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BootIt(TM) Next Generation
Copyright 1996-2000 TeraByte Unlimited, All Rights Reserved.
Installation and Getting Started Guide
TeraByte Unlimited
1350 Town Center Dr #1049
Las Vegas, NV 89144
http://www.TeraByteUnlimited.com
ASP Member
BootIt Next Generation 2
Table of Contents
What Can You Do With BootIt NG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
STEP 1: Make the Boot Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
STEP 2: Install to Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Boot from the Installation Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . 9
New Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Upgrading from Previous BootIt Products . . . . . . . . . 9
Upgrading an existing BootIt NG Installation . . . . . . 10
Manual Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Finishing up Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
BootIt NG Overview for First-Time Users . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using BootIt NG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The Normal Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Boot Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
One-Time Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Keystrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MBR Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Direct Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Floppy Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Reactivate BootIt NG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Capture MBR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Access BootIt NG Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Upgrade or Reinstall BootIt NG . . . . . . . . . . 18
Working with Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setup of Users and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Startup Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
General Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Backup/Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sound Creating/Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the Multi-OS Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Uninstalling BootIt NG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
BootIt Next Generation 3
DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Windows 95/98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
OS/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Generic Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Enabling Multi-OS on a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Single Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Dedicated Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Orders, Support, and Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Support Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Ombudsman Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Definition of Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
TERABYTE UNLIMITED (TRIAL-USE) LICENSE AGREEMENT . . . . 32
Limited Distribution License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
BootIt NG Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
BootIt Next Generation 4
What Can You Do With BootIt NG
Create over 200 primary partitions (if desired).
Configure detailed boot items to fit your needs.
Boot from any partition or volume on up to eight hard
drives.
Boot multiple operating systems from a single FAT or FAT32
partition.
Logically swap the boot hard drive to look like the first.
Logically swap floppy drives.
Boot from the A: or B: drive on the fly.
Resize FAT, FAT32, and NTFS partitions without data loss.
Convert between FAT and FAT32 without data loss.
Format FAT or FAT32 partitions/volumes.
Create volumes in extended partitions.
Setup users and passwords.
Create compressed images of your partitions.
And much, much more . . .
Orders
If you continue to use BootIt NG beyond 30 days, you must
purchase a full-use license for it. It is illegal to continue
using BootIt NG beyond 30 days without a full-use license. Once
you have purchased a full-use license the software is
considered registered .
You can purchase the full-use license on-line by clicking on
the Purchase link at http://www.terabyteunlimited.com or you can
use the order form included on page 35 and in a separate file
named ORDER.TXT .
BootIt Next Generation 5
Limitations
BootIt NG relies on the BIOS for processing disk functions. If
your computer BIOS limits access to the hard drive for any reason
and no Master Driver Table (MDT) driver is available to correct
the limitation, BootIt NG will also be limited. BootIt NG
supports BIOS LBA Mode and Interrupt 13h extensions. The BIOS
large mode is not supported.
System Requirements
100% IBM-compatible personal computer with an i80386-compatible
microprocessor, 16MB RAM, VGA, diskette drive, and a BIOS
accessible hard drive.
Before You Begin
TeraByte Unlimited has taken every effort to make BootIt NG as
safe as possible; however, it is not possible to provide a 100
percent guarantee of safety.
It is extremely important that you do not use any partitioning
software (such as FDISK) if you are not limiting the number of
primary partitions (Limit Primaries Option). If you ignore this
warning you are taking a serious risk of data corruption.
Before using BootIt NG on any system for the first time, BACK UP
ALL DATA on ALL HARD DRIVES. It s better to be safe than sorry.
It s always a good idea to have a system disk, such as a DOS boot
diskette or Windows 95 Startup Diskette, which can be used to
boot your system should something ever go wrong. You should
configure the diskette to give you all the functionality you may
need. This includes adding any drivers or utilities as well as
configuring the configuration files.
To create a DOS boot diskette, use the DOS FORMAT A:/S command.
