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- BootMagic(R) by PowerQuest(R)
- Version 1.01
- Copyright 1997-1999, PowerQuest Corporation. All rights reserved.
- Patents Pending in the U.S.A. and elsewhere. PowerQuest,
- BootMagic, PartitionMagic and Drive Image are registered
- trademarks of PowerQuest Corporation in the United States and
- elsewhere.
-
-
- Table of Contents
- -----------------
- 1. Updates
- 2. 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
- 3. Partition Magician Newsletter
-
-
- 1. Updates
- ----------
- Updates to BootMagic will be made available on the PowerQuest web
- site. Check the PowerQuest web site often to download the latest
- version at http://www.powerquest.com/
-
-
- 2. 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 diskette which 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 drive. 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 Drive Mixes on Windows NT
- -------------------------------------
- If you are running Windows NT 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.
-
- Also, menu items added to the BootMagic menu under Windows NT
- may not be found at boot time. As a work-around, install
- BootMagic from DOS or Windows 95 and run the BootMagic
- Configuration program from DOS or Windows 95.
-
-
- 3. PARTITION MAGICIAN NEWSLETTER
- --------------------------------
-
- PowerQuest has a free monthly electronic newsletter that is dedicated
- to official announcements regarding PowerQuest products. Signing up
- on the list will give you all the information you need regarding
- product tips, bugs, and patches. Just go to our home page
- (www.powerquest.com), find the "Sign up for our Newsletter!" area,
- enter your e-mail address in the space provided, and press the
- "Subscribe" button. You will be e-mailed a response verifying your
- subscription.
-
-
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- PowerQuest can be reached at:
-
- Voice: 801-437-8900
- Fax: 801-226-8941
- Web site: http://www.powerquest.com
- E-mail: magic@powerquest.com
-