Acronis os selector 8.0 User Manual

Chapter 4. Boot Menu

The Boot Menu is a program that opens a dialog box with the same name
that contains a list of configurations of operating systems that you can see
every time you reboot your computer.

The Boot Menu does not show up in two cases:

1. If you have deactivated Acronis OS Selector.
2. If you have indicated in the Setup options that default configuration

should be booted at once.

In the first case you should activate Acronis OS Selector by booting from the
installation media. In the second, you can get into Boot Menu by managing
to press the

Esc

key when Acronis OS Selector is booted.

On Boot menu an access password may be set. This password will be asked
for on every Acronis OS Selector booting. Boot Menu access password may
be set, disabled and changed through the Acronis OS Selector Setup Options
dialog. To learn more about Passwords see 5.7.3 «Passwords».

If in the Setup Options boot default configuration at once option is chosen, the Boot
Menu will not appear and a password will not be used.