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Functions
The package Boot-US consists of an universal boot manager (screenshot) and
the accompanying configuration program for the boot manager. The latter is available as a GUI version
(screenshot) for all WIN32/64 variants (95/98/ME/NT/200/XP/Vista/2008/7) and as command-line version
(screenshot) for DOS and all WIN32/64 variants.
Additionally Boot-US allows to view details of all existing partitions.
The main functions of Boot-US are:
- Boot-US is compatible with existing standards
- Configuration program executes directly under Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 (32 bit and 64 bit)
- Boot manager allows booting of all operating systems
- Boot manager allows booting from all local hard disks and diskette
- Installation of boot manager in MBR or primary partition or diskette
- Support for hard disks up to 2048 GB (2 TB)
- Allows booting beyond the 8 GB limit (e.g. Windows ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7, Linux, ...)
- Partitions can be created, deleted, activated and hid
- Password protection for boot manager and configuration program
- Explicit support for booting DOS, Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 from 2nd, 3rd, ... disk
- Support for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 (with Boot-US 1.2.4 and higher)
- Individual hiding of primary and logical partitions (with Boot-US 1.7.0)
- True hiding of part. especially for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 (with Boot-US 1.5.0)
- Order of boot disks can be specified (with Boot-US 1.6.0)
- Integrity check of partitions (with Boot-US 1.6.1)
- Command-line and GUI version now offer same functionality (with Boot-US 1.7.0)
- Partitions can be created, deleted and formated with FAT/FAT32 (with Boot-US 2.1.0)
Operating systems
The following list is an (incomplete) overview about the operating systems which can
be successfully booted by Boot-US:
- Windows 95/98/ME
- Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 (32 bit and 64 bit)
- MS-DOS (several versions)
- Novell-DOS 7.0 (DR-DOS)
- Free DOS
- Linux
- Free BSD/Open BSD
- Oberon
- BeOS
- VMware
- QNX Realtime Platform
- ...
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