Last update: Mon, 2011-04-25 11:12
You can install Acronis OS Selector with Acronis Disk Director 11 Home or separately
This article applies to:
Acronis Disk Director 11 Home
Introduction
Acronis OS Selector can be installed with Acronis Disk Director 11 Home or separately, from Acronis Bootable Media.
(!) Installation of Acronis OS Selector requires a reboot.
(!) Acronis OS Selector can only be installed on a basic disk. See Acronis Disk Director 11 Home: Acronis OS Selector Does Not Support Dynamic Disks .
It does not matter if the partition on which you install Acronis OS Selector has or does not have an operating system installed. Acronis OS Selector will be able to find all the supported operating systems installed on the machine.
Solution
See the respective section to install Acronis OS Selector with or without Acronis Disk Director 11 Home.
Installing Acronis Disk Director 11 Home with Acronis OS Selector
To install Acronis OS Selector, you need to have Acronis Disk Director 11 Home installed first:
Once you have Acronis Disk Director 11 Home installed on the machine, please do the following to install Acronis OS Selector:
Go to Start -> All Programs -> Acronis -> DiskDirector -> Install Acronis OS Selector :
Windows XP Windows 7, Windows Vista
On the installation wizard, hit Next :
If you accept the license agreement, click I accept this agreement and then Next :
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 .
Hit Proceed to start the installation:
You will need to reboot the system to complete the installation:
On the system start you will then see the activated Acronis OS Selector:
Installing Acronis OS Selector separately
(!) 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.
Download Acronis Bootable Media for Acronis Disk Director 11 Home. See Downloading Acronis Bootable Media .
Boot from Acronis Bootable Media and select Acronis OS Selector Setup :
Acronis OS Selector Setup welcome screen is displayed. Click Next ;
If you accept the license agreement, click I accept this agreement and then Next :
Type Acronis Disk Director 11 Home serial number in the available field and click Next :
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 .
On the final screen, click Proceed to install Acronis OS Selector:
To uninstall Acronis OS Selector installed from bootable media, proceed as follows:
Boot from Acronis Bootable Media and select Acronis OS Selector Setup;
Select Uninstall OS Selector and click Next:
On the final screen, click Proceed to uninstall Acronis OS Selector.
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