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- PowerQuest(R) PartitionMagic(R)
- Version 5.0
- Versions for DOS, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT
-
- Copyright 1994-1999, PowerQuest Corporation. All rights reserved.
- U.S. patents 5,675,769; 5,706,472; and 5,930,831. Other patents
- pending in the U.S.A. and elsewhere. PowerQuest and
- PartitionMagic are registered trademarks of PowerQuest
- Corporation.
-
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
- 1. Back up Your System!
- 2. PartitionMagic 5.0 Enhancements
- 3. Known Issues
- 4. Minimum System Requirements
- 5. General Usage Notes
- 6. Security Problems Using Shared Drive Letters Under Windows 95/98
- 7. Partition Magician Newsletter
-
-
- 1. BACK UP YOUR SYSTEM!
- -----------------------
- Don't forget to back up your hard drives before using PartitionMagic.
- While PartitionMagic has been thoroughly tested, power failures,
- operating system bugs, and hardware design bugs can put your data
- at risk. BEFORE USING ANY UTILITY THAT MAKES SUCH EXTENSIVE CHANGES
- TO YOUR HARD DISK, YOU SHOULD BACK UP YOUR DATA!
-
- To back up your system, we recommend using PowerQuest's Drive
- Image(R) or Drive Image(R) Pro. Drive Image is a state-of-the-art
- disk imaging tool that allows you to create an image of your entire
- system (an exact sector-for-sector copy) that can easily be restored.
- Having a backup allows you to run PartitionMagic with the security
- of knowing that you can get your system back up and running
- quickly if you run into problems.
-
-
- 2. PARTITIONMAGIC 5.0 ENHANCEMENTS
- ----------------------------------
-
- A. Ability to merge FAT and FAT32 partitions
- --------------------------------------------
- You can use PartitionMagic to merge FAT and FAT32 partitions
- that are adjacent to each other on a hard disk. You should be
- careful not to merge two primary partitions that include
- operating systems.
-
- B. Improved interface
- ---------------------
- Partitions on the partition map are color-coded, so
- you can identify the file system type at a glance.
- The partition map in the main window includes
- indicators for the 2 GB boot code boundary and the
- 1024 cylinder limit. Each partition on the partition
- map includes color coding to indicate used and unused
- space.
-
- C. Option to hide wizard buttons in the main window
- ---------------------------------------------------
- To hide wizard buttons, click Wizards > Hide Wizard
- Buttons on the menu bar.
-
- D. More options for converting file systems for a partition
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- In addition to the conversions available in PartitionMagic
- 4.0, you can now convert NTFS partitions to FAT, NTFS to
- FAT32, primary to logical, and logical to primary.
-
- E. Improved wizards
- -------------------
- There is a new wizard to merge adjacent FAT and FAT32
- partitions. The Create Partition wizard incorporates
- two wizards from PartitionMagic 4.0. You can now use
- the Create Partition wizard to prepare to install a
- new operating system. There is also a new Resize
- partitions wizard that makes it easier to resize
- partitions.
-
- F. Ability to view pending operations
- -------------------------------------
- You can view a list of pending operations before you
- apply them on your machine. Click Operations > View
- Operations Pending to display the list.
-
- G. Improved online help
- -----------------------
- New interface and improved table of contents make help
- topics easier to find. Topics have been divided into
- "About" topics for conceptual information and step topics
- for detailed instructions about tasks. You can also search
- for help topics using the help index. You can find topics
- that are related to the one you are reading by clicking
- the See Also button at the top of the help toolbar.
-
- H. Automatic error fixing
- -------------------------
- The automatic error fixing feature in PartitionMagic 5.0
- detects most common partition table errors and can correct
- them automatically. A number of computer systems are
- shipped from the manufacturer with partition table errors,
- including partitions that overlap, extend past the end of
- the disk, or have CHS/LBA conflicts. The automatic fixing
- feature will detect and correct these types of errors.
-
- I. Support for NTFS 5
- ---------------------
- You can perform all PartitionMagic 5.0 operations on
- NTFS 5 partitions.
-
- J. Improved interface for scripting (Pro version only)
- ------------------------------------------------------
- PartitionMagic 5.0 includes a new Script Builder that
- makes it easy to create scripts. The Script Builder
- includes extensive online help.
-
-
-
- 3. KNOWN ISSUES
- ---------------
- A. Running other applications with PartitionMagic
- -------------------------------------------------
- Under Windows 95/98 and Windows NT, you should not run
- PartitionMagic while any other applications are running.