You should also copy the following external commands to the
diskette: SYS, FDISK, FORMAT, ATTRIB, and DEBUG. If you think you
may need access to your CD ROM drive or another device then be
sure to copy the required drivers to the diskette. Windows
95/98/ME users can use the Startup Disk tab (in Control Panel,
Add/Remove Programs) to create the diskette.
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Getting Started
1) Make sure you have read the previous section titled Before
You Begin (see page 5).
2) Visit http://www.terabyteunlimited.com to make sure you have
the latest version of BootIt NG, as well as the latest
support information.
3) If you need to create a system diskette (such as a DOS boot
diskette or Windows 95/98/ME Startup Diskette), do so now.
4) Backup all the data on all of your hard drives.
5) Create the installation diskette by following the steps in
installation step 1 (see page 7).
6) Install/upgrade BootIt NG on your hard drive by following
the steps in installation step 2 (see page 9).
7) Read the BootIt NG overview for first time users section
(see page 12).
8) Read through the Using BootIt NG section (see page 14).
9) If you are going to activate the FAT Multi-OS option on a
partition, read the Using the Multi-OS Feature section
(see page 24).
10) Refer to the Generic Installations section (page 28) for
some examples of how to install operating systems.
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STEP 1: Make the Boot Diskette
Installation of BootIt NG is a two-step process. First you will
create the installation diskette, and then you will use that
diskette to install BootIt NG to your hard drive. Visit
www.terabyteunlimited.com to make sure you have the latest
version of this software as well as for any additional
information and help.
The BOOTITNG.ZIP package will only contain the 3.5" diskette
image. If you need the 5.25" disk image then visit:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com
Before beginning the installation of BootIt NG make sure you have
read the previous section titled Before you Begin (see page 5).
The following instructions will guide you through the first step
of the installation process. This step creates the installation
diskette. Windows users may use the File Manager and
Win9x/ME/NT/2k users the Windows Explorer to execute the steps
listed.
You will need one formatted diskette that matches the floppy
drive A: of the computer that will have BootIt NG installed. If
you are installing on multiple machines, each machine should have
its own diskette (and license).
1) Extract the BOOTITNG.ZIP file to its own directory.
2) Change to the directory used in step 1.
3) For non-Linux users:
Type BOOTITNG then press <enter> or Windows users can double
click on BOOTITNG.EXE.
For Linux users:
If you accept the license agreement then you can use the dd
command to create the diskette. To do so, make sure the
diskette is NOT mounted and you are signed on as root then
type:
dd if=DISKIMG3.DAT of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024
You can now skip the rest of the steps in this section and
proceed with Installation STEP 2"
4) If you have accepted the terms, select the correct diskette
drive from the menu and press <enter>. You will be prompted
to insert the diskette and press enter when ready.
5) Insert the diskette in to the correct diskette drive and
press enter. After about a minute it will confirm either
that the installation diskette was created or that the
diskette is bad.
6) If the diskette was bad, get a new formatted diskette and
repeat the appropriate steps; otherwise, you re done with
step one.
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Once you have successfully created the installation diskette, you
can proceed with step two on the next page.
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STEP 2: Install to Hard Drive
The following instructions will guide you through the second step
of the installation process. This step installs BootIt NG to your
hard drive.
Boot from the Installation Diskette
1) Make sure your system boot up sequence is A:/C: and not
C:/A:. This information is found in the CMOS setup. You
should also disable the boot sector virus protection option.
If you leave the virus protection option enabled then it
will just get in the way.
2) Shut down and turn off your computer.
3) Insert the BootIt NG installation diskette in your A: drive
then turn on your computer.
4) If your system boots up as it normally does, see step 1,
otherwise BootIt NG will start to load from the diskette.
If you are upgrading a prior version of BootIt 2.x/Lite/Direct or
an existing installation of BootIt NG then skip to the
appropriate section below.
New Installations
1) At the Welcome to setup prompt click the OK button.
