BootIt Next Generation (BING)

Image for DOS (IFD)

Image for Windows (IFW)

General Description

• Interactively, using simple menu-driven options;
• From the command line;
• From batch files.

• Interactively, using simple wizard-driven options;
• From the command line;
• From batch files.

Product Advantages

• A powerful, all-in-one disk management solution.
• Provides advanced boot-management features.
• Provides a full array of partition-managment features.
• Can create images of NTFS partitions, and save images to NTFS partitions.
• Natively supports ATAPI, USB 2.0 High Speed and IEEE1394 mass storage devices.

• Powerful command line support.
• Imaging and restoring functions can be automated with the use of batch files.
• Can save images to, or restore them from, any drive letter available in the DOS environment, including network drives.
• Can create bootable CD or DVD discs natively.
• Offers direct ATAPI, ATA, USB2, IEEE1394 support.
• Can create images of NTFS partitions, and save images to NTFS partitions.
• Can be run from bootable floppy.
• Supports SCSI CD/DVD drives with the correct DOS ASPI driver loaded.

• Powerful command line support.
• Imaging and restoring functions can be automated with the use of batch files.
• Can save images to, or restore them from, any drive path available in the Windows environment, including network drives.
• Can create bootable CD or DVD discs natively.
• Supports the devices available in the Windows environment.
• Can create images of NTFS partitions, and save images to NTFS partitions.
• WinPE Compatible.
• Capable of imaging in-use Windows partitions, with no reboot required. (Preferably using the free add-on program PHYLock.)

Installation

BootIt NG is installed from a bootable floppy disk or CD that is created using a program included in the BootIt NG distribution archive.

IFD is installed by simply extracting the IFD distribution archive to a chosen directory. The IFD files can also be placed on a pre-existing bootable DOS floppy.

IFW is installed by running the setup program included in the IFW distribution archive.

Free Add-on programs

Free add-on programs available include:

• BootNow - For automated imaging and boot item selection from a Windows environment.
• TBIView - To view the contents of an image, and restore individual files/folders from it.
• BingBurn - To burn image files to CD or DVD discs. (BootIt NG can also do this natively.)
• Tweak NG - To customize the BootIt NG interface.
• And many more...

Free add-on programs available include:

• ImageAll - To help backup/restore entire drives.
• TBIView - To view the contents of an image, and restore individual files/folders from it.
• BingBurn - To burn image files to CD or DVD discs. (IFD can also do this natively.)
• And many more...

Free add-on programs available include:

• PHYLock - To enable reliable imaging of partitions in use by WinNT/2K/XP, without requiring a reboot.
• ImageAll - To help backup/restore entire drives.
• TBIView - To view the contents of an image, and restore individual files/folders from it.
• BingBurn - To burn image files to CD or DVD discs. (IFW can also do this natively.)
• And many more...

BootIt Next Generation (BING)

Image for DOS (IFD)

Image for Windows (IFW)

Boot Management

Yes - BootIt NG is the most capable and configurable boot manager in the industry. It presents a simple menu when booting the system, from which a bootable environment can be chosen.

Configuration of each boot menu item is accomplished by using the Boot Edit dialog. When BootIt NG is installed, existing operating systems will be automatically detected and added to the boot menu.

No

No

Boot any primary partition on any drive

Yes - BootIt NG has a swap mode available that makes it possible to boot any Windows version from any drive. This is also possible with any other OS, provided the OS itself also supports it.

No

No

Boot from logical volume on any drive

Yes - If the installed operating system supports it (such as Linux).

No

No

Boot more than one OS from one primary partition

Yes - BootIt NG's Multi-OS feature can boot multiple operating systems from one primary FAT or FAT32 partition.

No

No

Hide any primary or volume, per boot item

Yes - Each item on the boot menu is completely configurable with regard to which partitions and/or logical volumes are hidden or shown.

No

No

Add or remove primary partitions from partition table, per boot item

Yes - BootIt NG has a unique feature which allows more than 4 primary partitions per drive. Once you enable this feature, any primary partition can be added to or removed from the partition table for each boot item.

