ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE 10 User Manual page 79

Working with Acronis Disk Editor
The Search dialog window
A search line can be set both as char and numeric (hexadecimal) values. During a search,
you can ignore letter case as well as search for a given line at a given offset inside the
sector.
During a search, disk data is interpreted according to the encoding selected. If you
selected a search mode without letter case matching, not only case but also elements
above the characters will be ignored.
After the search process is finished, the current position will be moved to where a line
was found, or will remain the same if no lines were found. You can search for the next
line from the current position by selecting Find next item in the Search menu or by
pressing key.
F3
You can go to the necessary sector according to its absolute offset by selecting the Go
to... line the Search menu (or by pressing key combination). Selecting this line
Alt+P
opens the Go to... dialog window.
Go to sector...
The transition is performed by entering absolute sector offset, or cylinder, head and sector
numbers. The listed parameters are bound by this expression:
(CYL x HDS + HD) x SPT + SEC – 1,
Where CYL, HD and SEC are numbers of cylinder, head and sector in the CHS coordinates
(Cylinder – Head – Sector); HDS is the number of heads per disk and SPT is the number
of heads per track.
You can return to a sector from another one by selecting the Back item in the Search
menu (or by pressing key combination).
Ctrl+Backspace
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