2) Setup gives you the option of enabling more than four
primary partitions.
a. If you choose yes then you must only partition your hard
drives using BootIt NG.
b. If you choose no then you can continue to use any other
partitioning software such as FDISK.
3) 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.
4) 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.
5) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs. Click
OK to begin copying files to the hard drive.
Upgrading from Previous BootIt Products
When you install BootIt NG over the top of an existing BootIt
product, it will use your existing partition and volumes names.
For BootIt 2.x users, setup will also upgrade your existing
AutoMenu file to be the default menu in BootIt NG. Items that
boot to a volume are not updated and you must recreate them.
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For BootIt Lite users, a new menu will be automatically created
but you must reconfigure the menu to boot your existing groups or
special configurations. Multi-OS volumes are not supported in
BootIt NG.
1) At the Welcome to setup prompt, click the OK button.
2) 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.
3) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs. Click
OK to begin copying files to the hard drive.
For BootIt Lite users, after installation and reboot, activate
the Multi-OS option from the Partition Work utility for each
primary partition that you need to use groups on. Then,
reconfigure the Boot Menu to use your existing groups.
Upgrading an existing BootIt NG Installation
1) At the Floppy Diskette Menu click on the Upgrade BootIt NG
radio button then press OK.
2) At the Welcome to setup prompt, click the OK button.
3) Setup 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 for you.
4) Setup indicates it has all the information it needs. Click
OK to begin copying files to the hard drive.
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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 that
indicates you must ensure that an Extended Master Boot
Record (EMBR)existsonHD0and onthedrivechosenforinstallation.
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 that 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:
1) Making sure the radio button of the HD you are
installing to is clicked.
2) 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. (EMBRM, or
the Extended Master Boot Record Manager, is the partition
where BootIt NG is installed and active.)
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.
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Finishing up Installation
1) Create a copy of the installation diskette and keep it in a
safe place. You will need the installation diskette to
recover from any problems or situations that may arise in
the future. Use the disk copy feature of one of your
operating systems to create a backup. If your installation
diskette is ever updated or a new one used you should update
your backup diskette also.
2) If your BIOS has the ability to change the boot sequence to
C:/A: it is recommended that you change it to boot from the
C: drive first. If you have a CDROM drive you may want to
setup the sequence to be C/CDROM/A for use of the Next
Device option.
BootIt NG Overview for First-Time Users
To understand BootIt NG, lets first see how your system boot
process normally works, and then what BootIt NG and the EMBR
changes.
The first sector of your hard drive is called the Master Boot
Record or MBR. The MBR contains two things: a table that defines
the partitions on your hard drive (called the partition table)
and the code to transfer control to the first sector (called the
boot sector) of one of the partitions. The partition table can
contain up to four entries. Each entry contains information on
where the partition begins and ends as well as a flag to mark the
active (or bootable) partition and the type of file system being
used in the partition.
When control is given to the code in the MBR, it will look at
each of the four partitions for the one that is marked active. It
will load the boot sector of that partition and transfer control
to the boot sector code.
Boot sectors are operating and file system specific. The area for
the code in the boot sector has just enough space to look for a
certain file, read it in and transfer control. The name of the
file is hard coded in the boot sector code. For instance, the
boot sector for MS DOS will look for a file called IO.SYS.
There is a special type of primary partition called an extended
partition. This type of partition contains logical partitions
called volumes.
What the Extended Master Boot Record (EMBR) specification does is
extend the function of the current MBR type of processing.
The EMBR contains a block of code called the EMBR Loader and
three tables; one for partition information, one for boot file
information, and one for information on drivers that may need to
be loaded on your system. Each of these tables can contain up to
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255 entries. Only the table with partition information is
discussed here.
