624462

Acronis Disk Director 11 Home Update 2 Manual

63
Zoom out
Zoom in
Previous page
1/87
Next page
Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010 63
8.4.5 Copying operating systems
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 installing it on the main OS.
Copying an operating system implies duplicating all its system files and folders and configuration
files, as well as all programs installed, into a separate folder located inside the hidden BOOTWIZ
system folder — see Acronis OS Selector installation (p. 9).
Copying can take a long time, so you will be prompted to confirm that you want to perform the task.
To copy an operating system
1. Select an operating system in the boot menu or program main window
2. Click Copy in the Edit sidebar section or select a respective item in the main menu or context
menu
After this, you will see a copy of this operating system in the Operating systems window with a
number automatically appended to its name, depending on the number of copies already made. If
needed, you can rename a copy by clicking Rename in the Edit sidebar section or selecting a
respective item in the main menu or context menu.
8.5 Detecting operating systems
The OS detection tool allows an operating system that has been unintentionally deleted from the
boot menu to be found and added to the Acronis OS Selector boot menu and main window. Besides,
if an operating system on a newly connected disk was not detected automatically, you can try to add
it to the boot menu using this tool.
A deleted Windows operating system cannot be detected if its system folders have been deleted from the hard
disk. A deleted Linux system cannot be detected if its loader was located in the master boot record (MBR).
To run the OS Detection Wizard
1. Select the OS Detection Wizard from the Tools menu.
2. Select whether you want to detect an operating system on the hard disk, on CD, or to detect its
record in the MBR.
3. If you selected the hard disk, select the partition where the operating system (to be exact, its
boot part) is located. When detecting Linux, choose the partition containing Linux loader (for
Windows — see Installing several Windows copies to a single machine (p. 66)). Then click
Bootable.
Whatever the location of the operating system selected, you can set options of available
partitions, for example, hide some of them. These settings will be applied to the partitions each
time you boot the detected operating system.
4. If you selected Detect OS in MBR or on a FAT hard disk partition, select if you want to use Boot
sector on partition or Boot sector in file. Generally, the first setting will be enough. Having
selected the second, you will have to specify a path to the file, containing a previously saved boot
sector of the detected operating system.
5. Next, you will see a list of detected operating systems. Click Finish to add them to the Acronis OS
Selector boot menu and main window.
… 63 …


Need help? Post your question in this forum.

Forumrules


Report abuse

Libble takes abuse of its services very seriously. We're committed to dealing with such abuse according to the laws in your country of residence. When you submit a report, we'll investigate it and take the appropriate action. We'll get back to you only if we require additional details or have more information to share.

Product:

For example, Anti-Semitic content, racist content, or material that could result in a violent physical act.

For example, a credit card number, a personal identification number, or an unlisted home address. Note that email addresses and full names are not considered private information.

Forumrules

To achieve meaningful questions, we apply the following rules:

Register

Register getting emails for Acronis Disk Director 11 Home Update 2 at:


You will receive an email to register for one or both of the options.


Get your user manual by e-mail

Enter your email address to receive the manual of Acronis Disk Director 11 Home Update 2 in the language / languages: English as an attachment in your email.

The manual is 0,79 mb in size.

 

You will receive the manual in your email within minutes. If you have not received an email, then probably have entered the wrong email address or your mailbox is too full. In addition, it may be that your ISP may have a maximum size for emails to receive.

Others manual(s) of Acronis Disk Director 11 Home Update 2

Acronis Disk Director 11 Home Update 2 User Manual - German - 92 pages


The manual is sent by email. Check your email

If you have not received an email with the manual within fifteen minutes, it may be that you have a entered a wrong email address or that your ISP has set a maximum size to receive email that is smaller than the size of the manual.

The email address you have provided is not correct.

Please check the email address and correct it.

Your question is posted on this page

Would you like to receive an email when new answers and questions are posted? Please enter your email address.



Info