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EXCLUSIVE Photo above shows the New Partition Magic, version 6.01, running just fine on @Macarlo's Windows 2000 Professional (Workstation). In
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by @Macarlo
Windows
2000 Professional Beta Tester
(Screenshots by Embellish)
Hello All!!
Finally PowerQuest made a decent Partition Magic, that runs really fine on Windows
2000 Professional! I just evaluated the new version (release 6.01) on my Windows
2000 Pro workstation and decided rate this one with the maximum here for a software:
Five Butterflies. I installed this giant pack (21 megas) in few seconds (I said
<seconds>, no <minutes>) without any problem and verified that no
reboot is needed!!
Yeah, man, incredible but just after the install process is concluded you can star this fine release in order to reformat your entire HDDs, creating new partitions, resizing the all ones you want, including FAT32 and NTFS. No more DOS support requested, no reboots needed!
Since two years ago I decided no more support PowerQuest features because these developers decided exclude OS/2 Warp from his upgrades. I tested several versions of Partition Magic for Windows and I was tired with the bad performance of these releases. But now, with this new version, a changed my mind about PowerQuest. I'm forced to recognize that these developers are really authentic genius.
With this new release the Windows user can perform all tasks needed for reallocating space on his Hard Drives with absolute security and total efficiency. I recommend, sincerely and enthusiastically, that all Windows users jump quickly to the PowerQuest website and buy this fine piece of software!!
Five Butterflies for
the best
These two photos shows the install process of the new Partition Magic on @Macarlo's Windows 2000 Professional.
Quickly and Easily
With PartitionMagic, you can quickly
and easily create partitions on your hard disks for storing valuable information
such as data files, applications, and operating systems. Storing information
in separate partitions helps you organize and protect your data and reclaim
wasted disk space. PartitionMagic enables you to secure your data by physically
separating it from other files. Separate partitions also make backups easy.
Because of limitations with the FAT file system, as much as 40 percent
of your hard disk space can be wasted. Partition Magic reclaims wasted space
quickly and safely by using more efficient partition sizes. It can also convert
FAT partitions to FAT32 ant vice versa. In addition to powerful partitioning
features, PartitionMagic offers a variety of other options. For instance,
you can perform partitioning operations and view the changes that will
be made before applying them to your system. Additionally, you can view comprehensive
information about your hard disk geometry and your hardware system, and
you can resize root directories (FAT,FAT32) to make room for more long filenames.
Photo above shows the Partition Magic's folder created on Win 2000 Desktop during the install
PowerQuest PartitionMagic 6.0
includes the following new features:
- New user interface
- Ability to undelete partitions
- Across-the-wire support for performing some operations on a remote
machine
- New Copy Partition wizard
- Ability to view and modify a list of pending operations
- Ability to convert FAT32 partitions directly to NTFS (win2k only)
- Support for Windows 2000 professional and Windows Me
- Ability to split a FAT or FAT32 partition
Photo above shows the Partinfo interface with complete information about HDDs
Technical information by the developer
PowerQuest(R) PartitionMagic(R) Version 6.01
TABLE OF CONTENTS
-----------------
1. Back up Your System!
2. PartitionMagic 6.0 Enhancements
3. Known Issues (All Systems)
4. Known Issues (Windows NT/Windows 2000 only)
5. Known Issue (Windows 95 only)
6. General Usage Notes
7. PowerQuest's Storage Manager Newsletter
1. BACK UP YOUR SYSTEM!
-----------------------
Don't forget to back up your hard drives before using PartitionMagic.
While PartitionMagic has been thoroughly tested, power failures,
operating system bugs, and hardware design bugs can put your data
at risk. BEFORE USING ANY UTILITY THAT MAKES SUCH EXTENSIVE CHANGES
TO YOUR HARD DISK, YOU SHOULD BACK UP YOUR DATA!
To back up your system, we recommend using PowerQuest's Drive
Image(R). Drive Image is a state-of-the-art disk imaging tool that
allows you to create an image of your entire system (an exact
sector-for-sector copy) that can easily be restored. Having a
backup allows you to run PartitionMagic with the security of
knowing that you can get your system back up and running quickly
if you run into problems.
For further information on what you should do before applying
one
or more partitioning operations to your system, please see the
PartitionMagic online help file. Click the Contents tab.
Double-click the "Getting Started" book, then click "Before you
run PartitionMagic."
Photo above shows the PQ Boot prompt in the Win 2000 Console
2. PARTITIONMAGIC 6.0 ENHANCEMENTS
----------------------------------
A. User Interface
-----------------
PartitionMagic 6.0 includes
a new interface that includes
an Explorer-like window for
viewing drives and the ability
to display partition maps for
multiple hard disks.
B. Copy Wizard
--------------
The new Copy wizard makes it
easier to copy partitions to
drives that have unused space.
You no longer have to perform
separate operations to resize
or delete partitions before you
can copy a partition to a disk
that includes unused space.
C. Convert
FAT32 Partitions to NTFS (Windows 2000 only)
-------------------------------------------------------
You can use PartitionMagic to
convert FAT32 (as well as FAT)
partitions directly to NTFS.
Earlier versions required that you
convert a FAT32 partition to
FAT (if possible) and then convert
the FAT partition to NTFS.
