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<a#000><C>CONTENTS <a#001>Installing BootIt NG <a#009>The Floppy Boot Menu <a#002>Setup of Options and Users <a#003>The Boot Menu <a#004>Working with Partitions <a#104>Image Sets <a#005>Using the Multi-OS Feature <a#006>Uninstalling BootIt NG <a#010>Shortcut Keys <a#007>How to Order <a#008>Contacting TeraByte Unlimited <##001><C>Installing BootIt NG <a#150>Click here if upgrading from BootIt 2.x/Lite/Direct. <a#151>Click here if upgrading from an existing BootIt NG Installation. For new installations: 1) Boot with the setup diskette (which by being here means you already have) 2) You must exit the help dialog and if you accessed help from the desktop, click on the Resume button to resume setup. 3) At the Welcome to setup prompt click the OK button. <##101>4) Setup gives you the option of enabling more than four primary partitions. a) if you choose yes then you must only partition your hard drive using BootIt NG. b) if you choose no then you can continue to use any other partitioning software such as fdisk. Click on your choice. <##102>5) Setup asks if you want to manually choose the partition or have setup choose it for you. You should normally click on yes to have setup choose the partition for you. If you click on no then you will have to perform a manual installation. <a#100>Click here for manual installation instructions. <##103>6) Setup asks if you want to install BootIt NG to its own partition. Installing BootIt NG to its own partition requires unpartitioned space and takes up one primary partition which could be an issue if you chose not to enable support for more than 4 primary partitions. Click on your choice. If setup can't accommodate your choice, it will notify you later and give you the option to change it. 7) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs. Click OK to begin copying files to the hard drive. <##150>For upgrades from existing BootIt Products: 1) Boot with the setup diskette (which by being here means you already have) 2) You must exit the help dialog and if you accessed help from the desktop, click on the Resume button to resume setup. 3) At the Welcome to setup prompt click the OK button. 4) It asks if you want to manually choose the partition or have setup choose it for you. Click on yes to have setup choose the partition. 5) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs. Click OK to begin copying files to the hard drive. <##151>Upgrading existing BootIt NG installation: 1) Boot with the setup diskette (which by being here means you already have) 2) You must exit the help dialog and if you accessed help from the desktop, click on the Resume button. 3) At the Floppy Diskette Menu click on the Upgrade BootIt NG radio button then press OK. 4) At the Welcome to setup prompt click the OK button. 5) It asks if you want to manually choose the partition or have setup choose it for you. Click on yes to have setup choose the partition. 6) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs. Click OK to begin the upgrade. <##100>Manual installation During setup you are asked if setup should choose the partition or if you want to manually choose it. Normally you should let setup choose the partition but here are the instructions for manually choosing the partition. 1) When you click on the No button to indicate you want to manually choose the partition, a message is displayed which indicates you must ensure that an EMBR exists on HD0 and on the drive chosen for installation. Click OK to close that message. 2) The "Work with Partitions" dialog is displayed with a new "Setup" button in the lower right corner. The setup button will only appear if you've entered the "Work with Partitions" dialog during setup. From this dialog you must ensure that HD0 has an EMBR: a) Make sure the HD0 radio button is clicked b) If the Create EMBR button is enabled then click on it and it will change to Undo EMBR which means the EMBR exists for HD0. If the partition you're going to create or use is not on hard drive 0 then you must also create an EMBR on that drive by: a) Making sure the radio button of the HD you are installing to is clicked. b) If the Create EMBR button is enabled then click on it. Now that the EMBR exists where it needs to you can highlight the partition for installation. It must be a FAT, FAT32, or EMBRM type of primary partition. If one doesn't exist you can create and format it at this time. If the setup button is grayed out then it means that HD0 does not have an EMBR, the current drive does not have an EMBR, or the partition you highlighted is not a FAT, FAT32, or EMBRM type. If the setup button is not grayed out then click on it to continue with setup. 3) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs. Click OK to begin copying files to the hard drive. <##009><C>The Floppy Boot Menu The floppy boot menu appears when you boot with the BootIt NG installation diskette after BootIt NG has been installed. The menu has the following options Reactivate BootIt NG Using this option reactivates BootIt NG. BootIt NG can become deactivated after installing a new operating system like Windows 95/98/ME/2K. It may have also been deactivated by using the deactivate option on the uninstall dialog. Capture MBR Most users won't have a need to capture the MBR. If you have a special operating system or need to use a special MBR then use this option to capture it before Reactivate BootIt NG. Once captured you can use it in the boot items you create for the "Normal" Boot Menu. Capture LVM Data Most users won't have a need to capture LVM Data. If you have a special need for this then once captured, you can use it in the boot items you create for the "Normal" Boot Menu. Access BootIt NG Partition This option mounts and changes the current drive to be the BootIt NG partition on the hard drive. This enables you to use files or other items which may only exist on the hard drive partition. It also enables to still access the hard drive partition if the partition is deleted. If you move the EMBRM partition after installation, you should reinstall BootIt NG to update the pointers on the installation diskette. Upgrade or Reinstall BootIt NG Choosing this option starts the BootIt NG Setup. <##002><C>Setup of Options and Users To change settings or maintain users, click the Settings button on the desktop or the Settings option on the edit menu. ** Startup Items ** TimeOut: Set this to the number of seconds to wait for user input before automatically booting. If set to zero then no timeout will occur. Sound: The sound file that will be played when the boot menu is first displayed. Background: The background (PCX) file that will be displayed when the main boot menu screen is displayed. (SVGA mode only) Direct Boot Menu: Check this box if you want the Direct Boot Menu to be the default menu displayed. ** General Items ** Completion Alarm: Sounds an alarm when a copy, slide, format, resize or image completes. Full Partition List: If enabled then the full list of partitions will be displayed when creating a new partition or volume; otherwise an abbreviated list is displayed. Virus Check: A simple check for possible viruses is performed on boot up. If a possible virus is detected, you should use your anti-virus program with the latest updates to check for viruses. If none are found, you can disable this option to suppress the warning message. Fix Swap: Enable this option if your system locks up when you use the swap option. Use Volume Label For FAT/FAT32/HPFS file systems it will override the name of the partition or volume to match the volume label on the file system. Renaming a FAT or FAT32 partition/volume with this option enabled will also change the volume label on the file system. Align on End: Most users should just leave this checked. CHS Alternative If this option is enabled then the CHS values for partitions and volumes will be filled in using an alternative method. Make HD0 Active: Required by new BIOSes when booting from a hard drive other than HD0. Keep HD Active This is a special purpose option that will prevent the active flag from being turned off on hard drives not being booted. ClearSig Required: Win2K/XP may require clearsig to boot copied or slid partitions as explained on the help/information web page. Use HD0 in BPB: This special purpose option forces the BPB drive number to HD0 even when it's on another drive. Limit Primaries This option has a profound effect of how BootIt NG operates. If the Limit Primaries option is on then you are limited to having the normal maximum of four primary partitions. You can also continue to use other partitioning software such as fdisk. If the Limit Primaries option is NOT on then you can have more than four primary partitions but you should NOT use any partitioning software except for BootIt NG. This option will be grayed out and disabled if any of your existing hard drives has more than four primary partitions. IT Mode: In this mode the GUI is not displayed and the system boots directly to the default boot item or last boot item if no default is found. It should only be used with the "normal" "default" boot menu. Hold down the Insert key (or right Ctrl key) during the initial boot of your system to display the boot menu. BootNow Support If you are planning on using the separate freeware program "BootNow" from TeraByte Unlimited then you should enable this option. ATAPI CD Support: Enables imaging to/from an ATAPI CD-R/RW or DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW drive that is attached to the standard ATA primary or secondary controller. USB 2.0 Support Enable this option to support high speed USB 2.0 hard drives and CD/DVD drives. IEEE1394 Support Enable this option to support IEEE1394 hard drives and CD/DVD drives. CD Close Method Z Enable (or disable) this option if you recieve errors when the CD is being closed during image to cd operations. Burn Extra Track Enable this option to write the image summary data to CD one as track two when directly