<B><a#000><C>CONTENTS

<a#001>Installing BootIt NG

<a#009>The Floppy Boot Menu

<a#002>Setup of Options and Users

<a#003>The Boot Menu

<a#004>Working with Partitions

<a#104>Image Sets

<a#005>Using the Multi-OS Feature

<a#006>Uninstalling BootIt NG

<a#010>Shortcut Keys

<a#007>How to Order

<a#008>Contacting TeraByte Unlimited

<P><##001><B><C>Installing BootIt NG

<a#150>Click here if upgrading from BootIt 2.x/Lite/Direct.
<a#151>Click here if upgrading from an existing BootIt NG Installation.

<B>For new installations:

1) Boot with the setup diskette (which by being here means you already have)

2) You must exit the help dialog and if you accessed help from the desktop,
    click on the Resume button to resume setup.

3) At the Welcome to setup prompt click the OK button.

<##101>4) Setup gives you the option of enabling more than four primary partitions.

    a) if you choose yes then you must only partition your hard drive using
        BootIt NG.

    b) if you choose no then you can continue to use any other partitioning
        software such as fdisk.

   Click on your choice.

<##102>5) Setup asks if you want to manually choose the partition or have setup
    choose it for you.  You should normally click on yes to have setup
    choose the partition for you.  If you click on no then you will have
    to perform a manual installation.

    <a#100>Click here for manual installation instructions.

<##103>6) Setup asks if you want to install BootIt NG to its own partition.

    Installing BootIt NG to its own partition requires unpartitioned space
    and takes up one primary partition which could be an issue if you chose
    not to enable support for more than 4 primary partitions.

    Click on your choice.  If setup can't accommodate your choice, it will
    notify you later and give you the option to change it.

7) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs.  Click OK to
    begin copying files to the hard drive.

<##150><B>For upgrades from existing BootIt Products:

1) Boot with the setup diskette (which by being here means you already have)

2) You must exit the help dialog and if you accessed help from the desktop,
    click on the Resume button to resume setup.

3) At the Welcome to setup prompt click the OK button.

4) It asks if you want to manually choose the partition or have setup
    choose it for you.  Click on yes to have setup choose the partition.

5) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs.  Click OK to
    begin copying files to the hard drive.

<##151><B>Upgrading existing BootIt NG installation:

1) Boot with the setup diskette (which by being here means you already have)

2) You must exit the help dialog and if you accessed help from the desktop,
    click on the Resume button.

3) At the Floppy Diskette Menu click on the Upgrade BootIt NG radio button
    then press OK.

4) At the Welcome to setup prompt click the OK button.

5) It asks if you want to manually choose the partition or have setup
    choose it for you.  Click on yes to have setup choose the partition.

6) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs.  Click OK to
    begin the upgrade.

<##100><B>Manual installation

During setup you are asked if setup should choose the partition or if
you want to manually choose it.  Normally you should let setup choose the
partition but here are the instructions for manually choosing the partition.

1) When you click on the No button to indicate you want to manually choose
    the partition, a message is displayed which indicates you must ensure
    that an EMBR exists on HD0 and on the drive chosen for installation.

    Click OK to close that message.

2) The "Work with Partitions" dialog is displayed with a new "Setup" button
    in the lower right corner.  The setup button will only appear if you've
    entered the "Work with Partitions" dialog during setup.

    From this dialog you must ensure that HD0 has an EMBR:
      a) Make sure the HD0 radio button is clicked
      b) If the Create EMBR button is enabled then click on it and it will
         change to Undo EMBR which means the EMBR exists for HD0.

   If the partition you're going to create or use is not on hard drive 0
   then you must also create an EMBR on that drive by:
     a) Making sure the radio button of the HD you are installing to is
         clicked.
     b) If the Create EMBR button is enabled then click on it.

   Now that the EMBR exists where it needs to you can highlight the
   partition for installation.  It must be a FAT, FAT32, or EMBRM type
   of primary partition.  If one doesn't exist you can create and format
   it at this time.

   If the setup button is grayed out then it means that HD0 does
   not have an EMBR, the current drive does not have an EMBR, or the
   partition you highlighted is not a FAT, FAT32, or EMBRM type.

   If the setup button is not grayed out then click on it to continue
   with setup.

3) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs.  Click OK to
    begin copying files to the hard drive.

<P><##009><B><C>The Floppy Boot Menu

The floppy boot menu appears when you boot with the BootIt NG installation
diskette after BootIt NG has been installed.  The menu has the following
options

 <B>Reactivate BootIt NG
 Using this option reactivates BootIt NG.  BootIt NG can become deactivated
 after installing a new operating system like Windows 95/98/ME/2K.  It may
 have also been deactivated by using the deactivate option on the uninstall
 dialog.

