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Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2007
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7.12 RENAMING OPERATING SYSTEMS ................................................................................................... 95
7.13 COPYING OPERATING SYSTEMS ...................................................................................................... 95
7.14 SETTING ACRONIS OS SELECTOR OPTIONS..................................................................................... 95
CHAPTER 8. INSTALLING AND USING SEVERAL OPERATING SYSTEMS ON A SINGLE PC
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8.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................100
8.2 INSTALLING SEVERAL WINDOWS COPIES TO A SINGLE PC ............................................................... 101
8.3 INSTALLING LINUX AND WINDOWS ON THE SAME PC...................................................................... 106
CHAPTER 9. BOOTABLE MEDIA BUILDER.................................................................................. 108
9.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 108
9.2 CREATING BOOTABLE MEDIA........................................................................................................... 108
APPENDIX A. HARD DISK AND FILE SYSTEMS........................................................................... 111
A.1 HARD DISK ORGANIZATION............................................................................................................. 111
A.2 HARD DISK PARTITION .................................................................................................................... 112
A.3 PARTITION TYPES ............................................................................................................................ 112
A.4 PRIMARY PARTITIONS...................................................................................................................... 113
A.5 EXTENDED PARTITIONS ................................................................................................................... 114
A.6 LOGICAL PARTITIONS ...................................................................................................................... 114
A.7 FORMATTING HARD DISKS .............................................................................................................. 114
A.8 FILE SYSTEMS.................................................................................................................................. 115
A.9 FILE SYSTEM MAIN SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................... 115
APPENDIX B. PARTICULARITIES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS................................................. 119
B.1 DOS-TYPE OPERATING SYSTEMS .................................................................................................... 119
B.2 WINDOWS 95/98/ME........................................................................................................................ 121
B.3 WINDOWS NT/2000/XP................................................................................................................... 122
B.4 LINUX .............................................................................................................................................. 124
B.5 OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................... 124
APPENDIX C. GLOSSARY................................................................................................................... 125