imaging to CD. When burned this way, you won't have to insert the last CD before beginning the restore. NOTE: This option may not work correctly with your device; if you should receive any write or read errors when creating or verifying then you should disable this option. ** Security ** Maintenance Password: The password required to exit a boot menu to the desktop. Enter the password twice to verify its input. Require User Name: If this option is checked then when the system is booted a user name and password must be entered. The Users Button: This button displays the user maintenance dialog. From that dialog you can add, delete, or edit users. Each user can be assigned their own "normal" Boot Menu and Direct Boot menu options. If a special user named "any" is created with no password then that user will be automatically signed on unless the insert key is held down on startup. <##003><C>The Boot Menu There are two types of boot menus. The "Normal Boot Menu" which displays the specific "boot items" configured for it and the "Direct Boot Menu" which displays all partitions which haven't been disabled. You will normally want to use the "Normal Boot Menu", especially if you have enabled support for more than four primary partitions. THE "NORMAL" BOOT MENU The "Normal Boot Menu" ("Boot Menu") displays the items configured for it. All you need to do is double click an entry to boot from it. You can also force a one time option by using Alt-F (Floppy), Alt-N (Next BIOS Device) or Alt-S (BIOS Sequence) to boot the item. You setup the menu by clicking the Maintenance button then the "Boot Edit" button. This brings up a dialog that shows which menu is being edited in the title bar. From this dialog you can rearrange the order of the items by using the "Move Up" and "Move Dn" buttons, create a new menu item by clicking on the "Add" button, edit an existing menu item by <##300>highlighting it and clicking on the "Edit" button, or delete an item by highlighting it and clicking on the "Delete" button. If you click the Add or Edit buttons you are taken to the "Edit Menu Item" dialog. The fields on that dialog are defined below: ** Boot Details ** Identity: This is the name that will be displayed in the boot menu. Prefix a letter with '&' to enable a hot-key for the item. HD: The hard drive number starting at zero of the hard drive containing the partition/volume to boot. Boot: The name of the partition or volume to boot. Group: For multi-os partitions this is the group to use. Captured: For non multi-os partitions this is the captured MBR or LVM file to use (if any). MBR/LVM Files are rarely needed or used. Sound: The name of the sound file to play when this item is booted. Floppy Drive: Boot from a floppy drive. Swap: Enable swapping when booting this item. Next BIOS Device: Boot from the next BIOS device as setup in the BIOS. BIOS Sequence: Boot as-if the system is restarting. Default: Make this item the default. ** One Time Options ** These options operate the same as the "Boot Details" section but are turned off after being used. ** Keystrokes ** This option will allow you to enter up to 15 keystrokes to be played back when booting this item. The keystrokes are buffered and carried forward as if you had typed them in yourself. ** Password ** Allows you to assign a password that must be entered before this item is booted. A password protected boot item cannot be booted with BootNow(TM). ** MBR Details (Alt-M) ** This is the area where you indicate what partitions/volumes should be hidden/unhidden and where each partition should be in the MBR partition table when booting this option. At minimum the boot partition must be "loaded" to the MBR. To add partitions to the MBR Details list, highlight the position then click on the fill button or press the insert key You can also use the volumes button to hide individual volumes. To do so, highlight an extended partition from the list and click the volumes button. You should take care to not hide the last FAT/FAT32 ** MBR Details ** (cont) volume as DOS thru Windows 98 has a bug which causes problems mounting partitions if the last volume of an extended partition is not a recognized FAT or FAT32 partition. Retain Use these check boxes to indicate which drives should retain the items in the mbr at the time of boot instead of using the items in the mbr details section of the boot item. This special use option is of use to those swapping in EMBR enabled drives with limited primaries off. <##301>THE DIRECT BOOT MENU From the Direct Boot Menu all you need to do is double click an entry to boot from it. The Active, Swap, Hide columns of the menu indicate the setting for that partition/volume unless partitions are not limited. If partitions are not limited then booting from the Direct Boot Menu will only make the partition being booted visible; all other partitions will be hidden. The active column indicates if the partition or volume is set active. Most of the time the active primary partition on HD0 will be the C: