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- PartitionMagic by PowerQuest
- Version 2.03 for Windows 95, Windows & DOS
- 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
- -----------------
-
- 1. Starting and Running PartitionMagic
- 2. License Types
- 3. Warnings
- 4. Ignore OS/2 EA Errors on FAT
- 5. Drives > 1024 Cylinders
- 6. Use Windows 95's MS-DOS Mode
- 7. Updates
-
-
- 1. Starting and Running PartitionMagic
- --------------------------------------
-
- NOTE: This section replaces pages 27-35 in the *User Guide*.
-
- PartitionMagic is designed to run from the floppy drive. No installation to
- the hard drive is required. To run PartitionMagic from the floppy drive:
-
- Step 1: If you are using:
-
- Windows 95 - Exit to MS-DOS mode by clicking Start, then Shut Down from
- the Taskbar. In the "Shut Down Windows" menu select "Restart the
- computer in MS-DOS mode" and then click Yes. Proceed to Step 2.
-
- Windows - Exit to DOS by selecting Exit Windows from the Program Manager
- File menu. Then select OK. Proceed to Step 2.
-
- DOS - Proceed to Step 2.
-
- Note: You may need to install a DOS mouse driver to use a mouse with
- PartitionMagic. Consult your mouse documentation for instructions. You can
- also navigate through PartitionMagic using only the keyboard. See pages 46-50
- in the *User Guide* for instructions.
-
- Step 2: Once at a DOS or MS-DOS prompt, insert the PartitionMagic Diskette
- into the floppy drive, type A:\PQMAGIC and then press Enter.
-
- Hint: PartitionMagic defaults to a 640x480 screen resolution. If you want to
- specify a resolution of 800x600, start PartitionMagic by typing A:\PQMAGIC
- /800
-
-
- 2. License Types
- ----------------
-
- The Personal License is a machine-specific license that allows modifications
- on one specific computer. See the *User Guide* for the license agreement.
-
- The Pack Version of PartitionMagic is available for use on either 5, 10, 20,
- 50, 100, 250 or 500 computers.
-
- The Enterprise Version is 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 Enterprise Version of
- PartitionMagic, contact PowerQuest Corporate Sales at (801) 226-8977.
-
-
- 3. Warnings
- -----------
-
- - 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.
-
- - CD-ROM USERS: When you create a new partition, it will be assigned a drive
- letter in sequential order. The CD-ROM drive letter will default to the last
- available letter. This will require you to reinstall the programs that run
- from CD-ROM so that they will recognize the new drive letter. To prevent the
- drive letter from changing in the future, you may want to assign a higher
- drive letter such as M: or N: to the CD-ROM for DOS or Windows 95. For more
- information on how CD-ROM drives or any form of removable media are affected
- when using PartitionMagic, see the Technical Support area on our home page at
- http://www.powerquest.com.
-
- - 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. Exit multitasking software such as Windows 3.1 before starting
- PartitionMagic. Do not run PartitionMagic from a compressed drive.
-
- - Avoid creating Multiple Visible Primaries (MVPs) if you are using Windows
- 95. Because Windows 95 does not support MVPs, creating them can cause data
- loss.
-
- - Sometimes changes made by PartitionMagic confuse Windows NT, which then
- assigns drive letters incorrectly. Use Disk Administrator to assign the drive
- letters to the values you prefer. Windows NT may also fail to boot if the
- boot partition's arc name changes. See Microsoft Knowledge Base articles
- Q102873, Q103673 and Q102877 for more information.
-
- - 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.
-
- - PartitionMagic uses the same DOS extender as DOOM. If DOOM will not run on
- your computer, chances are that PartitionMagic will not run either.
-
-
- 4. Ignore OS/2 EA Errors on FAT
- -------------------------------
-
- The Preferences menu in Release 2.03 contains a new menu item: "Ignore OS/2 EA
- Errors on FAT." When on, a check mark next to the menu item indicates that
- OS/2 EA errors on FAT partitions will be ignored. By default, the preference
- is on. If you wish to make changes to a computer on which you currently use
- OS/2, you should deselect this option. Preferences are not saved, so you must
- deselect it each time you start PartitionMagic.
-
-
- 5. Drives >1024 Cylinders
- -------------------------
-
- - Under DOS, PartitionMagic cannot read cylinders that DOS cannot see. If
- you have cylinders beyond 1023 that the DOS version of FDISK cannot see,
- PartitionMagic won't see them either. If some solution is in place on your
- computer allowing the entire drive to be accessible, PartitionMagic will have
- no problems accessing the entire drive.
-
- -If part of the drive is inaccessible to DOS and contains partitions or parts
- of partitions, only the partitions totally accessible to PartitionMagic are
- enabled for modifying, even though they may be displayed. If part of the
- extended partition is inaccessible, no operations are permitted anywhere
- within it. OS/2 users may use the OS/2 Version of PartitionMagic to access
- the entire drive.
-
-
- 6. Use of Windows 95's MS-DOS Mode
- ----------------------------------
-
- There are valid technical reasons for not having a native Windows 95
- executable. Not withstanding the lack of a Windows 95 executable,
- PartitionMagic is targeted at Windows 95 users and is completely compatible
- with Windows 95 in every way. PartitionMagic is fully Long Filename (LFN)
- aware. PartitionMagic queries for the presence of Windows 95/DOS 7
- functionality and uses the extended functionality, if present. And we have
- gone to tremendous pains so that even in Windows 95's MS-DOS Mode,
- PartitionMagic presents the user with a Windows 95 graphical user interface.
-
-
- 7. Updates
- ----------
-
- Minor updates to PartitionMagic are provided periodically. They are available
- from our BBS (801-226-5608), via anonymous ftp (ftp.powerquest.com), our web
- site (www.powerquest.com), and CompuServe (OS2AVENDOR, Other Vendors section).
- Check regularly to assure you have the latest bug fixes and minor
- improvements.
-