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BootMagic(R) by PowerQuest(R)
Version 2.0
Copyright 1997-1999, 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.
Table of Contents
-----------------
1. Updates
2. BMBOOT to PQBOOT
3. Known Issues
A. Windows 2000
B. Removable Media Drives
C. Making copies of the Home Partition
D. Installing to a Compressed Drive
E. Uninstalling the DOS Installation and Uninstalling Manually
F. IDE/SCSI Drive Mixes on Windows NT
4. 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 www.powerquest.com often to
download the latest version.
2. 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 will run from
Windows NT and Windows 9x. PQBoot32 requires PQVXD.VXD to be in the
same directory when run under Windows 9x.
3. Known Issues
---------------
A. Windows 2000
---------------
BootMagic cannot be installed or configured from Windows
2000. BootMagic will boot Windows 2000 Professional properly,
although it will be recognized as Windows NT. Windows 2000
Professional users can install and configure BootMagic from
DOS or from another supported operating system.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. IDE/SCSI Disk Mixes on Windows NT
------------------------------------
If you are running Windows NT Workstation 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 Workstation.
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 9x and run the BootMagic
Configuration program from DOS or Windows 9x.
4. PARTITION MAGICIAN 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