No

No

Re-arrange partition table order, per boot item

Yes - Each boot item can be configured to have any partition table arrangement needed or desired.

No

No

Options to boot from floppy drive, CD-ROM device, or with swap mode enabled

Yes - These options are all available per boot item, configured in the Boot Edit dialog.

No

No

One-time options for booting from floppy drive, CD-ROM device, or with swap mode enabled

Yes - These options are all available as one-time options in the Boot Edit dialog. Floppy and CD-ROM one-time boot options are also available via hotkeys from the boot menu.

No

No

Automated keystroke entry on boot

Yes - This feature in the Boot Edit dialog allows you to configure keystrokes which are "typed" automatically by BootIt NG when you select the applicable boot item. For example, this feature can be used to select "Command Prompt" or "Safe Mode" automatically when you boot Win9x. Or, you can use it to press the keyboard arrow and Enter keys for you, to automatically select an entry on WinXP's native BOOT.INI menu. (You never even have to see the BOOT.INI screen.)

No

No

Password protection

Yes - Each boot item can be individually password protected. In addition, user names and passwords can be set up, with a customized boot menu for each user, if desired. There is also an optional maintenance password that can be set to prevent unauthorized changes to the boot menu, as well as the disk partitions, settings, etcetera.

No

No

Direct Boot menu

Yes - This is an optional, additional boot menu screen available, allowing you to choose a bootable partition and simply boot from it, without having to configure anything.

No

No

IT Mode

Yes - This feature allows booting directly into the default (or only) OS, without seeing the boot menu screen when you boot.

No

No

Automatic boot after time delay

Yes - Can be set to X seconds, or disabled completely if automatic booting is not desired.

No

No

BootNow support

Yes - With this feature enabled, the free add-on program BootNow can be run from your OS to reboot the system, and then automatically perform an imaging function, and/or choose a specified OS from the boot menu. Both Windows and Linux versions of BootNow are available.

No

No

Compatible with Linux boot loaders

Yes - BootIt NG will work perfectly alongside LILO and Grub when they are installed in the Linux partition's boot sector.

No

No

BootIt Next Generation (BING)

Image for DOS (IFD)

Image for Windows (IFW)

Partition Management

Yes - Extremely capable partition manager with many features that no other product can match, regardless of price.

No

No

Create and delete partitions

Yes - Can create or delete any partition type.

No

No

Secure deletion of partitions

Yes - When deleting a partition, there is an option to securely overwrite the area it occupied.

No

No

Undelete partitions

Yes - Can undelete "lost" partitions that have been deleted accidentally.

No

No

Format partitions

Yes - Can format FAT/FAT32 partitions. This is the default option when creating a new partition

No

No

Copy and move partitions

Yes - Can copy a partition to unpartitioned space on any drive. Can also move (slide) partitions if there is unpartitioned space available on either side of it.

No

No

Resize partitions

Yes - Can both shrink and expand FAT/FAT32 and NTFS partitions. Can also easily resize extended partitions from either end.

No

No

Convert between FAT and FAT32

Yes - The resize dialog can be used to convert in either direction. The conversion can be combined with a resize operation, if desired.

No

No

Align FAT/FAT32 partition for NTFS conversion

Yes - This option in the Slide dialog ensures that a subsequent NTFS conversion will not be forced to use inefficient 512 byte clusters, as would otherwise be the case.

No

No

Create more than 4 primary partitions per drive

Yes - This is an optional and very powerful feature that allows you to have more than the traditional 4 primary partitions on a given drive. Then, you can pick and choose which ones each OS will see, using the Boot Edit dialog

No

No

Create more than one extended partition per drive

Yes - Unique to BootIt NG, you can have as many extended partitions as you want on each drive. Again, you can choose the one you want each OS to see, using the Boot Edit dialog.

No

No

Work directly on MBR

Yes - The powerful View MBR dialog allows you to install a standard MBR on any drive. You can also set a partition active, and clear the WinNT/2K/XP disk signature on any drive (which is extremely useful, for example, after swapping hard drives on a WinXP system). In addition, you can reorder the partition table, and insert or remove partitions.