- Close any running applications before starting PartitionMagic.
-
-
- B. OS Environments supported by PartitionMagic
- ----------------------------------------------
- PartitionMagic runs on DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98, and
- Windows NT Workstation 4.0. Versions for each of these
- environments are included on the installation CD.
- PartitionMagic does not run on Windows NT Server. PowerQuest
- markets another partitioning product, ServerMagic (R), that
- is specifically designed to support the Windows NT Server
- and Novell NetWare server environments.
-
- Windows NT 3.51 and OS/2 are not supported by native versions
- of PartitionMagic but are supported by the DOS rescue disk
- version of PartitionMagic.
-
-
- C. Bad Sector Checking is ON by default
- ---------------------------------------
- Be aware that PartitionMagic ships with Bad Sector Checking
- turned ON by default in Preferences. This ensures that data
- is not moved or copied to bad disk sectors. However, this
- causes the Create, Move, and Resize operations to slow down
- considerably.
-
- The quality of modern disks is such that bad sectors are rare.
- Furthermore, most modern computers can determine when a sector
- is bad; if this happens, the computer automatically marks the
- sector as bad (so it will never be used) and then uses an
- alternate sector.
-
- If you feel confident that there are no bad sectors on your
- system, and you want to improve the performance of
- PartitionMagic, then turn off Bad Sector Checking (by checking
- the appropriate boxes in the "Skip bad sector checks" listbox
- in Preferences). Another way to verify that there are no bad
- sectors on your disk is to run the Windows 95/98 ScanDisk
- utility and do a surface scan before launching PartitionMagic.
-
-
- D. Backing up your BOOT.INI file in Windows NT
- ----------------------------------------------
- PartitionMagic for Windows NT needs to temporarily replace your
- BOOT.INI file after performing the disk manipulation operations.
- It restores the file once it has finished performing the
- operations and rebooting. If a failure occurs during the NT
- reboot phase, your BOOT.INI file may not be restored properly.
- It is a good idea to back up your BOOT.INI file before running
- PartitionMagic for Windows NT.
-
-
- E. Volume sets and stripe sets on Windows NT
- --------------------------------------------
- Currently PartitionMagic does not support moving or copying of
- Windows NT volume or stripe sets.
-
-
- F. MOUSE.COM issue running PartitionMagic under Windows 3.x
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- By default, Windows 3.x disables MOUSE.COM in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file and MOUSE.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS file. This makes Windows
- 3.x use its own proprietary mouse driver. When PartitionMagic
- is run from Windows 3.x with this situation, MOUSE.COM is
- never called, and PartitionMagic runs without a mouse. You
- can have a mouse with PartitionMagic under Windows 3.x if
- the MOUSE.COM mouse driver is loaded before Windows 3.x is
- loaded; this may require you to edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT or
- CONFIG.SYS file.
-
-
- G. Uninstalling PartitionMagic under Win3.x
- -------------------------------------------
- The "PowerQuest" program group is not removed when you
- uninstall PartitionMagic under Win3.x. You can delete
- the program group manually.
-
-
- H. Mixed IDE/SCSI drive configurations under Windows NT
- -------------------------------------------------------
- In a configuration with mixed IDE and SCSI hard drives, Windows NT
- does not always see the boot drive as the first physical hard
- drive. PartitionMagic displays drives in the order Windows NT
- reports them. As a result, you may see your boot device as
- Drive 1, 2, etc. This does not cause problems for
- PartitionMagic except when setting a new active partition.
- Also, PartitionMagic may incorrectly report that there is no
- active partition on your system. To change your active
- partition, be sure that you identify which drive is the boot
- drive.
-
- With this configuration, there is the possibility your BOOT.INI
- file can be corrupted; therefore, we recommend you back up your
- BOOT.INI file before running PartitionMagic.
-
-
- I. Windows NT may improperly detect the size of large hard drives
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- Windows NT 4.0 may incorrectly report the size of hard drives
- larger than 10GB. Most often it reports them as 8GB drives.
- This problem may be solved by installing Service Pack 3, or
- (if you have Service Pack 1 or 2) installing the patch
- ata-fixi.exe from the following URL:
-
- ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/hotfixes-postSP3/atapi-fix/
-
-
- J. Color palette issues installing Windows NT version
- -----------------------------------------------------
- If you run the Windows NT version of PartitionMagic immediately
- after installation, occasionally you may see color palette
- problems. We recommend rebooting Windows NT before running
- PartitionMagic for the first time.