The table in the EMBR that contains partition information is
called the Master Partition Table or MPT. It is used instead of
the partition table. BootIt NG allows you to create boot items in
which you choose partitions from the MPT and place them into the
partition table on the fly (See Figure 1). Operating systems and
utilities only see what is placed into the partition table. (At
some point when an operating system is loading it will look at
the MBR partition table and assign access to any of the
partitions/volumes it recognizes.) Therefore, you cannot use any
utilities that will expand or move a partition if it only
recognizes the MBR partition table. The only time you can use
such a utility is when you have the Limit Primaries option
enabled in BootIt NG.
Figure 1
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Using BootIt NG
The following shortcut keys work with most dialogs in BootIt NG:
Esc: Cancel, F1: Help, F10: OK/Close/Apply, Ins: Add/Create/Fill,
Del: Delete/Clear.
For the desktop:
Alt-S: Settings, Alt-E: Boot Edit, Alt-W: Partition Work, F10:
Resume, Alt-B: Backup, Alt-R: Restore
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.
The menu is setup by clicking the Maintenance button on the boot
menu then clicking the Boot Edit button or Boot Menu from the
edit menu to display the Boot Menu dialog. The name of the menu
being edited is displayed 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
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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
Name: This is the name that will be displayed in the
boot menu.
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.
MBR Files:For non Multi-OS partitions this is the captured
MBR file to use, if any. MBR 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.
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.
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MBR Details
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 (See Figure 1). 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 volume as DOS thru Windows 98 has a bug that causes
problems mounting partitions if the last volume of an extended
partition is not a recognized FAT or FAT32 partition.
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 that 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
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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
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 to 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.
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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.
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 that may only exist on the hard drive partition. It
allows you 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.
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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.
1) To create a new partition or volume; highlight a free space
entry and click the Create button.
2) To delete an existing partition or volume; highlight it,
then click on the Delete button.
3) 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.
4) To resize a partition or volume; highlight it, then click
the Resize button.
5) 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
OK.
6) 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.
7) To move or slide a partition or volume; highlight it, then
click the Slide button.
8) 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 as the destination and then click on the Paste
Button. NOTE: If you are pasting to a 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.
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9) To restore a compressed image of a partition or volume;
highlight 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.
10) To view the properties of the partition or volume; highlight
it then click on properties.
Setup of Users and Options
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.
Direct Boot Menu: Check this box if you want the Direct Boot Menu
to be the default menu displayed.
General Items
Align on End: Most user should just leave this checked.
Keep HD0 Active: Required by most new BIOS s when booting from a
hard drive other than HD0.
Fix Swap: Enable this option if your system locks up when you use
the swap option.
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 right Ctrl key during the
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initial boot of your system to display the boot
menu.
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.
Limit Primaries: This option has a profound effect on 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.
BootNow Support: If you are planning on using the separate
freeware program BootNow from TeraByte Unlimited then
you should enable this option.
Fill CHS over 8GB: Most users won t need to concern themselves
with this option. If this option is enabled then the
ending CHS values for partitions and volumes over 8GB
will be filled in with the maximum values allowed;
otherwise it uses the current disk geometry to
calculate the correct values.
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 been assigned their own normal
Boot Menu and Direct Boot menu options. If you create
a user named "any" with no password then it will be logged
on automatically unless the insert key is held down at
startup.
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Backup/Restore
Using this option you can backup or restore the EMBR information
(entire first track) on any hard drive you check. You can also
use it to backup/restore the BootIt NG Files.
To backup, click the backup radio button, then check the
checkboxes of the hard drives you want to have the first track
backed up for. If you also want to copy the BootIt NG Files to a
diskette, check that check box too.
Once all backup selections are made, click on OK; all checked
hard drives will have the EMBR backed up to the partition with
BootIt NG, then if you have also chosen to backup the BootIt NG
Files, those files plus the other BootIt NG files are copied to
diskette.
To restore, click the restore radio button and then check the
checkboxes of what you want to restore. Note that the entire EMBR
(first track) is restored if you choose to restore one to a hard
drive. This includes the MBR.
Sound Creating/Using
A sound file is nothing more than a text file with an extension
of SND.
