BootIt NG Color Schemes
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Table of Contents:

 - Key to Packaged Color Schemes
 - How to Change the Color Scheme Used by BootIt NG
   - Method 1:  Using MakeDisk
   - Method 2:  Drive Letter Access
      - Notes on Drive Letter Access


Key to Packaged Color Schemes:
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Scheme Name        Resolution*  Color Depth   File Name    Screen Shot
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Low-Key Black      640 x 480        256      LK-BLACK.ACS  LK-BLACK.PNG
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Low-Key Blue       640 x 480        256      LK-BLUE.ACS   LK-BLUE.PNG
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Low-Key Green      640 x 480        256      LK-GREEN.ACS  LK-GREEN.PNG
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Low-Key Red        640 x 480        256      LK-RED.ACS    LK-RED.PNG
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Forest             640 x 480        256      FOREST.ACS    FOREST.PNG
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Khaki              640 x 480        64K      KHAKI.ACS     KHAKI.PNG
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Midnight           640 x 480        64K      MIDNIGHT.ACS  MIDNIGHT.PNG
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Moonlite           640 x 480        64K      MOONLITE.ACS  MOONLITE.PNG
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Ocean              640 x 480        64K      OCEAN.ACS     OCEAN.PNG
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Orange             640 x 480        256      ORANGE.ACS    ORANGE.PNG
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Sunny              640 x 480        256      SUNNY.ACS     SUNNY.PNG
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* The resolution for any of the schemes may be changed as follows:

 1.  Beginning on the BootIt NG desktop, select "Colors... " under the
     Utilities menu.  The "Color Scheme" window appears.

 2.  In the Mode section of the "Color Scheme" window, select the desired
     resolution:  640x480, 800x600, or 1024x768.

     -  If you change the existing color depth setting (i.e. 256 or 64K),
        there may be a pronounced change in the colors displayed.  If this
        change is undesired, simply revert to the previous color depth
        setting, by clicking the Revert button on the "Color Scheme"
        window.

 3.  Click OK on the "Color Scheme" window.


How to Change the Color Scheme Used by BootIt NG:
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Method 1:  Using MakeDisk (Recommended for most users)
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Please note:  This procedure will cause your existing BootIt NG color
scheme to be overwritten.

 1.  Download and extract the free MakeDisk utility, if you don't have it
     already.  MakeDisk can be found here:
     http://terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/makedisk.zip

 2.  Extract the BootIt NG archive to a folder on your hard drive.  The
     latest version of BootIt NG can be found here:
     http://terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/bootitng.zip

 3.  Place the desired color scheme (.ACS) file in the folder from step 2,
     and rename the file to BOOTITNG.ACS.

 4.  Run MakeDisk, and if prompted for MAKEDISK.CFG, navigate to the copy
     of MAKEDISK.CFG from the BootIt NG archive, which should be in the
     folder from step 2.

 5.  Follow the prompts provided by MakeDisk to create a BootIt NG
     installation diskette or ISO image.

 6.  Install BootIt NG.  After installation is complete and the system is
     restarted, the color scheme from step 3 will be in effect whenever
     you use BootIt NG.

     -  If you are reinstalling over an existing installed copy of BootIt
        NG, allow setup to select the partition for you--the current
        BootIt NG installation partition will be detected and selected
        automatically.


Method 2:  Drive Letter Access (Advanced users only)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please note:  This procedure is only applicable if you have BootIt NG
installed to a dedicated hard drive partition.

 1.  Boot with a BootIt NG floppy diskette or CD/DVD disc, and when the
     "Floppy Boot Menu" window appears, click the Maintenance button.

 2.  On the BootIt NG desktop, click the "Partition Work" icon.  The "Work
     with Partitions" window appears.

 3.  Select the hard drive and partition where BootIt NG is installed, and
     then click the Properties button.  The Properties window appears.

 4.  In the "File System" drop-down list, select "6/6h: FAT-16".

 5.  Click OK on the Properties window and close the "Work with Partitions"
     window to return to the BootIt NG desktop.

 6.  On the BootIt NG desktop, click the "Boot Edit" icon.  The "Boot Menu"
     window appears.

 7.  Select the boot entry that points to your normal operating system
     (e.g. Windows or Linux), and then click the Edit button.

 8.  Ensure that, under "MBR Details", the partition containing BootIt NG
     is present, and not hidden.  Make changes if necessary.

 9.  Reboot into your normal operating system.  The BootIt NG partition
     should now be accessible as a drive letter.

10.  If you wish to save your current BootIt NG color scheme, you will need
     to either save a copy of the existing BOOTITNG.ACS file on the BootIt
     NG partition, or rename it in place.

     Rename the desired color scheme (.ACS) file to BOOTITNG.ACS, and copy
     it to the BootIt NG partition.  The color scheme will be in effect the
     next time you use BootIt NG.


Notes on Drive Letter Access:
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 -  If you are running Windows 2000 or later, and wish to remove the
    BootIt NG drive letter, you may do so as follows:

    1.  Run the "Disk Management" applet.

    2.  Right click the BootIt NG partition, and select the "Change Drive
        Letter and Paths..." menu item.

    3.  Click the Remove button.

 -  If desired, you may change the file system ID of the BootIt NG
    partition back to its original value.  To do this, follow steps 1-4
    under "Method 2" above.  In step 4, set the file system type to its
    previous value (the default is "223/DFh: BootIt EMBRM").


Copyright (c) 2006 TeraByte, Inc.


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