones, or bundle up several small partitions to a large one.
Delete data securely
If you delete data, it will become invisible to your "system". Your data, however, is still present on your hard disk. You
have to be very careful when giving away or selling your computer. Data spies can easily reconstruct you private and
business data using standard data recovery software such as O&ODiskRecovery. To make sure your data is per-
manently deleted, use the integrated deletion feature, O&O SafeErase. The data you delete can never be restored: not
even with special data recovery software.
The differences between the Editions
O&O PartitionManager is available in two editions:
l O&O PartitionManager Professional Edition
l O&O PartitionManager Server Edition
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