Operation Manual

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000–2005
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7.12 COPYING OPERATING SYSTEMS ...................................................................................................... 89
7.13 SETTING ACRONIS OS SELECTOR OPTIONS..................................................................................... 90
CHAPTER 8. INSTALLING AND USING SEVERAL OPERATING SYSTEMS ON A SINGLE PC
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8.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 95
8.2 INSTALLING SEVERAL WINDOWS COPIES TO A SINGLE PC ................................................................. 95
8.3 INSTALLING LINUX AND WINDOWS ON THE SAME PC...................................................................... 100
8.4 HOW TO INSTALL SEVERAL OS ON THE SAME PARTITION................................................................. 102
CHAPTER 9. BOOTABLE MEDIA BUILDER.................................................................................. 103
9.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 103
9.2 INVOKING THE BOOTABLE MEDIA BUILDER WIZARD...................................................................... 103
9.3 CREATING BOOTABLE DISKETTES FOR ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE .......................................... 104
9.4 CREATING BOOTABLE DISKETTES FOR ACRONIS OS SELECTOR ....................................................... 104
9.5 CREATING BOOTABLE CDS .............................................................................................................. 105
APPENDIX A. HARD DISK AND OPERATING SYSTEM .............................................................. 106
A.1 HARD DISK ORGANIZATION............................................................................................................. 106
A.2 HARD DISK PARTITION .................................................................................................................... 107
A.3 PARTITION TYPES ............................................................................................................................ 107
A.4 PRIMARY PARTITIONS...................................................................................................................... 109
A.5 EXTENDED PARTITIONS ................................................................................................................... 109
A.6 LOGICAL PARTITIONS ...................................................................................................................... 109
A.7 FORMATTING HARD DISKS .............................................................................................................. 109
A.8 FILE SYSTEMS.................................................................................................................................. 110
A.9 FILE SYSTEM MAIN SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................... 111
APPENDIX B. PARTICULARITIES OF OPERATING SYSTEM FUNCTIONING ..................... 115
B.1 DOS-TYPE OPERATING SYSTEMS .................................................................................................... 115
B.2 WINDOWS 95/98/ME........................................................................................................................ 117
B.3 WINDOWS NT/2000/XP................................................................................................................... 118
B.4 LINUX .............................................................................................................................................. 120
B.5 OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................... 120
APPENDIX C. GLOSSARY................................................................................................................... 122