Acronis OS Selector allows you to install different multi-boot systems for your children, your work and for software tests. You can also protect multi-boot OSes with passwords.

Your favorite games and applications don't work with Windows XP? Simply install both XP and your old Windows version and reboot when necessary.

You have probably heard and read much about Linux, but never tried it before? Acronis OS Selector will help you to resize your partitions, including NTFS, and provide room for Linux.

Key features

Boot from an additional hard disk drive. Acronis OS Selector enables you to set the disk order so you can boot from any hard drive you select
Insert a bootable CD/DVD and it will automatically be detected and displayed as a multiboot option by Acronis OS Selector
Detect multiple operating systems that became unbootable due to some accidental reasons with Acronis OS Selector detection tool
Support up to 100 of any known operating systems including Windows XP and Linux on a single PC.
Install several versions of Windows on a single partition. Operating systems with the same folder names (e.g. C:\Program Files) on one partition are supported.
Exclusive! Install and boot an operating system from any partition of any hard disk.
Protect multi-boot OSes and setup with a password.
Hide operating systems and partitions.
Clone OS installation as a back-up.
Repartition your system for a new OS installation.
Boot viruses protection included.

USABILITY

Intuitive Windows XP-styled interface with comprehensive on-line help and full mouse support.
Very flexible and fine adjustments of the boot menu.
Increased stability with respect to changes in partition and hard disk configurations.
Turn off power and clock available for your comfort.

BOOT MANAGEMENT

Support operating systems both on primary and logical partitions of any hard disk drive.
Support several Windows 98 / NT / 2000 / XP OSes on a single partition.
Make full copies of Windows 98 / NT / 2000 / XP operating systems.
Update Windows 98 / NT / 2000 / XP without losing a previous version.
Hide any partitions independently of any given operating system.
Special partitions hidden from Windows NT / 2000 / XP operating systems.
Boot Windows 98 / ME from a logical partition.
Boot Windows 98 / ME from another hard disk.
Automatically boot default operating system.
Edit configuration files without booting an operating system.

OPERATING SYSTEM DETECTION

Automatically detect both known and unknown operating systems.
Detect operating system update.
Detect and turn off boot managers built into operating systems.
Detect the version number and language of an operating system.
Automatically create basic Windows 98 configurations.
Automatically recover MBR.
Support unknown operating systems.

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM

DOS
Windows 3.1 + DOS
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT 3.1
Windows NT 3.5
Windows NT 3.51
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista

Linux (any distribution)
FreeBSD
Solaris
SCO UNIX
UNIXWARE
OS/2
BeOS
QNX
B-TRON
Special support for unknown systems

Available for users only