 <B>Capture MBR
 Most users won't have a need to capture the MBR.  If you have a special
 operating system or need to use a special MBR then use this option to
 capture it before Reactivate BootIt NG.  Once captured you can use it in
 the boot items you create for the "Normal" Boot Menu.

 <B>Capture LVM Data
 Most users won't have a need to capture LVM Data.  If you have a special
 need for this then once captured, you can use it in the boot items you
 create for the "Normal" Boot Menu.

 <B>Access BootIt NG Partition
 This option mounts and changes the current drive to be the BootIt NG
 partition on the hard drive.  This enables you to use files or other items
 which may only exist on the hard drive partition.  It also enables to still
 access the hard drive partition if the partition is deleted.  If you move
 the EMBRM partition after installation, you should reinstall BootIt NG to
 update the pointers on the installation diskette.

 <B>Upgrade or Reinstall BootIt NG
 Choosing this option starts the BootIt NG Setup.

<P><##002><B><C>Setup of Options and Users

To change settings or maintain users, click the Settings button on the
desktop or the Settings option on the edit menu.

<B>** Startup Items **

 <B>TimeOut:
   Set this to the number of seconds to wait for user input before
   automatically booting.  If set to zero then no timeout will occur.

 <B>Sound:
   The sound file that will be played when the boot menu is first
   displayed.

 <B>Background:
   The background (PCX) file that will be displayed when the main
   boot menu screen is displayed. (SVGA mode only)

 <B>Direct Boot Menu:
   Check this box if you want the Direct Boot Menu to be the default
   menu displayed.

<B>** General Items **

 <B>Completion Alarm:
   Sounds an alarm when a copy, slide, format, resize or image completes.

 <B>Full Partition List:
   If enabled then the full list of partitions will be displayed when
   creating a new partition or volume; otherwise an abbreviated list is
   displayed.

 <B>Virus Check:
   A simple check for possible viruses is performed on boot up.  If a
   possible virus is detected, you should use your anti-virus program
   with the latest updates to check for viruses.  If none are found, you
   can disable this option to suppress the warning message.

 <B>Fix Swap:
   Enable this option if your system locks up when you use the swap option.

 <B>Use Volume Label
   For FAT/FAT32/HPFS file systems it will override the name of the
   partition or volume to match the volume label on the file system.
   Renaming a FAT or FAT32 partition/volume with this option enabled
   will also change the volume label on the file system.

 <B>Align on End:
   Most users should just leave this checked.

 <B>CHS Alternative
   If this option is enabled then the CHS values for partitions and
   volumes will be filled in using an alternative method.

 <B>Make HD0 Active:
   Required by new BIOSes when booting from a hard drive other than HD0.

 <B>Keep HD Active
   This is a special purpose option that will prevent the active flag
   from being turned off on hard drives not being booted.

 <B>ClearSig Required:
   Win2K/XP may require clearsig to boot copied or slid partitions as
   explained on the help/information web page.

 <B>Use HD0 in BPB:
   This special purpose option forces the BPB drive number to HD0
   even when it's on another drive.

 <B>Limit Primaries
   This option has a profound effect of how BootIt NG operates.

   If the Limit Primaries option is on then you are limited to having
   the normal maximum of four primary partitions.  You can also continue
   to use other partitioning software such as fdisk.

   If the Limit Primaries option is NOT on then you can have more than
   four primary partitions but you should NOT use any partitioning
   software except for BootIt NG.

   This option will be grayed out and disabled if any of your existing
   hard drives has more than four primary partitions.

 <B>IT Mode:
   In this mode the GUI is not displayed and the system boots directly to the
   default boot item or last boot item if no default is found.  It should
   only be used with the "normal" "default" boot menu.  Hold down the Insert
   key (or right Ctrl key) during the initial boot of your system to display
   the boot menu.

 <B>BootNow Support
   If you are planning on using the separate freeware program "BootNow"
   from TeraByte Unlimited then you should enable this option.

 <B>ATAPI CD Support:
   Enables imaging to/from an ATAPI CD-R/RW or DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW drive that
   is attached to the standard ATA primary or secondary controller.

 <B>USB 2.0 Support
   Enable this option to support high speed USB 2.0 hard drives
   and CD/DVD drives.

 <B>IEEE1394 Support
   Enable this option to support IEEE1394 hard drives and CD/DVD drives.

