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Acronis OS Selector 8.0
Try that new operating system you've been eyeing, your PC won't mind
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Install separate OSs for your colleagues,
friends and children. Try Windows XP while
keeping your current OS intact. Protect your data
using separate operating systems for work, tests
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Acronis OS Selector 8.0 is a powerful, reliable, and easy-to-use tool to manage booting of multiple operating systems on a single PC. It allows you to install up to 100, or even more, operating systems (OSs) on one computer, boot an OS from any partition on any hard disk, have several operating system on the same partition, and protect your computer from boot viruses.
Moreover, Acronis OS Selector 8.0 allows you to resize Windows FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Linux Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, and Linux Swap partitions without losing data and create a room for new OS installation.
Protect your data
Acronis OS Selector allows you to install separate operating systems for your children, your work and for software tests. You can also protect OS booting by a password.
Use your favorite old programs as well as modern environment
Your favorite games and applications don't work with Windows XP? Simply install both XP and your old Windows version and reboot when necessary.
Try new Windows version
With Acronis OS Selector 8.0 you can install Windows XP without overwriting or deleting a previous Windows edition — and it's as easy as one-two-three. You can also remove an OS with a few mouse clicks.
Try Linux or any other new OS
You have probably heard and read much about Linux, but never tried it before? Acronis OS Selector 8.0 will help you to resize your partitions, including NTFS, and make room for Linux.
Acronis OS Selector 8.0 is THE BEST CHOICE if you are looking for the fastest, easiest, most intuitive boot manager!
All Acronis OS Selector 8.0 Features
We are trully confident that you will like unique features of Acronis OS Selector 8.0. Happy computing!
| Key features |
- Support up to 100 of any known operating systems including Windows XP and Linux on a single PC.
- Install several versions of Windows on a single partition. Operating systems with same folder names (e.g. C:\Program Files) on one partition are supported.
- Acronis' exclusive! — Windows Installation Wizard to guide you through the entire Windows installation procedure.
- Acronis' exclusive! — Install and boot operating system from any partition of any hard disk.
- Protect OS booting and setup by a password.
- Hide operating systems and partitions.
- Clone an OS installation as a back-up.
- Repartition your system for a new OS installation.
- Boot viruses protection included.
| Usability |
- Intuitive Windows XP-styled interface with comprehensive on-line help and full mouse support.
- Very flexible and fine adjustments of the boot menu.
- True independence from operating systems.
- Installation on any FAT16 or FAT32 partition on any hard disk, or on a separate partition, that can be hidden from all other operating systems.
- Increased stability with respect to changes in partition and hard disk configurations.
- Turn off power and clock available for your comfort.
| Partitioning |
- Resize Windows FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Linux Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS and Linux SWAP partitions.
- Create partitions on any free space for new OS installation
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Boot managemenet:
- Support operating systems both on primary and logical partitions of any hard disk drive.
- Support several Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP OSs on a single partition.
- Full copying of Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP operating systems.
- Updates Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / XP without losing a previous version.
- Hide any partitions independently from any given operating system.
- Special partitions hiding from Windows NT / 2000 / XP operating systems.
- Boot Windows 95 / 98 / ME from a logical partition.
- Boot Windows 95 / 98 / ME from a second hard disk.
- Automatically boot default operating system.
- Edit configuration files without booting operating system.
Operating system detection:
- Automatic detection of both known and unknown operating systems.
- Operating system update detection.
- Detect and turn off boot managers built into operating systems.
- Operating system version number and langugage detection.
- Automatically create basic Windows 95 / 98 configurations.
- Automatically recover MBR.
- Support unknown operating systems.
Installation:
- Installation on any hard disk and even a logical partition.
- Installation on an existing partition.
- Installation over an existing operating system.
- Activation/deactivation via installation diskette/CD-ROM.
- Uninstallation via installation diskette/CD-ROM.
Supported operating systems
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System requirements
- i386 or better CPU
- 4 MB RAM for boot management
- 32 MB RAM for hard disk partition management
- more than 32 MB RAM for large partition management
