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Installation and Use

3. You will be prompted to choose Typical, Custom or Complete installation. If you

pick Custom, you can choose not to install the Bootable Media Builder, a tool for

creating bootable media (see

Chapter 9 “Bootable Media Builder”). You might not need

this tool if you purchased a boxed product that contains a bootable CD.

If you have another Acronis product with its own Bootable Media Builder, such as Acronis

True Image, installed on your computer, the installation pro

ram will automatically detect

it and will not install another Bootable Media Builder re

ardless of your settin

. You can

create bootable media for all Acronis products using either product.

4. After installation, reboot your PC.

1.3.2 Acronis OS Selector installation

To install Acronis OS Selector, you should first install Acronis Disk Director Suite. Then

select Start

Æ Programs Æ Acronis Æ Acronis DiskDirector Æ Install Acronis OS

Selector and follow the setup program instructions. If you already have Acronis OS

Selector installed on your computer, it will be updated by the new version.

During the installation of Acronis OS Selector, the hidden system folder BOOTWIZ will be

created on your PC to keep the program loader. Acronis OS Selector will also copy OS

system files found on your PC into this folder to avoid problems during bootup and to

simplify adding new OS in the future.

Acronis OS Selector can be installed in the Typical or Custom variants.

During Typical installation, the BOOTWIZ folder will be created in the system hard disk

partition that contains the Windows files and folders.

Using the Custom installation option, you will be able to select the location of the

BOOTWIZ folder. This might come in handy when a system partition is accidentally

destroyed or damaged. In that case, you will be able to access the Acronis OS Selector

boot menu even if the system partition is inaccessible. From this menu, you can run the

standalone version of Acronis Disk Director Suite, saved in the BOOTWIZ folder as well, to

create and restore partitions and access the Acronis Disk Editor tool.

1.4 Upgrading Acronis Disk Director Suite

If you already have Acronis Disk Director Suite installed on your PC, the installation

program will automatically find it and prompt you on its replacement with the new

version.

Software upgrades (with certain bug fixes) may be downloaded free from the Acronis

Web site:

http://www.acronis.com/support/updates/.

1.5 Removing Software

To remove Acronis Disk Director Suite, select Start → Settings → Control Panel →

Add or Remove Programs → Acronis Disk Director Suite

→ Remove. You will see