
Welcome to PhysTechSoft BootWizard version 3.1
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Copyright (C) PhysTechSoft, Ltd. 1995-98. All rights reserved.


   Contents
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1. About BootWizard
2. Hardware requirements and compatibility
3. Installation instructions
4. Distribution file list
5. Possible emergency situations
6. Contacting the authors
7. Sales


1. About BootWizard
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In the situation of great operating system variety a vast amount of computer
users are confronted with a question about which OS to choose. And the choice
is not always the best. Now you can handle such problems. PhysTechSoft
BootWizard allows you to have many different operating systems installed on
the same computer and to easily switch between them while booting. Excellent
design and user-friendly interface makes the work with it a pleasure.

   Main PTS BootWizard features:

* It supports a great amount of operating systems, such as PTS-DOS,
  MS-DOS, PC-DOS, Open DR-DOS, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, OS/2, Linux,
  FreeBSD, SUN Solaris, SCO Unix and other.

* Direct FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 support. It means that
  PhysTechSoft BootWizard can be installed on a drive with such file system.

* Allows booting from a diskette.

* Automatic detection and support of operating systems on both primary and
  extended partitions of all hard drives that are installed on the computer.

* It can support several operating systems that are installed on a FAT drive.

* Prevents system conflict and backups main system files.

* Allows to fine tune each boot section and to add new sections or delete the
  old ones.

* Built-in boot-virus protection.

* Easy re-installation in case when MBR is damaged.

* Supports large size hard drives in all the modes that are supported by
  modern BIOS.


2. Hardware requirements and compatibility
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PhysTechSoft BootWizard can be installed on any computer with no less than
i386 CPU and a hard drive where there either is at least one FAT partition or
free space that is unused by operating systems. A mouse is handy but not
necessary. PhysTechSoft BootWizard itself occupies no more than 500 kilobytes
on a hard drive. It needs extra space to store system files for the operating
systems that are detected by PhysTechSoft BootWizard.


3. Installation instructions
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There are two ways to install PhysTechSoft BootWizard on your computer:
1) Run INSTALL.EXE from an MS-DOS or Windows 95/98 compatible operating
   system.
2) Boot your computer from a PhysTechSoft installation diskette. You can (and
   you better do) create an installation diskette by means of INSTALL.EXE.

During the installation process you will be able to read the license
agreement and choose the drive, on which PhysTechSoft BootWizard will be
installed. Reboot your computer after the files are copied, and the
installation will be complete.
If you have launched INSTALL.EXE from under Windows 95/98 than you might need
an extra reboot for PhysTechSoft BootWizard to gain full control of your
computer.


4. Distribution file list
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PhysTechSoft BootWizard distribution should necessary include the following
files. If some of them are absent, please either notify your distributor or
contact us directly.

HELP.BAT     - Batch to view main help
BOOTWIZ.CFG  - Floppy configuration
REINSTAL.COM - MBR restoration utility
BOOTWIZ.DBS  - Operating systems database
BOOTCFG.EXE  - Configurator
EDIT.EXE     - Text editor
HELP.EXE     - Help system
INSTALL.EXE  - Installation program
*.HTM        - Help files
BOOTDAT.SYS  - Some bootsectors
BOOTWIZ.SYS  - Loader
README.TXT   - This file


5. Possible emergency situations
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"MBR Error #"
   MBR can not start loading PhysTechSoft BootWizard.
   Try to re-install PhysTechsoft BootWizard or launch
   REINSTAL.COM manually.

PhysTechSoft BootWizard may work not correctly on some old 386 computers with
MFM hard drives.


6. Contacting the authors
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Our address:
   PhysTechSoft, Ltd,
   Institutsky per., 9
   Dolgoprudny, 141700, RUSSIA

Phone/Fax
   +7 (095) 408-7072
   +7 (095) 576-5518

Check out our Internet site:
   http://www.PhysTechSoft.com  (USA)
   http://www2.PhysTechSoft.com (Russia)

E-mail:
   bootwiz@PhysTechSoft.com


7. Sales
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DATAESTRADI OY

Adr.Jauhokatu 4A,
   FIN 53500 Lappeenranta,
   Finland, Europe

Int. +358 71 277 6123, puh. 071 277 6123
Int. +358 5 541 1170, puh. 05 541 1170
Int. +358 50 521 2279, gsm. 050 521 2279

Internet site:
   http://www.estradi.com

E-mail:
   sales@estradi.com

