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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
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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
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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