MasterBooter is a boot manager which can be used to install and maintain more operating systems on a PC.
System names, passwords are customizable. You can set the delay time, default system and beeping. It also has FAT hiding support, partition protecting from unauthorized access and customizable menu colors.
· A DOS or Win9x/ME based bootdisk or CD is enough for installation
· Capability of booting from any harddisk's any partition
· Can boot many types of operating systems: Win9x/ME,
· WinNT/Win2000/WinXP/Win2003/Vista, MS-DOS, Novell DOS, Caldera DR-DOS, IBM DOS, OpenDOS, PTS-DOS, Linux, FreeBSD, SCO OpenServer, OS/2 (Warp, Merlin), OS X, Solaris, Oberon, Theos, BeOS, Unknown OS with 'standard' boot process
· Programmable delay time
· Dynamic hiding of primary FAT, NTFS/HPFS partitions
· Password protecting partitions
· Protecting partitions using special keystrokes at boot time
· Optional beeping when the boot menu appears
· Optional floppy boot support
· Up to 8 operating systems on a single computer without the hassle of boot disks (3 in the shareware version)
· Small memory and harddisk space requirement for the setup program only. The loader doesn't use any memory or partition space
· Support for command line options to customize your boot menu (registered version only)
· Safety and easy-to-use user interface
· Advanced disk partitioning utility - EFDISK - is included
Limitations:
· The number of usable systems is max 3
· The default system setting is disabled, it is fixed to the 1st system
· Command line support is disabled
What's New in This Release:
· Added true partition hiding for Windows systems
· Added OS X support
· Tested with Vista
· USD price changed
· Added command line option to specify target disk to install the menu to (registered version)