-
-
- K. PartitionMagic 5.0 produces old-style uppercase table
- --------------------------------------------------------
- The Windows 95/98 and MS-DOS versions of PartitionMagic format
- NTFS file systems with the uppercase table used by NT 4.0
- before Service Pack 4. When Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4
- or Windows 2000 Professional are started after an NTFS file
- system is created by PartitionMagic, they detect the old-style
- uppercase table and change it to the new version.
-
-
- L. UNC Paths Do Not Work for Installation
- -----------------------------------------
- If you install PartitionMagic from a network directory, you must
- have a drive letter mapped to the directory. UNC (universal
- naming convention) paths will not work for installation. If you
- do not have a drive letter mapped to the directory, you will
- receive error #0 or error #1 and installation will fail.
-
-
-
- 4. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- ------------------------------
- PartitionMagic for Windows 95/98
- --------------------------------
- - 12 MB free hard drive space
- - 16 MB of RAM
- - Windows 95a or later (Windows 95b required for FAT32 support)
- - VGA compatible display
- - Intel/486 DX or later (33 MHz)
- - 4x CD-ROM drive
- - 3.5" Floppy (high-density)
-
- PartitionMagic for Windows NT
- -----------------------------
- - 12 MB free hard drive space
- - 16 MB of RAM
- - Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
-
- NOTE: Windows NT 3.51 is not supported by native versions
- of PartitionMagic, but is supported by the DOS GUI (rescue
- disk) version.
-
- - VGA compatible display
- - Intel/486 DX or later (33 MHz)
- - 4x CD-ROM drive
- - 3.5" Floppy (high-density)
-
- DOS (rescue disks)
- ------------------
- - 8 MB of RAM (16 MB for PartitionMagic to operate on NTFS or
- FAT32 partitions)
- - MS-DOS 5.0 (6.2 or later recommended) or compatible
- - VGA compatible display'
- - 486 DX or later (33 MHz)
- - 3.5" floppy (high-density)
-
-
-
- 5. GENERAL USAGE NOTES
- ----------------------
- - If you run PartitionMagic from DOS: Turn off third-party disk
- caches. Deactivate or unload any TSR programs that access or
- modify the partitions being changed. Do not run PartitionMagic
- from a compressed drive.
-
- - If you run PartitionMagic from Windows 3.x: After using
- PartitionMagic, it is normal to get an error message when starting
- Windows 3.1 stating that the swap file is corrupt. Windows 3.1
- recognizes that disk utilities may move the clusters of the swap
- file. When a move is detected, Windows displays an error message.
- To fix the swap file, click the 386 Enhanced icon in the Control
- Panel, then the Virtual Memory button. Delete the swap file and
- recreate it.
-
- - Be aware that there is no undo if you merge two FAT or FAT32
- partitions. You must be particularly careful not to merge two
- primary partitions that include operating systems, as your
- computer will not be bootable if you do.
-
-
-
- 6. SECURITY PROBLEMS USING SHARED DRIVE LETTERS UNDER WINDOWS 95/98
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- Be aware that under Windows 95/98, if you are using shared privileges
- to share drives and you add or remove a partition (causing the drive
- letters to change), you may experience some security problems.
-
- The following is a possible example of a security problem sharing
- drive letters under Windows 95/98 after partitioning your hard drive.
- Assume that before you partitioned your hard drive, your CD-ROM drive
- had shared privileges for drive D:. After you added a partition,
- your CD-ROM became drive E:. However, your shared privileges would
- still be assigned to drive D. Therefore, you could potentially be
- sharing information from your D: partition that you do not wish to
- share.
-
- To resolve this problem, you may want to check (and if necessary,
- reset) your shared privileges in Windows 95/98 after you have added
- or removed a partition. You will not be affected by this situation if
- you share a directory and its parent directory and its parent drive
- letter changes because the shared privilege would be lost.
-
-
-
- 7. PARTITION MAGICIAN NEWSLETTER
- --------------------------------
- PowerQuest has a free monthly electronic newsletter that is dedicated
- to official announcements, tips, and techniques for PowerQuest
- products. You can view the newsletter online at
- www.powerquest.com/newsletter.
-
-
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-
- PowerQuest can be reached at:
-
- Voice: 801-437-8900
- Fax: 801-226-8941
- Web site: www.powerquest.com
- E-mail: magic@powerquest.com