 <B>CD Close Method Z
   Enable (or disable) this option if you recieve errors when the CD
   is being closed during image to cd operations.

 <B>Burn Extra Track
   Enable this option to write the image summary data to CD one as
   track two when directly imaging to CD.  When burned this way, you
   won't have to insert the last CD before beginning the restore.
   NOTE: This option may not work correctly with your device; if you
   should receive any write or read errors when creating or verifying
   then you should disable this option.

<B>** Security **

 <B>Maintenance Password:
   The password required to exit a boot menu to the desktop.  Enter the
   password twice to verify its input.

 <B>Require User Name:
   If this option is checked then when the system is booted a user name
   and password must be entered.

 <B>The Users Button:
   This button displays the user maintenance dialog.  From that dialog
   you can add, delete, or edit users.  Each user can be assigned their
   own "normal" Boot Menu and Direct Boot menu options.  If a special
   user named "any" is created with no password then that user will be
   automatically signed on unless the insert key is held down on startup.

<P><##003><B><C>The Boot Menu

There are two types of boot menus.  The "Normal Boot Menu" which displays
the specific "boot items" configured for it and the "Direct Boot Menu" which
displays all partitions which haven't been disabled.  You will normally want
to use the "Normal Boot Menu", especially if you have enabled support for
more than four primary partitions.

<B>THE "NORMAL" BOOT MENU

The "Normal Boot Menu" ("Boot Menu") displays the items configured for
it.  All you need to do is double click an entry to boot from it.  You
can also force a one time option by using Alt-F (Floppy), Alt-N (Next
BIOS Device) or Alt-S (BIOS Sequence) to boot the item.

You setup the menu by clicking the Maintenance button then the "Boot Edit"
button. This brings up a dialog that shows which menu is being edited
in the title bar.

From this dialog you can rearrange the order of the items by using the
"Move Up" and "Move Dn" buttons, create a new menu item by clicking
on the "Add" button, edit an existing menu item by
<##300>highlighting it and clicking on the "Edit" button, or delete an
item by highlighting it and clicking on the "Delete" button.

If you click the Add or Edit buttons you are taken to the "Edit Menu Item"
dialog.  The fields on that dialog are defined below:

 <B>** Boot Details **

  Identity: This is the name that will be displayed in the boot menu.  Prefix
           a letter with '&' to enable a hot-key for the item.

  HD: The hard drive number starting at zero of the hard drive containing
        the partition/volume to boot.

  Boot: The name of the partition or volume to boot.

  Group: For multi-os partitions this is the group to use.

  Captured: For non multi-os partitions this is the captured MBR or LVM
               file to use (if any). MBR/LVM Files are rarely needed or used.

  Sound: The name of the sound file to play when this item is booted.

  Floppy Drive: Boot from a floppy drive.
  Swap: Enable swapping when booting this item.
  Next BIOS Device: Boot from the next BIOS device as setup in the BIOS.
  BIOS Sequence: Boot as-if the system is restarting.

  Default: Make this item the default.

  <B>** One Time Options **

  These options operate the same as the "Boot Details" section but are
  turned off after being used.

  <B>** Keystrokes **

  This option will allow you to enter up to 15 keystrokes to be played back
  when booting this item.  The keystrokes are buffered and carried forward
  as if you had typed them in yourself.

  <B>** Password **

  Allows you to assign a password that must be entered before this item
  is booted.  A password protected boot item cannot be booted with
  BootNow(TM).

  <B>** MBR Details (Alt-M) **

  This is the area where you indicate what partitions/volumes should be
  hidden/unhidden and where each partition should be in the MBR partition
  table when booting this option.  At minimum the boot partition must be
  "loaded" to the MBR. To add partitions to the MBR Details list, highlight
  the position then click on the fill button or press the insert key

  You can also use the volumes button to hide individual volumes.
  To do so, highlight an extended partition from the list and click the
  volumes button.  You should take care to not hide the last FAT/FAT32

  <B>** MBR Details ** (cont)

  volume as DOS thru Windows 98 has a bug which causes problems mounting
  partitions if the last volume of an extended partition is not a
  recognized FAT or FAT32 partition.

  <B>Retain

  Use these check boxes to indicate which drives should retain the items
  in the mbr at the time of boot instead of using the items in the mbr
  details section of the boot item.  This special use option is of use
  to those swapping in EMBR enabled drives with limited primaries off.

<B><##301>THE DIRECT BOOT MENU

From the Direct Boot Menu all you need to do is double click an entry
to boot from it.  The Active, Swap, Hide columns of the menu indicate the
setting for that partition/volume unless partitions are not limited.  If
partitions are not limited then booting from the Direct Boot Menu will
only make the partition being booted visible; all other partitions will
be hidden.

