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.

Here are some key features of "MasterBooter":

· 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: [ read full changelog ]

· 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)