BootMagic(R) by PowerQuest(R) Version 6.0 Table of Contents ----------------- 1. BMBOOT to PQBOOT 2. Installing under Windows 2000 3. Known Issues A. Removable Media Drives B. Making copies of the Home Partition C. Installing to a Compressed Drive D. Uninstalling the DOS Installation and Uninstalling Manually E. IDE/SCSI Drive Mixes on Windows NT/Windows 2000 4. PowerQuest's Storage Manager Newsletter 1. BMBoot to PQBoot ------------------- BMBOOT.EXE no longer ships with BootMagic. It has been replaced with PQBOOT.EXE and PQBOOT32.EXE. PQBOOT.EXE is a 16-bit DOS program and has all the features of BMBoot, plus the features of PQBoot. PQBOOT32.EXE is the 32-bit version of PQBoot, and it will run from Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows 9x. PQBoot32 requires PQVXD.VXD to be in the same directory when run under Windows 9x. 2. Installing under Windows 2000 ------------------------------- When Installing BootMagic from Windows 2000, it is recommended that you install to a FAT16 partition. If you install to a FAT32 partition, the rescue diskettes will not see the BootMagic partition. If you do install to a FAT32 partition, you can create rescue diskettes from a Windows 98 machine; then the disks will see the FAT32 BootMagic partition correctly. 3. Known Issues --------------- A. Removable Drives ------------------- Problems with some removable media drives will cause significant delays when booting your machine. If you are experiencing long delays and you have a removable media drive, make sure you have a cartridge in the drive when you are booting your machine or configuring BootMagic. B. Making Copies of the Home Partition -------------------------------------- If you make a copy of the home partition using software such as PartitionMagic(R) or Drive Image(R), you will end up with two partitions that look like the home partition, and the BootMagic configuration program will not run. If your hard drive is in this state, you must boot with the BootMagic rescue disk. The rescue disk will take you through the steps needed to fix the problem. C. Installing to a Compressed Drive ----------------------------------- We recommend that you do not install BootMagic to a partition that already has disk compression installed on it. If you choose to install BootMagic to a partition with disk compression, we recommend you uninstall the disk compression software from your disk before installing BootMagic. For information on uninstalling your disk compression software, see your disk compression documentation. If you decide to install BootMagic onto a drive with disk compression, you must make sure the portion of the disk that is not compressed (the host partition) is large enough for BootMagic. BootMagic must be installed on the uncompressed portion of your hard disk. For information on adjusting free space from the compressed volume to the host partition, see your disk compression documentation. For BootMagic to operate correctly, ensure the disk compression software is configured to make the host partition visible and assign it a drive letter. If your host partition is set to Hidden, BootMagic may continue to install, but you will not be able to run the BootMagic Configuration program or uninstall BootMagic. If BootMagic tries to install to a drive letter that you are not aware you have, your system may have disk compression software installed and it may have hidden the host partition. D. Uninstalling the DOS Installation and Uninstalling Manually -------------------------------------------------------------- If you installed BootMagic using the DOS installation and wish to uninstall, or if you wish to uninstall manually, do the following: Disable BootMagic in the BootMagic Configuration program by unchecking the "BootMagic Enabled" check box and clicking the "Save/Exit" button. Reboot your machine and delete the \BTMAGIC.PQ subdirectory. E. IDE/SCSI Disk Mixes on Windows NT/Windows 2000 ------------------------------------------------- If you are running Windows NT or Windows 2000 with SCSI and IDE hard disks, and you have set your computer to boot from one of the SCSI drives, the drives may appear in a different order in the BootMagic Configuration program than they appear at boot time. This can result in BootMagic failing to appear after installing from Windows NT or Windows 2000. Also, menu items added to the BootMagic menu under Windows NT or Windows 2000 may not be found at boot time. As a work-around, install BootMagic from DOS or Windows 9x and run the BootMagic Configuration program from DOS or Windows 9x. 4. POWERQUEST'S STORAGE MANAGER NEWSLETTER ------------------------------------------ PowerQuest has a free monthly electronic newsletter that is dedicated to official announcements about PowerQuest products. The newsletter includes tips and techniques for getting the most out of your PowerQuest products. You can view the newsletter online at www.powerquest.com/newsletter/index.html. ====================================================================== PowerQuest can be reached at: Voice: 801-437-8900 Fax: 801-226-8941 Web site: http://www.powerquest.com E-mail: magic@powerquest.com Copyright 1997-2000, PowerQuest Corporation. All rights reserved. Patents pending in the U.S.A. and elsewhere. PowerQuest, BootMagic, PartitionMagic, and Drive Image are trademarks or registered trademarks of PowerQuest Corporation.