drive. When you are installing a new operating system to a new partition you should normally make sure that the installation partition is set active or the installation may go to some other partition which is marked active. You can use the space bar to set the active partition. The Swap column indicates if the hard drive being booted will be swapped with HD0. In other words, if you boot a partition on HD1 (the second hard drive) with the swap option on then BootIt NG will swap that hard drive with HD0 so that HD1 is now HD0 and (the real) HD0 is now HD1. You should note that the swapping is done at the BIOS level and once an operating system boots in to protected mode it may ignore the BIOS, in effect, undoing the swap. You can use the F4 key to cycle though the options for this column or use the item menu. The Hide column indicates how and what partitions will be hidden. You can use the F6 key cycle though the options or use the item menu. The options for this column are Auto, All, None, Some, As-Is. When set to anything other than As-Is, volumes are always unhidden. "Auto" mode lets BootIt NG determine which partitions to hide automatically. If set to "All" then all partitions except the boot partition are hidden. "None" indicates that none of the existing partitions should be hidden. "Some" hides all but one primary partition per hard drive. "As-Is" does no hiding or unhiding of partitions or volumes. When booting from the floppy diskette or next BIOS device the swap and hide options are determined by the active partition. To use the next device option to boot from your CDROM drive, you should set your BIOS boot sequence to have the CDROM immediately after the hard drive. To rename a partition or volume from the direct boot menu, use the F10 key. You can simulate a boot for the purpose of setting up the MBR without actually booting the OS by holding down the left shift key while selecting the item to boot. <##004><C>Working with Partitions The Work With Partitions dialog is accessed via the Partition Work button on the desktop or the Partitions option on the edit menu. * To create a new partition or volume; highlight a free space entry and click the Create button. * To delete an existing partition or volume; highlight it then click on the Delete button. * To undelete a partition or volume; highlight the free space entry and click on the Undelete button. If the partition/volume recovered is not correct then, delete it using the 'Clear Boot Sector' option and click undelete again. * To format a partition or volume; highlight it then click the Format button. If the Format button is grayed out then it means that formatting is not supported for that type of file system. * To resize a partition or volume; highlight it then click the Resize button. * To convert to/from a FAT/FAT32 file system; highlight the existing partition or volume and click the Resize button. Change the radio button to the file system desired and click okay. * To copy a partition or volume; highlight it then click the Copy button. "Copy Pending" is displayed on the bottom of the dialog. Select a free space block as the destination and then click the Paste button. * To move or slide a partition or volume; highlight it then click the Slide button. * To create a compressed image of a partition or volume; highlight it then click on the Image button. "Image Pending" is displayed on the bottom of the dialog. Select a free space block, a CD/DVD R/RW drive, or a FAT/FAT32/NTFS partition or volume as the destination and then click on the Paste Button. NOTE: If you are pasting to a free space volume then be sure it's not the last volume in the extended partition when you boot DOS/Win9x/WinME; you should make sure a FAT or FAT32 volume is last. NOTE: DVD-RW discs must be new or fully blanked or the write process will fail. * To restore a compressed image of a partition or volume; highlight the location of the existing compressed partition or volume and click on the Image button. "Image Pending" is displayed on the bottom of the dialog. Select a free space block or an existing partition large enough to contain the restored image and then click the Paste button. * To view the properties of the partition or volume; highlight it then click on properties (Enter). This option will also check for some common partition errors. If any errors are found you are either prompted with an option to fix it or a warning is displayed in the properties dialog. <##104><C>Image Sets Image sets are a set of partitions/volumes to be imaged one after the other. The name of an image set is the name of the file you create. This file will have the .IMS extension handled automatically. Once you create/open the image set, you can then maintain the items via the add, edit, delete buttons on the right hand side. All items need to contain a source hard drive, source partition, destination hard drive, destination partition, file name, and maximum file size. All images created using the image set feature will need to