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You can install Acronis Disk Director on a Windows system that runs on dynamic volumes or GPT disks, but you will not be able to manage them

This article applies to:

• Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0
• Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0
• Acronis Disk Director Server 10.0

Description

Acronis Disk Director does not support dynamic disks or disks with GUID partition tables.

You can install Acronis Disk Director on Windows that runs on dynamic or GPT disks, but you will not be able to manage them.

When you launch the product in Windows or from Acronis Bootable Media, there will be the following warning:

More information

Feel free to contact Acronis Customer Central if you have any questions.

See also Acronis True Image Home Does Not Support Dynamic Disks or Disks with GUID Partition Tables (GPT).

(!) Acronis Disk Director Lite, which is a component of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, supports GPT and dynamic disks.

(!) Acronis Disk Director 11 Home and Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced support GPT and dynamic disks.