Acronis disk director suite 9.0 User Manual

 

Working with Acronis OS Selector

 

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Acronis OS Selector allows you to create shortcuts for any operating system in 
the boot menu. Shortcuts enable you to create several different configurations 
for the same operating system. 
Shortcut parameters are set in the same way as those of the operating system. 
Shortcuts can be copied, deleted and renamed like operating systems. 
You can create a shortcut for a selected operating system in the following ways: 
•  Clicking Create shortcut in the Edit sidebar section, main window toolbar 

or boot menu 

•  Clicking Create Shortcut in the Edit section of the main menu 
•  Clicking Create Shortcut on the toolbar 
•  Using a context menu invoked by a right-click 

With the Delete button, you can delete any operating system installed on your 
PC along with its shortcuts. 

 

By deleting an operating system, you can remove all contents of system folders 

assigned to this OS. 

 

Windows system folders will be deleted if only will be checked Delete the 

operating system directories check-box. 

Acronis OS Selector users can assign any name to operating systems or their 
shortcuts. That can be done by clicking Rename on the sidebar, toolbar, main 
menu or context menu. 

Acronis OS Selector allows you to duplicate any installed operating system or its 
shortcut. It might be useful if you want to test unknown software before having 
it on main OS. 

Copying an OS implies duplicating all its system files and folders and 
configuration files, as well as all programs installed in a separate folder located 
inside hidden system BOOTWIZ folder (see 1.3.2 «Acronis OS Selector 
installation»).   

 

An NTFS operating system (Windows NT/2000/XP) can be copied only if its system 

files and folders are specified in its options and have the Enable parameter 

activated.