Power Boot, the New
Multiboot Solution


Now exist a new and improved solution for multiboot: Power Boot. You can download the file (pb099b.zip, 21 KB) from BMT Micro, the world largest OS/2 programs reseller. Power Boot is shareware and the registration costs $25.00 - Single User License, $230.00 - 25 User License and $525.00 - 50 User License.

Power Boot is a boot utility that allows you to select which
Operating System you want to boot from.

If you want to install more than one Operating System on
your PC, you will want to install them in different partitions
so that each Operating System runs in its native
environment.

All you need then, is the ability to boot from the different
partitions, Power Boot is more versatile and much less
expensive than other popular programs.

If you use Partition-It or Partition Magic, Power Boot is an
ideal and inexpensive companion. You can create multiple
partitions with Partition-It or Partition Magic and then use
Power Boot to boot from any one of the partitions.

If your company is using Partition Magic 3.0 and you don't
want to pay an exhorbitant price for Boot Manager licences,
Power Boot is an excellent alternative.

Power Boot Features include:

Unlike OS/2 Boot Manager, Power Boot does not occupy a
primary partition entry and you can therefore use all four
primary partitions in a hard disk for different operating
systems.

OS/2 boot drive letter: you can choose which drive letter an
OS/2 HPFS partition can be booted with.

Hide/unhide partitions on the fly as you boot up. There is no
need to run another program in order to hide or unhide
partitions.

One touch option to configure your system to update an
operating system.

One touch option to configure your system to install an OEM
version of an operating system e.g. Windows95 OSR2. Very
often, these OEM versions will not install if they detect
another operating system.

Power-Chain enabled. You can install more than one utility
in the MBR of your hard drive.

Features new to Version 2.0 include:

File system independant: Power Boot still works when you
decide to upgrade the file system (e.g. FAT16 to FAT32).

Simple to use: auto-detects partitions and no configuration
is necessary to use it.

Password: to prevent someone else from changing the boot
defaults or to boot from another partition. Or, as one user
put it, to prevent kids from booting other more 'sensitive'
operating systems.

Save last boot: if you boot from an extended partition or
from a partition on a hard drive other than the first one, this
partition will become the default partition. Power Boot will
always boot this partition without any user intervention.

Save option settings: all options you set during a boot
session with Power Boot will be saved so that the next time
Power Boot starts up, it will use the same options.

Variable timeout: the timeout delay is can now be between 4
to 32 seconds.

Quiet mode: Power Boot can now start up with just a simple
copyright message.

Drive swap: if you choose to boot from a partition that is not
on the first hard drive, you can select a mode whereby this
hard drive will be logically swapped with the first one.
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