The Volume Manager

The Volume Manager Dialog

The Volume Manager (Ctrl/G) can be displayed by choosing Volume Manager from the Tools menu. It allows you to manage the use of fixed and removable volumes in PMIO. The Volume Manager:

• Allows you to introduce new volumes to PMIO.
• Allows you to assign a meaningful name to each volume. This allows PMIO to display a sensible name for volumes that have meaningless or non-existent volume labels.
• Allows you to remove volumes from PMIO.

Introducing Volumes

To introduce a new volume to PMIO:

1. Run the Volume Manager (Ctrl/G).
2. Insert the volume in a drive. For CD drives that are configured to notify Windows when media are inserted, PMIO should automatically detect the volume and add it to its volume list. If this does not happen, click the Update tool button. Note: If the volume is a floppy disk, you need to ensure that the relevant floppy drive is enabled in disk preferences.
3. If the drive containing the volume is not displayed in the drop-down list, select it.
4. PMIO detects the type of volume from the type of drive it is mounted in. Observe that the Type selector is disabled since PMIO knows the type of this volume.

If you now remove the volume from the drive, the display will update to show that the volume is no longer mounted, and the Type selector will be enabled so that you can change the type of volume if you wish.

Assigning Names to Volumes

To assign a name to a volume when its serial number is known:

1. Introduce the volume to PMIO if you have not already done so (see above).
2. Run the Volume Manager (Ctrl/G).
3. Select the volume serial number from the drop-down list.
4. Type a name in the Name assignment text box.
5. The name assignment will be fixed when you click OK.

To assign a name to a volume when its serial number is not known:

1. Introduce the volume to PMIO if you have not already done so (see above).
2. Run the Volume Manager (Ctrl/G).
3. Insert the volume in a drive.
4. Select the volume serial number from the drop-down list. You can find it by looking for the drive letter of the drive that the volume is mounted in.
5. Type a name in the Name assignment text box.
6. The name assignment will be fixed when you click OK.

Removing Volumes

To remove a volume from PMIO's volume list when its serial number is known:

1. Run the Volume Manager (Ctrl/G).
2. Ensure that the volume is not mounted in a drive.
3. Select the volume serial number from the drop-down list.
4. Click the Remove tool button.
5. Your changes will be fixed when you click OK.

To remove a volume from PMIO's volume list when its serial number is not known:

1. Run the Volume Manager (Ctrl/G).
2. Insert the volume in a drive.
3. Select the volume serial number from the drop-down list. You can find it by looking for the drive letter of the drive that the volume is mounted in.
4. Remove the volume from the drive.
5. If the Remove tool button is disabled, click the Update tool button.
6. Click the Remove tool button.
7. Your changes will be fixed when you click OK.

See also:

About Volumes

Disk Preferences

Volume Serial # Update