BootIt Bare Metal for Windows

By TeraByte
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Developer’s Description

Manage your disk partitions and perform various partition operations with ease.

BootIt Bare Metal builds on the success of its predecessor, BootIt NG, continuing to provide a high-quality partition manager, boot manager, and disk imaging program in single package, further enforcing TeraByte's position as a leading innovator of advanced multi-booting software.Some of the many partition operations include non-destructive resizing, converting, creating, copying, moving, deleting, and undeleting on hard drives beyond 16 exabytes in size. Standard MBR, EMBR, and GPT type disks are all supported, as is safely converting between them. The built-in BCD editor provides an easy way to fix Windows BCD booting problems. Users can easily enable Windows 7 partition alignment standards and more advanced users will appreciate the full control over drive geometry.

Boot operating systems from any partition on any hard drive (up to 16) or boot multiple operating systems from a single partition. With a host of options available for each boot item, BootIt BM provides an unequaled level of flexibility in configuring a multi-boot system. When using EMBR type disks (which support over 200 primary partitions), load only the partitions needed for that operating system - great when OS isolation is required. The system can be further customized and secured with user IDs and passwords.

Create and restore backup images of partitions or entire drives using the included full version of TeraByte's Image for DOS - accessible directly from the BootIt BM desktop. Easily migrate to a larger drive or recover from hard drive failure or corruption. Image files can be saved to internal or external drives and have full compatibility with Image for Windows and Image for Linux.BootIt BM features a simple, mouse-driven graphical interface, and is entirely self-contained, requiring no operating system to install and run. In addition, partitioning and disk imaging functions can be easily implemented from the boot media - no installation required.

BootIt Bare Metal for Windows

By TeraByte
Trial version
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GENERAL

Release: August 12, 2013

Latest update: December 8, 2014

Version: 1.19

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2003
Windows 2000
Windows 8
Windows ME
Windows 98
Windows NT
Windows Server
Windows 10
Windows 7
Windows XP
Windows Vista

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 273,859

Downloads Last Week: 1

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4.4/5

156 User Votes

Has been replaced by new version
psivgalsMay 16, 2012
Pros
Unknown - have not installed yet due to complexity
Cons
Very complicated but probably also very capable. When will Linux get away from the use of floppies? Most PC's no longer have floppies! Also Linux re-naming HD partitions is confusing for users new to Linux.
Summary
There are simpler and much easier, free, Multiboot systems available if Windows is excluded.
Essential Nuts $ Bolts for a sysadmin
LairdDrambegJanuary 20, 2012
Pros
When you know what you want to do with partitions, multi-boot, imaging, etc. BootitNG will allow you to do it. Compare the cost of a partition manager for a Windows Server OS and you can save nearly a thousand dollars for a hard disk upgrade.
Cons
None, though you have to know what you're doing and read how to achieve it.
Summary
Apart from supplying invaluable tools for partition management, this tool has saved my skin on several occasions: recovering and undeleting lost partitions on a hard drive; aligning old FAT32 formatted partitions for a NTFS Convert so I did not end up with 512-byte clusters. If it doesn't work for you first time, it's because you need to study the "Settings" and understand their consequences.
Was not a working trial, a waste of time
ftaylor12viewOctober 31, 2011
Pros
Did not work a waste of time
Cons
Did not work a waste of time
Summary
Did not work
Extremely Poor Tech Support
tannybowersFebruary 17, 2011
Pros
Programme works great.
Cons
Haven't had a chance to try new version.
Summary
Have changed my details since buying this programme and it looks like you now need a serial number instead of the reg strings I have. I contacted Tech Support to find out how to update my details and got no satisfaction at all. They're instructions were in geek language and despite my reply in plain english saying I couldn't understand them, they still replied in geek. Don't tell me to SIMPLY log-in when there is NO log-in button on the page you sent me to. I got sent to a download page which needed my details, which wouldn't accept my original details and since all I could get from Support was geek, I've written it off. Maybe I can just use my old version that still takes the reg strings.
Just an amazing piece of software
DiskSigJuly 24, 2010
Pros
It can do so many things. Partitioning, cloning, image/restore, MBR manipulation, boot manager, BCD Edit. Excellent tech support. Registration takes less than a second. Copy/paste.
Cons
I'd like to see version 2 backup images instead of version 1. Apparently this will happen "soon".
Summary
Not an application for those who don't want to learn about partitions or imaging. There is a steep learning curve but once you master this app it is a treasure. I use it several times each day.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Jul 24, 2010<p/>Licensed for use on 3 home computers.
Works ... But Heavily Over-Rated
RevRickyBillyApril 27, 2010
Pros
The product will back up your PC
Cons
Horrible registration process and not very user friendly. Using SWReg as vendor adds $3 plus change to cost for fifteen seconds of work. The reg file should be sent with the purchase verification from SWReg.
Summary
"BootIt" and "Image for Windows" have be touted and recommended many years by the Langalist and other various IT e-zines. BootIt Next Gen falls short because the majority of PC users won't, or don't understand how to use, or register the product. Simple questions to ask yourself before even considering using or purchasing this product ... ? How well do you understand the DOS environment? ? How familiar are you around .reg files? If your response is that you are comfortable with both, then get this product, because it is very good at doing what it says it will do ... But if you aren't comfortable with the DOS environment, or with .reg files, then look into getting a user friend application like Acronis Image for Windows, or Norton Ghost.
Not worth the money.
aziegler60April 21, 2010
Pros
Works as advertised.
Cons
Rediculously tedious and convoluted registration process. Totally absent tech support - error during disk creation and got no response from my email to them. Counter-intuitive UI - a lot of the stuff is exactly backwards to what would you expect.
Summary
It's cheap, but still not worth the money - there are exceptionally good freeware products that will do what this does with a lot less hassle. See software reviews at Gizmo's Freeware - TechSupportAlert.com.
Software Great but Registration is not
andyh1968February 17, 2010
Pros
Software works very well indeed, can't fault it!
Cons
Registration following trial, I'm sorry people at Terabyte, it sucks! Appreciate given the nature of the product it's not that easy but come on it can't be that hard to improve things.
Summary
I've been d*ck*ing around for half an hour now and still haven't got it sorted on a laptop with no floppy drive....it's a real shame, the product itself is spot on but is spoilt by an archaic registration process:(
Excellent program, even for newbes
mrbizhomeNovember 16, 2009
Pros
ease of installation. and the great help video at Boot it's website. cant go wrong..
Cons
none..all great
Summary
great price and far better than other such program. excellent support.
Great Boot Manager!
dfisaNovember 12, 2009
Pros
Powerful and easy to use.
Cons
It didn't work with my USB mouse. Apparently something to do with my system BIOS.
Summary
This boot manager rocks. I got it bundled with Image for Windows and decided to check it out. I was totally amazed on what I've been missing all these years. Why every computer magazine on the planet isn't recommending and pushing bootit I don't know. But if you're in the market of multi or dual booting, this is THE ONE!