Operation Manual

Particularities of Operating System Function
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operating system resides is called the system folder partition. Multiple operating
systems of Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000 may conflict because of
the application folder (see B.2.3 «System Folders»).
It is possible for several different Windows NT/2000/XP to be booted from a
single loader.
B.3.3 System and Configuration Files
Windows NT/2000/XP system files list:
• NTLDR (mandatory)
• BOOTFONT.BIN (mandatory for those language versions that use their own
font)
• NTDETECT.COM (mandatory)
• NTBOOTDD.SYS (mandatory if the system folder partition cannot be accessed
with usual BIOS hard disk access function)
Configuration files list:
• BOOT.INI (mandatory).
B.3.4 System Folders
The major parts of Windows NT/2000/XP reside in the following folders:
• System (its name can be set during installation, its default value is «Winnt»)
• Applications (in English and most Eastern Windows versions, its name is
«Program Files», in other Western Windows versions, this folder has other
names)
• 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.