Working with Acronis OS Selector
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Chapter 7.
Working with Acronis OS
Selector
7.1 General
information
Acronis OS Selector is a powerful, reliable and easy-to-use boot manager that allows
several operating systems on a single PC and lets you create different configurations for
any OS installed. With Acronis OS Selector you can:
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Install several different operating systems on a single PC
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Load installed operating systems from any hard disk partition or boot the PC from
bootable CD/DVD
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Load installed operating systems from under Windows
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Install several operating systems on a single partition
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Hide or protect with a password any operating system on your PC
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Duplicate installed operating systems and define different configurations for each copy
7.2
Starting the work
After Acronis OS Selector is installed together with Acronis Disk Director Suite, all
operating systems that exist on the given PC will be automatically located and added to
the boot menu. The software will also automatically set the parameters and properties for
every OS found (see section 7.7 «Setting operating system properties».
You can run Acronis OS Selector by clicking the respective item in the tools section of the
Acronis Disk Director Suite main window sidebar or in the main menu.
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Acronis OS Selector can also be run as a separate application by clicking Start
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Programs
Æ
Acronis
Æ
Disk Director Suite
Æ
OS Selector
You can control Acronis OS Selector in two ways:
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From its main window under Windows
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From the Acronis OS Selector boot menu invoked at bootup before the operating
system is booted. The boot menu has the same interface and structure as the main
window.
