Knowledge Base

1. To install Acronis OS Selector, you need to have Acronis Disk Director 11 Home installed first:

   • Acronis Disk Director 11 Home: Installation
   • Acronis Disk Director 11 Home: Installation Over Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0

   Once you have Acronis Disk Director 11 Home installed on the machine, please do the following to install Acronis OS Selector:

2. Go to Start -> All Programs -> Acronis -> DiskDirector -> Install Acronis OS Selector:
   

   Windows XP	Windows 7, Windows Vista

3. On the installation wizard, hit Next:

   

4. If you accept the license agreement, click I accept this agreement and then Next:

   

5. Click Typical to install on the system partition, or Custom to install on a different partition:

   

   (!) Acronis OS Selector can only be installed on a FAT16/FAT32/NTFS partition. Dynamic disks are not supported. See also Acronis Disk Director 11 Home: Acronis OS Selector Does Not Support Dynamic Disks.

6. Hit Proceed to start the installation:

   

7. You will need to reboot the system to complete the installation:

   

8. On the system start you will then see the activated Acronis OS Selector:

   

(!) If Acronis OS Selector is installed from Acronis Bootable Media, it will not be visible in Windows. It can only be managed in bootable environment.

1. Download Acronis Bootable Media for Acronis Disk Director 11 Home. See Downloading Acronis Bootable Media.
2. Boot from Acronis Bootable Media and select Acronis OS Selector Setup:

   

3. Acronis OS Selector Setup welcome screen is displayed. Click Next;
4. If you accept the license agreement, click I accept this agreement and then Next:

   

5. Type Acronis Disk Director 11 Home serial number in the available field and click Next:

   

6. Click Typical to install on the system partition, or Custom to install on a different partition:

   

   (!) Acronis OS Selector can only be installed on a FAT16/FAT32/NTFS partition. Dynamic disks are not supported. See also Acronis Disk Director 11 Home: Acronis OS Selector Does Not Support Dynamic Disks.

7. On the final screen, click Proceed to install Acronis OS Selector:

   

To uninstall Acronis OS Selector installed from bootable media, proceed as follows:

1. Boot from Acronis Bootable Media and select Acronis OS Selector Setup;
2. Select Uninstall OS Selector and click Next:

   

3. On the final screen, click Proceed to uninstall Acronis OS Selector.