The format of the sound file is as follows; note:
capitalization/spacing is not important and the x in the examples
represents a number.
cycles=x (optional-must be first) - number of times to
cycle the entire routine.
Fx Frequency to play (in hertz)
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FRx|xSxLx Frequency range to play. First x is starting frequency,
x after | is ending frequency. S is optional and is
the step frequency rate (default=1). L is also
optional, it is the latency delay in milliseconds
between frequency step. (default=0)
Dx Delay in milliseconds. (1000 milliseconds = 1 second)
N No sound. Turns sound off.
Here s a sample routine that will play 2000hz for .5 seconds,
pause with no sound for 1 second, then play 500hz to 2000hz
stepping 10hz with a delay of .005 seconds between steps, then do
the same thing only from 2000hz to 500hz:
F 2000 D 500 N D 1000
FR 500 | 2000 S 10 L 5
FR 2000 | 500 S 10 L 5
To install a sound file you created:
1) Copy the file to a diskette
2) From the Settings or Boot Item dialog, click on the
browse button next to sound.
3) Type in A:*.SND and press enter twice to display a list of
files on the diskette.
4) Select the sound file you want to use/copy.
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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 into 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 that could cause some
files to be 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, Windows 98 setup could overwrite the files in the
Accessories folder. 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 on the C: drive and the rest would be
installed to the D: drive. The Multi-OS feature protects the
Windows 95 boot files on C: and creates a new set for Windows 98.
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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 OK.
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:
6) Boot from the BootIt NG Installation diskette.
7) Click the cancel button to enter maintenance mode .
8) Click on the Partition Work button.
9) Click on the View MBR button.
10) Highlight the partition you want active and click on the Set
Active button.
11) Click on the apply button.
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Operating Systems
Most of this section has been moved to the website. Please refer
to http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/help.html for more
information.
DOS
Files and file positions required for boot (not including any
compression drivers):
MS DOS PC DOS
Position File Name Position File Name
1 IO.SYS 1 IBMBIO.DOS
2 MSDOS.SYS 2 IBMDOS.COM
0 COMMAND.COM 0 COMMAND.COM
0 AUTOEXEC.BAT 0 AUTOEXEC.BAT
0 CONFIG.SYS 0 CONFIG.SYS
Windows 95/98
Files and file positions required for boot (not including any
compression drivers):
Position File Name
1 IO.SYS
2 MSDOS.SYS
0 COMMAND.COM
0 AUTOEXEC.BAT
0 CONFIG.SYS
Windows NT
Files and file positions required for boot:
Position File Name
0 NTLDR
0 BOOT.INI
0 NTDETECT.COM
0 NTBOOTDD.SYS
Notes:
NTBOOTDD.SYS is usually only used with SCSI hard drives. It is a
copy of the driver renamed to NTBOOTDD.SYS.
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OS/2
Files and file positions required for boot:
Position File Name
0 AUTOEXEC.BAT
0 CONFIG.SYS
Notes:
Actually, the system files for OS/2 are OS2KRNL, OS2LDR,
OS2LDR.MSG, OS2RAS, OS2VER, OS2BOOT, and WP ROOT.SF. If you were
going to install more than one version of OS/2 in the same
partition then you would need to do something with these files.
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Generic Installations
Here is an example on how to setup a Multi-OS partition. Other
generic examples on setting up an OS in its own partition are
also given. Be sure you have read the Getting Started section of
this document (page 6) so that you have some understanding of
what is going on.
Enabling Multi-OS on a Partition
Assumes partition already contains an OS, using the normal boot
menu.
1) Install BootIt NG.
2) Click the Maintenance button on the boot menu.
3) Click the Partition Work Button on the desktop.
4) Highlight the existing partition.
5) Click the properties button.
6) Rename it to whatever you wish. For the example, I ll assume
it s named My C Drive .
7) Check the Multi-OS check box.
8) Click the OK button to apply the changes.
