zBoot Manager Installation Wizard
Situation:
My
hard disk has two partitions, C: for Windows 98, D: for some data. Since I share
my computer with some guests and I have some important data in D:, I want
to Make D: invisible to guests. So I need two systems: 1. Windows 98 with
D:( protected with a password) 2. Windows 98 without D:. I don't actually
want to install another OS.
Installation steps:
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Create a DOS startup floppy disk. If you have one DOS startup floppy
disk, skip this step.
You can use the starting floppy disk of Windows 98/Me etc. If you
hard disk is bigger than 8G, you should not use the DOS 6.0 or older version
since they can't support the big disk. One easy way to do this is to make a
start-up disk from Windows, Control Panel-->Add/Remove Program--> Make
startup disk. You can also download a Windows
98 boot disk here. Insert a floppy disk to A: and run it , it will
automatically create a bootable floppy disk.
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Copy
ZBOOT.EXE to your startup floppy disk, and restart your computer with
that disk. Then run zBoot Manager: A:\>zboot <ENTER>. At this
time, it will check your 1st hard disk, and read your current partition
information. When you see the Main Menu, use Disk tools->Backup current
MBR function to save your current MBR to a file. Obviously, you'd better
save it to your floppy disk.
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From Main Menu, select "step 1 setup partition list". You can
now see your current partition list. Since you don't need to add new
partitions at this time, simply press <ESC> to return to Main Menu.
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Form Main Menu, select "Step 2 setup
zBoot menu". There are
three windows here, you can use <TAB> to switch among them. In the
first window, you can find a menu item "operating system 1", it is
your current system (Windows 98 with D:). Press <R> key to rename it to "Windows
98 with D:". The window below will list the partitions of Windows
98 at
this time. Now, you can add another system. In the first window, press <C> to
copy to a new system,
input a name "Windows 98 without D:". In the panel below, delete
the one which doesn't have "B" sign ( It is your D:). In the right
panel, select "User Password" and press <Enter> to set a
password. In the left panel, use <SPACE> ke to lock the first system. Press
<ESC> to return to Main Menu
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Form Main Menu, select "Step 3 Install
zBoot Manager to hard
disk" to actually install it. Then remove your floppy disk and restart
your computer.
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You
will see a boot menu with two items "Windows 98 with D:" and "Windows
98 without D:". Enjoy
it!!!
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