No

No

Supports latest versions of NTFS (4.x, 5.x)

Yes - All the NTFS versions released with WinNT, 2K, XP, 2K3, and Vista are supported.

Yes - All the NTFS versions released with WinNT, 2K, XP, 2K3, and Vista are supported.

Yes - All the NTFS versions released with WinNT, 2K, XP, 2K3, and Vista are supported.

Support for Linux extended partitions

Yes - The Linux extended partition (type 85h) is recognized and fully supported.

Yes

Yes

Support for Linux file systems

Yes - EXT2, EXT3, and ReiserFS are fully supported for the copy, move, and imaging functions.

Yes - EXT2, EXT3 , ReiserFS and XFS.

Yes - EXT2, EXT3, ReiserFS and XFS.

BootIt Next Generation (BING)

Image for DOS (IFD)

Image for Windows (IFW)

Partition Imaging

Yes - Can create and restore compressed images of entire partitions.

Yes - Can create and restore compressed images of entire partitions.

Yes - Can create and restore compressed images of entire partitions.

Compatible with other TeraByte Unlimited imaging programs

Yes - Images created by any one of the three programs are compatible with, and can be restored by, the other two programs.

Yes - Images created by any one of the three programs are compatible with, and can be restored by, the other two programs.

Yes - Images created by any one of the three programs are compatible with, and can be restored by, the other two programs.

Create an image as a compressed file (or set of files) on a hard drive partition

Yes - Can create image files on a FAT, FAT32, or NTFS partition.

Yes - Can create image files on a FAT, FAT32, or NTFS partition.

Yes - Can create image files on a FAT, FAT32, or NTFS partition.

Create image as a compressed, stand alone partition

Yes

No

No

Create image directly to CD or DVD device

Yes - Supports CD-R/RW and
DVD+RW/+R/-R/-RW.

Yes - Supports CD-R/RW and
DVD+RW/+R/-R/-RW.

Yes - Supports CD-R/RW and
DVD+RW/+R/-R/-RW.

Save or restore images to or from network drive

No

Yes - Requires that the network drive be accessible from DOS.

Yes

Validate images

Yes - Including an optional byte-for-byte validation mode (the most thorough in the industry).

Yes - Including an optional byte-for-byte validation mode (the most thorough in the industry).

Yes - Including an optional byte-for-byte validation mode (the most thorough in the industry).

Restore individual files and folders from an image

Yes - The free add-on program TBIView can open the image from within Windows, and restore files and folders as needed.

Yes - The free add-on program TBIView can open the image from within Windows, and restore files and folders as needed.

Yes - The free add-on program TBIView can open the image from within Windows, and restore files and folders as needed.

Reliably image the active Windows partition, or any other partition in use by Windows

Yes - By default, since BootIt NG doesn't run from Windows.

Yes - By default, since IFD doesn't run from Windows.

Yes - This can be achieved in Windows NT/2K/XP when the free add-on program PHYLock is installed.

Create and restore images of Linux partitions

Yes - EXT2, EXT3, and ReiserFS are fully supported.

Yes - EXT2, EXT3, and ReiserFS are fully supported.

Yes - EXT2, EXT3, and ReiserFS are fully supported.

Create more than one image at a time

Yes - By using the Image Sets feature.

Yes - By using the command line interface from a batch file.

Yes - Can be done interactively within the program, or by using the command line interface from a batch file.

Automated creation of one or more images

Yes - By using the Image Sets feature which can be initiated from BootIt NG itself, or from an OS by using the free add-on program BootNow.

Yes - By using the command line interface from a batch file.

Yes - By using the command line interface from a batch file.

Automated restoring of images

No

Yes - By using the command line interface from a batch file.

Yes - By using the command line interface from a batch file.

Create a bootable CD or DVD

No - Not directly, but possible in two steps by using the free add-on program BingBurn.

Yes

Yes

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