9) If BootIt NG recognizes the installed operating system, a
new group and menu configuration item is created. If not,
you can use the groups button to add the files/group
manually (see the Using the Multi-OS Feature section in this
document)
10) If you had an existing boot item configured you can now edit
the boot menu and either delete the previous entry or add
the group name to it.
Single Partition
Installing an OS in a single partition (Using the Normal boot
menu)
1) Install BootIt NG.
2) Create a Partition for your OS using Work with Partitions
Dialog.
3) Create a new menu item for booting the new partition. Click
the Boot Edit button on the desktop then the add button to
add the new item to the boot menu. Click OK and return to
the desktop when done.
4) Click the resume button on the desktop.
5) Choose the entry you just created from the boot menu.
Depending on the partition, it will either display a message
saying that there is no operating system installed on the
partition or that the partition is not bootable and the
option to boot from the floppy instead.
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6) Insert your installation diskette in the A: drive. Depending
on what message appeared in the last step, boot from the
floppy drive by either answering the question or pressing a
key. The installation diskette will now be booted and you
can begin installation to the C: drive.
7) If you don t have partitions limited under settings, then
you should usually use the advanced or custom installation
choices to make sure the installation routine doesn t try to
create a new partition. Remember that the OS and system
tools only see the partitions that are in the MBR, so if it
creates or moves a partition it may put it right on top of
an existing one that is not currently in the MBR partition
table. You can however create or move volumes in an extended
partition provided that the actual extended partition
doesn t get moved or expanded.
8) That s it you re done. Some operating systems (such as
Windows 95) will deactivate BootIt NG. If that is the case,
all you need to do is boot with your BootIt NG installation
diskette and choose the Reactivate BootIt NG option.
One common configuration is to have multiple primary partitions
(one for each operating system) and one common (shared) extended
partition for data. To do this you indicate the boot partition,
then add the extended partition to the MBR for each boot menu
configuration.
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Dedicated Partitions
Installing the bulk of a MS OS on another HD1. This also applies
to installing a MS OS to a Volume.
1) Create a Partition for the OS on HD0 using the Work with
Partitions dialog. You can create the partition small as
possible, which is going to be depending on the OS. 5MB may
be enough. (Leave the format option checked)
2) Create the main OS partition on HD1 using the Work with
Partitions dialog. (Leave the format option checked)
3) Create a boot menu item for the new OS partition. Click on
the Boot Edit button on the desktop and then the add
button to add a new menu item. Select the partition you
create on HD0 as the boot partition. Highlight an entry
under MBR Details for HD1 and the click on the Fill button.
Choose the main OS partition from the list. Save changes to
the boot menu by press OK twice.
4) Click on the resume button.
5) Boot the new entry you just created. It will display a
message saying that there is no operating system installed
on the partition.
6) Insert the OS installation boot diskette and press a key.
7) The OS Setup starts; choose the existing (main OS) partition
you created on hard drive 1 as the installation drive.
8) That s it you re done. The OS boots from the partition on
HD0 and transfers itself over to HD1. You can do the same
thing using the Multi-OS feature. If you use the Multi-OS
feature then you just need one small partition and won t
have to dedicate a small partition for each OS.
9) Some operating systems (such as Windows 95) will deactivate
BootIt NG. If that is the case all you need to do is boot
with your BootIt NG installation diskette and run the
Reactivate BootIt NG option.
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Orders, Support, and Licensing
If you continue to use BootIt NG beyond 30 days, you must
purchase a full-use license for it. It is illegal to continue
using BootIt NG beyond 30 days without a full-use license. Once
you have purchased a full-use license the software is
considered registered .
You can purchase the full-use license on-line by clicking on
the Purchase link at http://www.terabyteunlimited.com or you can
use the order form included on page 35 and in a separate file
named ORDER.TXT .
Support Policy
The primary support communication method will be use of on-line
services. The most resent versions of software and information
will be available on the TeraByte Unlimited website,
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com.
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.