be created as files on a FAT, FAT32 or NTFS partition. The source and destination must be different. Once setup, the start button can be used to execute the process manually or you can use 'BootNow' and the new /ims= switch to automatically schedule execution. <##005><C>Using the Multi-OS Feature The multi-os feature of BootIt NG allows you to install more than one operating system in the same primary partition. BootIt NG only supports multi-os in a FAT or FAT32 primary partition. To enable this feature you must check the "multi-os" check box when creating the partition or, after it is created, in the properties dialog available through the "Work with Partitions" dialog. Once enabled, you can install another operating system in to the same partition (but different directory) as another one. When you reboot BootIt NG Will detect the new operating system and create a new boot menu option for it. If BootIt doesn't detect the new operating system then you can manually capture the required files by using the "Groups" button from the "Work with Partitions" dialog. If you want to add, remove, or change the handling of any of the files associated with a group then you should highlight the multi-os partition in the "Work with Partitions" dialog and click the Groups button. You should note that some operating systems use the same directory structure for some of its files which could cause some files to get overwritten. For example, both Windows 95 and 98 use the \PROGRAM FILES directory for an Accessories folder. So even if you had Windows 95 installed in \WINDOWS and installed Windows 98 to \WIN98 the files in the Accessories folder could be overwritten by Windows 98. To solve this you could have installed Windows 98 to its own drive letter (D:\WINDOWS for example). In this case you still need the multi-os feature because Windows 98 will install its boot files in to the C: drive and the rest would be installed to D:. The multi-os feature protects the Windows 95 boot files on C: and creates a new set for Windows 98. <##006><C>Uninstalling BootIt NG 1) If you do not have primaries limited then the first step to uninstalling is to make sure you have no more than 4 primary partitions per hard drive. You can use the "Work with Partitions" dialog to delete any extra primary partitions. 2) From the Utilities Menu choose the Uninstall option. 3) Check the "Remove BootIt NG" check box. 4) If you want to also remove all groups and captured OS files then check the "Remove Group/Captured OS Files" check box. 5) Click Okay. BootIt NG has now been uninstalled. The first primary partition of HD0 has been marked active. If your system boots the incorrect partition or won't boot at all then you can use fdisk to set the correct partition active. You can also use the BootIt NG floppy diskette to set the correct partition active by doing the following: A) Boot from the BootIt NG Installation diskette. B) Click the cancel button to enter "maintenance mode". C) Click on the Partition Work button. D) Click on the View MBR button. E) Highlight the partition you want active and click on the Set Active button. D) Click on the apply button. <##010><C>Shortcut Keys The following is a list a general shortcut keys that can be used with most dialogs: F1 Help; F10 Ok/Close/Apply F12 Capture screen to pcx file A:\IMGx.PCX Esc Cancel Ins Add/Create/Fill Del Delete/Clear <##007><C>How to Order Visit http://www.terabyteunlimited.com and click on Purchase or fill in the order form (included at the end of the user manual and in the text file "order.txt") and mail it with a check or money order drawn on a U.S. Bank in U.S. Dollars to: TeraByte Unlimited 1350 N. Town Center Dr. #1049 Las Vegas, NV 89144 If you do not have a United States banking account then you have the follow options: * Order online with a credit card at http://www.terabyteunlimited.com * Send an international postal money order drawn off of a U.S. Bank in U.S. Dollars. (western union or your local post office) * Have your bank issue a check off of a U.S. Bank in U.S. Dollars. Be sure you have your name referenced on the check and e-mail the order form to orders@terabyteunlimited.com. Pricing of BootIt Next Generation Pricing depends on the quantity ordered as follows: 01-14: $34.95 each. 15-19: $25.76 each. 20-29: $22.30 each. 30-39: $18.48 each. 40-59: $16.32 each. 60-99: $13.84 each. 100-199: $11.39 each. 200-999: $8.93 each. 1000+: $5.38 each. <##008><C>Contacting TeraByte Unlimited Registered users that require technical support should try to use e-mail as the primary communication method. Telephone support will also be given as needed. Pre-sale information and technical support for unregistered users will be given via e-mail only. In all cases TeraByte Unlimited reserves the right to refuse any communication method that would incur a cost. E-Mail: support@terabyteunlimited.com Website: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com Phone: (702) 464-8657; Monday thru Friday; 10am to 6pm PST(GMT-7)/PDT(GMT-8)