Particularities of Operating Systems
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NTLDR (mandatory)
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BOOTFONT.BIN (mandatory for those language versions that use their own font)
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NTDETECT.COM (mandatory)
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NTBOOTDD.SYS (mandatory if the system folder partition cannot be accessed with
usual BIOS hard disk access function)
Configuration files list:
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BOOT.INI (mandatory).
B.3.4 System
Folders
The major parts of Windows NT/2000/XP reside in the following folders:
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System (its name can be set during installation, its default value is «Winnt»)
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Applications (in English and most Eastern Windows versions, its name is «Program
Files», in other Western Windows versions, this folder has other names)
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Personal documents and settings (in English and most Eastern Windows versions, its
name is «Documents and Settings», in other Western Windows versions, this folder
has other names)
Because the application folder name cannot be changed, the ability of several operating
systems to have folders with the same names on a partition was added to Acronis Disk
Director Suite. Such folders are called system folders. A system folder is moved to its
place (root folder) only when the corresponding operating system is booted, otherwise it
remains in the OS Selector system folder.
The above-mentioned folders are added to the system folders list automatically when an
operating system is detected. Nevertheless, you can always manually edit this list by
running Setup from Boot Menu and editing the properties of the selected operating
system. For example, sometimes it is useful to add the «Recycle» folder.
Acronis Disk Director Suite can manage the Windows NT/2000/XP system folders only if
they reside on a FAT16/FAT32 partition.
B.3.5 Limitations
Different Windows NT/2000/XP versions have the following limitations:
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For any Windows NT/2000/XP version, the boot partition must be a primary partition
of the first hard disk
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Windows NT versions 3.51 and 4.0 recognize the FAT16 and NTFS file systems,
Windows 2000 also recognizes the FAT32 file system
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The boot partition of Windows NT version 3.51 and 4.0 must be located among the
first 2 gigabytes of the hard disk
