Acronis os selector 8.0 User Manual

Chapter 5. Acronis OS Selector Setup

5.1

Automatic Setup Operation Mode

In 1.6 «How does Acronis OS Selector Function?» it was said that Acronis OS
Selector Loader executes Setup in two cases:

• If the Loader detects any changes in the hard disk partition structure;
• On the first run after installation or update.

In these cases Setup scans the hard disks of your computer for operating
systems, tries to identify them and adds their configurations to the Boot
Menu.

If Setup has been able to identify the operating system it automatically
backups its boot sector and system and configuration files, and creates a list
of system folders if there are any.

Unidentified operating systems are added to the menu under «Unknown
operating system» name and with empty system and configuration files and
system folders lists. You can edit all these parameters if necessary by
manually running Setup from Boot Menu.

Where possible, Setup also automatically detects operating system upgrades.

Sometimes Setup is unable to automatically finish the identification process.
In these cases user intervention is required:

1. A system file of an operating system has been changed, and Acronis OS

Selector does not know if a new operating system was installed, or the
old one was upgraded, or the user or some program modified this file by
mistake. In this case Setup will ask you what to do.

2. Acronis OS Selector has detected that you have started a Windows

NT/2000/XP installation. Windows NT/2000/XP installation consists of
several steps on which Setup might need additional information from
you. See Chapter 11 «Installing/Updating Windows NT/2000/XP» for
details.