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PartitionMagic by PowerQuest
Version 3.0
Copyright (c) 1994-1996, PowerQuest Corporation
All Rights Reserved. Patents Pending.
This file explains changes made since the printing of the manual.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. License Types
2. Boot Manager vs. PQ Boot
3. Usage Notes
4. UnInstaller Mover by MicroHelp
5. Updates
1. License Types
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The Personal License Version is a machine-specific license that allows
modifications on one specific computer. See the *User Guide* for the license
agreement.
The Pack License Version is available for use on a specific number of
computers; refer to the specific license for the number of active users
allowed.
The Professional License Version is available for modifying an unlimited
number of computers, one computer at a time.
The Enterprise Version is available for organizations requiring remote
configuration capabilities at multiple sites. This version provides for
remote execution which runs unattended through use of a script file. The
Enterprise License allows simultaneous use and can upgrade hundreds of users
quickly and saves time and travel expense.
For information on the Pack, Professional or Enterprise Versions of
PartitionMagic, contact PowerQuest Corporate Sales at (801) 226-8977.
2. Boot Manager vs. PQ Boot
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PartitionMagic 3.0 ships with both Boot Manager by IBM and PQ Boot by
PowerQuest.
When you install Boot Manager, PartitionMagic will create a separate primary
partition and mark it active. When the computer starts, Boot Manager
displays a startup menu that allows you to choose the partition to boot.
PQ Boot is a command line utility to switch between bootable primary
partitions. When a primary partition is selected using PQ Boot, it is set
active and PQ Boot reboots the computer.
Both boot utilities are useful for different situations. For example, Boot
Manager requires an additional primary partition while PQ Boot does not. Boot
Manager allows you to choose which operating system to boot each time you
start your computer. PQ Boot, on the other hand, is ideal for users who will
only occasionally change the active partition. Boot Manager allows OS/2
installation to a logical partition and can boot OS/2 and a few other
operating systems from a logical partition. PQ Boot will only boot primary
partitions.
If both are used together, using PQ Boot to boot a partition other than Boot
Manager will deactivate Boot Manager. To reactivate it, use PQ Boot,
PartitionMagic or some other method to set Boot Manager as the active
partition.
Boot Manager will not correctly boot from a FAT32 partition if other primary
FAT/FAT32 partitions are present. To boot a FAT32 partition, set it active
with PartitionMagic or with PQ Boot.
3. Usage Notes
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- Don't forget to backup your hard drive before using PartitionMagic. While
PartitionMagic has been thoroughly tested and is quite safe, power failure,
operating system bugs, and hardware design bugs can put your data at risk. No
software program, including PartitionMagic, is perfect. Before using any
utility that makes such extensive changes to your hard drive, you should
backup your data.
- If you run PartitionMagic from DOS: Turn off 3rd 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.
- 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 is
designed knowing that disk utilities may move the clusters of the swap file.
When a move is detected, the error message is given. To fix the swap file,
delete the swap file and create it again. Click on the 386 Enhanced icon in
Control Panel, then on the Virtual Memory button.
- This release of PartitionMagic handles ASCII filenames. PartitionMagic
does not yet handle double byte character sets such as Japanese, resulting in
two known limitations: (1) Converting a partition from FAT to HPFS can
produce incorrectly translated filenames. (2) An attempt to specify or set
the Volume label may fail.
- Sometimes changes made by PartitionMagic confuse Windows NT 3.5x, which
then assigns drive letters incorrectly. This bug is fixed in Windows NT 4.0.
NT 3.5x users should use Disk Administrator to assign the drive letters back
to the values you prefer.
- OS/2 does not support FAT32 partitions. Also, if you convert a partition
to FAT32 and convert it back to FAT16, all OS/2 extended attributes (EAs)
will be lost.
- Progress bars are an estimation only and can pause for several minutes,
even though PartitionMagic is still working correctly. If you think your
computer has locked up, please be patient and PartitionMagic will finish the
operation.
- Please note that the memory requirement (16 MB) for modifying FAT32
partitions applies to most circumstances. In some circumstances more memory
may be required.
4. UnInstaller Mover by MicroHelp
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For all UnInstaller Mover technical support questions, please contact
MicroHelp between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time at
(770) 591-6448 or send e-mail to tech@microhelp.com.
5. Updates
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Minor updates to PartitionMagic are provided periodically. They are
available from our web site (www.powerquest.com), via anonymous ftp
(ftp.powerquest.com), from our BBS (801-226-5608), or from CompuServe
(OS2AVENDOR, Other Vendors section). Check regularly to assure you have the
latest bug fixes and minor improvements.