The active column indicates if the partition or volume is set active.
Most of the time the active primary partition on HD0 will be the C: drive.
When you are installing a new operating system to a new partition you
should normally make sure that the installation partition is set active
or the installation may go to some other partition which is marked active.
You can use the space bar to set the active partition.

The Swap column indicates if the hard drive being booted will be swapped
with HD0.  In other words, if you boot a partition on HD1 (the second hard
drive) with the swap option on then BootIt NG will swap that hard drive
with HD0 so that HD1 is now HD0 and (the real) HD0 is now HD1.  You should
note that the swapping is done at the BIOS level and once an operating
system boots in to protected mode it may ignore the BIOS, in effect,
undoing the swap.  You can use the F4 key to cycle though the options for
this column or use the item menu.

The Hide column indicates how and what partitions will be hidden.  You can
use the F6 key cycle though the options or use the item menu.  The options
for this column are Auto, All, None, Some, As-Is.  When set to anything
other than As-Is, volumes are always unhidden.  "Auto" mode lets BootIt NG
determine which partitions to hide automatically.  If set to "All" then all
partitions except the boot partition are hidden.  "None" indicates that
none of the existing partitions should be hidden.  "Some" hides all but one
primary partition per hard drive.  "As-Is" does no hiding or unhiding of
partitions or volumes.

When booting from the floppy diskette or next BIOS device the swap and
hide options are determined by the active partition.

To use the next device option to boot from your CDROM drive, you should
set your BIOS boot sequence to have the CDROM immediately after the hard
drive.

To rename a partition or volume from the direct boot menu, use the
F10 key.

You can simulate a boot for the purpose of setting up the MBR without
actually booting the OS by holding down the left shift key while
selecting the item to boot.

<P><##004><B><C>Working with Partitions

The Work With Partitions dialog is accessed via the Partition Work button
on the desktop or the Partitions option on the edit menu.

* To create a new partition or volume; highlight a free space entry and
  click the Create button.

* To delete an existing partition or volume; highlight it then click on
  the Delete button.

* To undelete a partition or volume; highlight the free space entry and
  click on the Undelete button.  If the partition/volume recovered
  is not correct then, delete it using the 'Clear Boot Sector' option and
  click undelete again.

* To format a partition or volume; highlight it then click the Format
  button.  If the Format button is grayed out then it means that formatting
  is not supported for that type of file system.

* To resize a partition or volume; highlight it then click the Resize
  button.

* To convert to/from a FAT/FAT32 file system; highlight the existing
  partition or volume and click the Resize button.  Change the radio
  button to the file system desired and click okay.

* To copy a partition or volume; highlight it then click the Copy button.
  "Copy Pending" is displayed on the bottom of the dialog.  Select
  a free space block as the destination and then click the Paste
  button.

* To move or slide a partition or volume; highlight it then click the
  Slide button.

* To create a compressed image of a partition or volume; highlight it
  then click on the Image button.  "Image Pending" is displayed on
  the bottom of the dialog.  Select a free space block, a CD/DVD R/RW drive,
  or a FAT/FAT32/NTFS partition or volume as the destination and then click
  on the Paste Button. NOTE: If you are pasting to a free space volume then
  be sure it's not the last volume in the extended partition when you boot
  DOS/Win9x/WinME; you should make sure a FAT or FAT32 volume is last.
  NOTE: DVD-RW discs must be new or fully blanked or the write process
  will fail.

* To restore a compressed image of a partition or volume; highlight the
  location of the existing compressed partition or volume and click on
  the Image button.   "Image Pending" is displayed on the bottom of the
  dialog.  Select a free space block or an existing partition large enough
  to contain the restored image and then click the Paste button.


* To view the properties of the partition or volume; highlight it then
  click on properties (Enter).  This option will also check for some common
  partition errors.  If any errors are found you are either prompted with
  an option to fix it or a warning is displayed in the properties dialog.

<P><##104><B><C>Image Sets

Image sets are a set of partitions/volumes to be imaged one after the
other.  The name of an image set is the name of the file you create.
This file will have the .IMS extension handled automatically.

Once you create/open the image set, you can then maintain the items via
the add, edit, delete buttons on the right hand side.  All items need to
contain a source hard drive, source partition, destination hard drive,
destination partition, file name, and maximum file size.

All images created using the image set feature will need to be created
as files on a FAT, FAT32 or NTFS partition.  The source and destination
must be different.

Once setup, the start button can be used to execute the process manually
or you can use 'BootNow' and the new /ims= switch to automatically
schedule execution.