Ombudsman Statement
This program is produced by a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
does not provide technical support for members products. Please
write to the ASP Ombudsman at 157-F Love Ave., Greenwood, IN
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BootIt is a trademark of TeraByte Unlimited.
Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of
Microsoft
Corporation.
IBM, PC-DOS and OS/2 are registed trademarks of the International
Business
Machines Corporation.
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Sun, Sun Microsystems and Solaris are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the US and other
countries.
UNIX is a registered trademark, which is solely licensed in the
United
States, and in other countries by X/Open Company Ltd.
SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, UnixWare, and OpenServer are
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USA and other countries.
Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property
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Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue
using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs
differ on details some request registration while others
require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With
registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue
using the software to an updated program with printed manual.
Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. The
Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can
try before you buy. Also, because the overhead is low, prices are
low. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee if you don t
use the product, you don t pay for it.
TERABYTE UNLIMITED (TRIAL-USE) LICENSE AGREEMENT
TeraByte Unlimited (Licensor) grants to you (either an individual
or an entity) (Licensee), and Licensee accepts, a license to use
the licensed program in accordance with the terms and conditions
contained in this agreement.
10) DEFINITIONS
10.1. Licensed program means the object code version of
BootIt Next Generation and related program user
documentation. No rights to the source code versions of the
licensed program are granted by this license.
10.2. Object code means any instruction or set of
instructions in machine executable form.
10.3. User documentation means any standard manuals or
other related materials used for user instruction or
reference in use of the licensed program.
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10.4. Use means copying of any portion of the licensed
program from a storage unit or media into the designated
equipment and execution of the licensed program on the
equipment.
11) LICENSE GRANT
11.1. TeraByte Unlimited grants you a limited license to use
this software for evaluation purposes for a period not to
exceed thirty days. If you continue using this software
after the thirty-day evaluation period, you MUST purchase a
Full-Use license.
11.2. Licensee shall not use, copy, rent, lease, sell,
modify, decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer,
or transfer the licensed program except as provided in this
agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in
immediate and automatic termination of this license.
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and commercial computer software documentation.
Consistent with the Federal Acquisition Guidelines and
related laws, any use, modification, reproduction, release,
display, or disclosure of such commercial software or
commercial software documentation by the US. Government
shall be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and
shall be prohibited except to the extent expressly
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15) GENERAL TERMS
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15.1. This agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in
accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Nevada. Any action or proceeding brought by either
party against the other arising out of or related to this
agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT
of competent jurisdiction located in Clark County, NV. The
parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said
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this agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
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by any party to or waiver of a breach by the other, whether
express or implied, shall not constitute a consent to,
waiver of or excuse for any other, different or subsequent
breach.
Limited Distribution License
INDIVIDUALS may distribute BootIt Next Generation to friends or
associates, provided they charge no fees for this service, and
they convey only a complete and unaltered copy of the original
BOOTITNG.ZIP file.
All other distribution is allowed only under the terms of the
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You may not distribute this product, modify it, or bundle it with
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except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use
shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this
license.
Permission to distribute the BootIt Next Generation package is
not transferable, assignable, saleable, or franchisable. Each
vendor wishing to distribute the package must independently
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TeraByte Unlimited may revoke any permissions granted here, by
notifying you in writing. All rights not expressly granted here
are reserved to TeraByte Unlimited.
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Index
active partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17
BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 12, 15, 17
boot diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7, 30
boot item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 23, 28
booting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17, 20, 28
CHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
EMBR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13, 22
EMBRM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 18
extended partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 16, 19, 29
FAT32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 11, 16, 19, 24
FDISK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9, 21, 25
format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5, 11, 19, 22, 30
LBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 32
NTFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 31, 35
partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 6, 9-22, 24, 25, 27-30
creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 24
working with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 34
sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 20, 23, 29
setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 9-12, 14, 18, 20, 24, 28, 30
sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 20, 22, 23
support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 9, 14, 21, 31
