The multi-system we usually use is generally built like this: first install an operating system, then install another operating system based on this, use the menu to select when starting, we call this temporarily A multi-system is a "menu multi-system". The multiple systems to be constructed in this paper are essentially different from each other. The two systems are completely independent. There is no startup menu at startup, which I call "independent multi-system".
two primary partitions dividing
manipulation Partition Magic partition on the hard disk. It is required to create two primary partitions, and the other logical partitions are arbitrary. If you want to build a standalone multisystem with Windows 98, set one of the primary partitions to FAT32 format and the first logical partition to FAT32 format. To facilitate
described later, we have provided a first primary partition, the second primary partition, the first logical partition of the label are P1, P2, L1. As shown in Figure 1.
independent multi-system installation
with Partition Magic will be one of the primary partition is set active partition, will automatically default to another primary partition is hidden. Install an operating system on top of the active primary partition.
Similarly, the other primary partition is set active partition, by default the main operating system that is installed automatically hidden partition, install another set of operating system.
regardless of what operating system is installed in the active partition, the same method with the conventional method. However, since the primary partition where the other system is located is already hidden when installing one system, the two systems are completely independent and can only boot the system installed by the active primary partition.
described later for convenience, we will first install the system in two partitions are referred to as a primary system, a second system.
Separate switching tool
Install the full version of the partition magician under any system, find the following files in its installation directory: PQBOOT.EXE, PQBOOTX.EXE, PQVXD.vxd, Pqboot32. Exe, pqbw.exe, pqbw.rtc, pqpe.rtc. Partition Magic
default installation directory is "C: Program FilesPowerQuestPartitionMagic 8.0", the file copy set above any of the first logical partition to a new backup directory. For the convenience of description, the newly created directory is named "PQBOOT".
fast switching multi-system
default settings, start to any one system, the other system where the primary partition is hidden, for this purpose, regardless of where to start under a system The drive letter of the partition where the system is located will be automatically identified as the C drive, and the first logical partition is identified as the D drive. In the latter operation, we will also display the two primary partitions, but in any case, we can only boot to the system where the active primary partition is located. Its drive letter is C, and the other system is located. The drive letter of the primary partition will be automatically identified to the end of the hard disk partition. That is, one of the two primary partitions is the C drive, and the first logical partition will always be the D drive. When zoning is assumed
1, if the two did not hide the primary partition, the first, the two primary partition installed are Windows XP, Windows 98, then, starts the windows 98, the first The drive letter of the second primary partition and the first logical partition will be C and D respectively (Note that Windows 98 does not recognize the NTFS partition); when booting to Windows XP, the first primary partition, the first logical partition, and the second logical partition The symbols will be C, D, E, respectively, and the drive letter of the second primary partition is F.
under a system regardless of where to start, we can be to "D: PQBOOT" directory run down "pqbw.exe", get shown in Figure 2 interface.
In this interface, we can clearly see the volume label of the two primary partitions, the current state of each primary partition: the value under the "Status" field, "Active" indicates that the partition is active, current The working system is under the partition. Select another partition, and select "Restart", then click "OK", the current system will immediately shut down and the PC will be restarted to another system. In addition, running PQboot32 and PQboot that we have copied to "D: PQBOOT" can also achieve the above functions, except that PQboot32 runs in the Windows command prompt window, PQboot can only run in pure
DOS
under. Both of these commands can be run with parameters, which makes it possible for us to implement "one-click conversion" with batch processing. The following is an example of converting the second system under the first system:
Create a batch under the first system, which contains only one command line:
D:PQboot32 /V: P2
Create a shortcut for this batch on the desktop or specify a shortcut. In the future, as long as the batch is run, the system will automatically switch to the second system.
Backing up or restoring another system from one system
There are many system backup and recovery software that can run under Windows window, such as DriveImage-v7.0, snapshot, Acronis True Image, the following is an example of Acronis True Image.
run Acronis True Image, the main interface as shown in FIG. After double-clicking "Create Image" in Figure 3, you can specify the partition to be backed up in the next screen, as shown in Figure 4. All partitions on the hard disk, including hidden partitions, are identified, and we can choose any partition.
When you have selected a backup partition and then click "Next", the next screen as shown in Figure 5, specify the image file name and save location. The software automatically adds an extension to the image file, and the extension "TrueImage" is "tib". With more than
backup, when a system error, we will be able to boot into another system to recover, double-click the "Restore Image" as long as in Figure 3, the method is to identify image The file then specifies which partition to restore to.