<P><##005><B><C>Using the Multi-OS Feature

The multi-os feature of BootIt NG allows you to install more than one
operating system in the same primary partition.  BootIt NG only supports
multi-os in a FAT or FAT32 primary partition.

To enable this feature you must check the "multi-os" check box when creating
the partition or, after it is created, in the properties dialog available
through the "Work with Partitions" dialog.

Once enabled, you can install another operating system in to the same
partition (but different directory) as another one.  When you reboot
BootIt NG Will detect the new operating system and create a new boot menu
option for it.  If BootIt doesn't detect the new operating system then
you can manually capture the required files by using the "Groups" button
from the "Work with Partitions" dialog.

If you want to add, remove, or change the handling of any of the files
associated with a group then you should highlight the multi-os partition
in the "Work with Partitions" dialog and click the Groups button.

You should note that some operating systems use the same directory
structure for some of its files which could cause some files to get
overwritten.  For example, both Windows 95 and 98 use the \PROGRAM FILES
directory for an Accessories folder.  So even if you had Windows 95
installed in \WINDOWS and installed Windows 98 to \WIN98 the files in
the Accessories folder could be overwritten by Windows 98.  To solve this
you could have installed Windows 98 to its own drive letter (D:\WINDOWS
for example).  In this case you still need the multi-os feature because
Windows 98 will install its boot files in to the C: drive and the rest
would be installed to D:.  The multi-os feature protects the Windows 95
boot files on C: and creates a new set for Windows 98.

<P><##006><B><C>Uninstalling BootIt NG

1) If you do not have primaries limited then the first step to uninstalling
   is to make sure you have no more than 4 primary partitions per hard
   drive.  You can use the "Work with Partitions" dialog to delete any
   extra primary partitions.

2) From the Utilities Menu choose the Uninstall option.

3) Check the "Remove BootIt NG" check box.

4) If you want to also remove all groups and captured OS files then check
   the "Remove Group/Captured OS Files" check box.

5) Click Okay.

BootIt NG has now been uninstalled.  The first primary partition of HD0 has
been marked active.  If your system boots the incorrect partition or won't
boot at all then you can use fdisk to set the correct partition active.
You can also use the BootIt NG floppy diskette to set the correct partition
active by doing the following:

  A) Boot from the BootIt NG Installation diskette.
  B) Click the cancel button to enter "maintenance mode".
  C) Click on the Partition Work button.
  D) Click on the View MBR button.
  E) Highlight the partition you want active and click on the Set Active
     button.
  D) Click on the apply button.

<P><##010><B><C>Shortcut Keys

The following is a list a general shortcut keys that can be used with most
dialogs:

  F1     Help;
  F10    Ok/Close/Apply
  F12    Capture screen to pcx file A:\IMGx.PCX
  Esc    Cancel
  Ins    Add/Create/Fill
  Del    Delete/Clear

<P><##007><B><C>How to Order

Visit http://www.terabyteunlimited.com and click on Purchase or fill
in the order form (included at the end of the user manual and in the
text file "order.txt") and mail it with a check or money order drawn
on a U.S. Bank in U.S. Dollars to:

TeraByte Unlimited
1350 N. Town Center Dr. #1049
Las Vegas, NV 89144

If you do not have a United States banking account then you have the
follow options:

  * Order online with a credit card at http://www.terabyteunlimited.com

  * Send an international postal money order drawn off of a U.S. Bank in
    U.S. Dollars.  (western union or your local post office)

  * Have your bank issue a check off of a U.S. Bank in U.S. Dollars.  Be
    sure you have your name referenced on the check and e-mail the order
    form to orders@terabyteunlimited.com.

<B>Pricing of BootIt Next Generation

Pricing depends on the quantity ordered as follows:

  01-14:   $34.95 each.
  15-19:   $25.76 each.
  20-29:   $22.30 each.
  30-39:   $18.48 each.
  40-59:   $16.32 each.
  60-99:   $13.84 each.
  100-199: $11.39 each.
  200-999:  $8.93 each.
  1000+:    $5.38 each.

<P><##008><B><C>Contacting TeraByte Unlimited

Registered users that require technical support should try to use e-mail
as the primary communication method.  Telephone support will also be
given as needed.

Pre-sale information and technical support for unregistered users will be
given via e-mail only.

In all cases TeraByte Unlimited reserves the right to refuse any
communication method that would incur a cost.

<B>E-Mail: support@terabyteunlimited.com

<B>Website: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com

Phone: (702) 464-8657; Monday thru Friday;
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