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- Welcome to Acronis OS Selector
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- The product is developed by Acronis.
- Copyright (C) SWsoft, 2000-2002.
- All rights reserved.
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- Contents
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- 1. About OS Selector
- 2. System requirements
- 3. Restrictions of personal and demo versions
- 4. About Acronis
- 5. Contact us
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- 1. About OS Selector
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-
- Faced with current multi-faceted world of the operating
- systems the user has always to choose between them. And
- the choice is not always the best. Now it is much
- easier to solve this problem. OS Selector allows using
- many different operating systems all of which are
- installed on single computer and easily switch between
- them at booting time. In some cases in order to
- comfortably allocate several operating systems on
- single computer it may be necessary to change
- partitions structure without data loss. We strongly
- recommend to use Disk Administrator from OS Selector
- package as very powerful, safe and easy to use
- partition manager. A competent design and a friendly
- user interface makes using OS Selector a pleasure.
-
- OS Selector has the following main features:
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- *ááSupoprts a vast amount of operating systems
- including DR-DOS, MS-DOS, PC-DOS, PTS-DOS, Windows
- 9x/ME, Windows NT/2000/XP, OS/2, Linux, FreeBSD, SUN
- Solaris, SCO Unix, BeOS etc.
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- * Can be installed on any FAT16/FAT32 partition,
- including a separate partition that is unavailable to
- any other operating system.
-
- *ááSupports booting from floppies right from the Boot
- Menu.
-
- *ááAutomatically detects operating systems both on
- primary and logical partitions of all the hard disks
- that can be accessed through BIOS.
-
- *ááSupports several operating systems on one
- FAT16/FAT32 partition.
-
- *ááPrevents system and configuration files conflicts
- for operating systems that are installed on one
- partition.
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- * Allows fine-tuning the configurations of operating
- systems and their easy addition and deletion.
-
- * Built-in boot viruses protection.
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- * Easy recovery in case of MBR corruption.
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- * Supports large hard disks in all the modern BIOS
- modes.
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- * Ability to set separate passwords on Boot menu and
- different operating systems configurations.
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- OS Selector includes the Disk Administrator - a
- powerful tool for hard disk partition management. It
- allows:
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- *ááCreating partitions of any types and formatting them
- for FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Linux Ext2, Linux ReiserFS file
- systems and for Linux Swap. YOU CAN CHOOSE THE PRESIZE
- LOCATION OF A PARTITION AND ALL ITS PARAMETERS AT THE
- TIME OF CREATION.
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- * FAT16 <=> FAT32 partition conversion.
-
- *ááCopying and moving FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Linux Ext2,
- Linux ReiserFS and Linux Swap partitions. YOU CAN
- SELECT THE PRESIZE POSITION OF A PARTITION AND ALL ITS
- PARAMETERS AT THE TIME OF MOVING OR COPYING. YOU CAN
- COPY OR MOVE A PARTITION INTO A FREE SPACE OF SMALLER
- SIZE AS A SINGLE OPERATION!
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- *ááOn-fly FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Linux Ext2, Linux
- ReiserFS and Linux Swap partitions resizing.
-
- * SELECTING THE CLUSTER SIZE MANUALLY DURING ANY
- OPERATION OF CREATING, COPYING, MOVING OR RESIZING A
- PARTITION.
-
- * Deleting any partitions.
-
- *ááChanging FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and Linux Ext2 partition
- labels.
-
- * Getting detailed information about partitions.
-
- * GETTING DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT HARD DISKS.
-
- *ááOptional use of 64-kilobyte clusters for FAT16 and
- FAT32 partitions.
-
- *ááSECTOR-BY-SECTOR EDITING OF THE PARTITION AND HARD
- DISK CONTENTS WITH HELP OF A BUILT-IN MULTI-WINDOWED
- DISK EDITOR.
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- * SELECTING THE PARTITION LIST SORTING MODE.
-
- *ááBROWSING PARTITION LETTER AND NUMBER ASSIGNMENTS FOR
- DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS.
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- *ááPERFORMING PARTITION OPERATIONS AND VIEW THE CHANGES
- THAT WILL BE MADE BEFORE APPLYING THEM TO YOUR SYSTEM.
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- 2. System Requirements
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-
- OS Selector can be installed on any computer with at
- least i386 CPU, at least 4 megabytes RAM (you may need
- 32 megabytes or more to work with large partitions on
- large hard disks), a 3"5 floppy drive for installation
- from a diskette or a CD-ROM drive for installation from
- a CD-ROM, and a VGA-compatible video-board (VBE 2.0
- compatibility is recommended) and monitor. OS Selector
- requires at least 10 megabytes of space on any
- FAT16/FAT32 partition (if your PC lacks FAT partitions,
- Acronis OS Selector Installation Wizard will offer you
- to create it). A mouse would be handy, but is not a
- must.
-
- OS Selector may conflict with boot virus alarm that is
- built into many BIOSes because it frequently modifies
- the MBR and boot sector contents. For normal
- performance you have to switch this option off.
- Besides, some antiviral software may warn you about
- possible presence of viruses in, for example, the
- REINSTAL.COM file. If you have grounds to suspect that
- your computer is really infected you should perform all
- the necessary diagnostics and cures and restore OS
- Selector from the definitely uninfected installation
- diskette.
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- 3. Restrictions of Personal and Demo versions
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- Personal version has the following restrictions:
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- *ááIts Disk Administartor may perform operations with
- FAT16/FAT32 partitions only.
-
- Deluxe Demo version has the following restrictions:
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- * Progressive booting delay;
-
- * Impossibility to commit changes in Disk
- Administrator.
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- 4. About Acronis
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-
- With offices in the United States, Europe and Asia,
- Acronis offers comprehensive system solutions to
- corporate and home PC users worldwide. Acronis is the
- technological leader in partitioning, boot management,
- disk editing, data destruction, and other system tool
- areas. Acronis develops and markets some of the most
- popular system software titles available today,
- including:
- Acronis OS Selector
- Acronis MigrateEasy
- Acronis DiskEditor
- Acronis TrueImage
- Acronis DriveCleanser
- Acronis PrivacyExpert
- Acronis PartitionExpert
- Acronis RecoveryExpert
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- 5. Contact Us
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-
- Acronis, Inc.
-
- San Francisco Headquarters
-
- 395 Oyster Point Blvd.
- Suite 213
- South San Francisco
- CA 94080 USA
-
- Sales Fax / Voice mail: +1 888 380 3736
- (toll-free inside the U.S.)
-
- Homepage: http://www.acronis.com/
- E-mail: info@acronis.com
- Technical questions: support@acronis.com
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