D. Support
for Windows 2000 and Windows Me
------------------------------------------
You can run PartitionMagic 6.0
directly from Windows 2000
Professional or from Windows
Me.
E. Split Partition
------------------
You can split a FAT or FAT32
partition into two partitions and
choose which root files and
folders will be stored in each
partition. The two new
partitions will fill the same space on
the hard disk that the original
partition occupied. You
should not use this feature
to split the partition where your
operating system is installed.
F. Across
the Wire (PartitionMagic Pro only)
--------------------------------------------
Using the Remote Agent, you
can connect to a remote machine
and perform operations on its
hard disks. Remote operations
you can perform include copying,
formatting, labeling, deleting,
checking, and getting information.
To use the Remote Agent, you
create a DOS boot disk using
the Boot Disk Builder program.
Then you boot the remote machine
with the boot disk and
connect to it from PartitionMagic
over a TCP/IP network. The
disks on the remote machine
then display in the PartitionMagic
main window, where you can select
them and perform operations
on them.
G. Shred Partition
(PartitionMagic Pro only)
--------------------------------------------
PartitionMagic Pro gives you
a choice between deleting a
partition and shredding it.
When you shred a partition, its
data is overwritten so it can
never be restored. Shredding is
useful for high-security environments
or for cleaning off a
machine before selling it.
H. Undelete
-----------
The Undelete feature enables
you to restore partitions that you
deleted by accident. Whereas
Undo is a way to reverse changes
you made virtually (you made
the change but did not click
Apply), Undelete can restore
partitions that you deleted
on the disk. You should note
that partitions can only be
undeleted if you have not created
other partitions or file
systems in the place where the
deleted partition was on the
disk. If the partition has been
overwritten by other data, you
cannot undelete it.
I. Undo
-------
You can choose to undo your
last change or discard all changes.
You can undo changes from the
main window or from the Pending
Operations window.
J. Password
Protection
----------------------
You can set a password to restrict
access to PartitionMagic.
K. Starting
PartitionMagic
--------------------------
You can start PartitionMagic
by right-clicking the Start menu,
folders in Windows Explorer,
or the My Computer shortcut.
3. KNOWN ISSUES (ALL SYSTEMS)
-----------------------------
A. Running
other applications with PartitionMagic
-------------------------------------------------
You should not run PartitionMagic
while any other applications
are running. Close any
running applications before starting
PartitionMagic.
B. Bad Sector
Checking is ON by default
---------------------------------------
Be aware that PartitionMagic
ships with bad sector checking
turned ON by default. This
ensures that data is not moved or
copied to bad disk sectors.
However, this causes the Create,
Move, and Resize operations
to slow down considerably. Modern
hard disks are designed to avoid
bad sectors automatically.
If you feel confident that bad
sectors are not a problem on
your system and you want to
improve the performance of
PartitionMagic, turn off Bad
Sector Checking (by checking the
appropriate boxes in the "Skip
bad sector checks" list box
in Preferences). Another
way to verify that there are no bad
sectors on your disk is to run
the Windows 95/98 ScanDisk
utility and do a surface scan
before launching PartitionMagic.
C. UNC Paths
Do Not Work for Installation
-----------------------------------------
If you install PartitionMagic
from a network directory, you must
have a drive letter mapped to
the directory. UNC (universal
naming convention) paths will
not work for installation. If you
do not have a drive letter mapped
to the directory, you will
receive error #0 or error #1
and installation will fail.
D. Error 2009
Encountered When Merging FAT Partitions
-----------------------------------------------------
On some merge operations, you
may encounter error #2009. To
resolve the problem, create
a temporary file (such as junk.txt)
in the root directory of the
target partition. Then restart the
merge operation.
E. Mount
Points
----------------
Under Windows 2000, if you perform
operations on partitions that
include mount points, you will
have to restore the mount points
after the operations are complete.
F. Across
the Wire (PartitionMagic Pro only)
--------------------------------------------
If you disconnect from the network
or lose power while you
are performing operations across
the wire to a remote
machine, PartitionMagic will
not recover gracefully. The
affected hard disk on the remote
machine will be marked as
bad. To correct the error, you
should 1) Run PartitionMagic
with the /IPE switch. (Change
to the %systemdrive%\Program
Files\PowerQuest\PartitionMagic
6.0 folder, and start
PartitionMagic by typing PMAGIC9X
/IPE or PMAGICNT /IPE.)
2) Connect to the remote machine
using Remote Agent.
3) Delete the partition that
was only partially copied.
4) Close PartitionMagic.
You should
NOT run PartitionMagic with the /IPE switch on a
regular basis, since it causes
PartitionMagic to ignore
partition errors on all drives.
If you manipulate drives
with errors, you could lose
data. However, if you use the
/IPE switch to resolve the problem
noted above, it will not
cause data loss.
G. Using Remote
Agent with in-use partitions
--------------------------------------------
(PartitionMagic Pro only) If
you attempt to move or copy an
in-use partition from the local
machine to a remote machine,
you will receive the following
error message: "Operations on
remote partitions cannot be
applied in conjunction with
operations that require the
machine to reboot." Typically,
this error occurs if the source
partition is that where your
operating system is installed
or if the partition has open data
files.
If the source
partition is the operating system partition, you
can work around this problem
by first copying this partition to
unallocated space on a drive
attached to the local machine,
rebooting the machine, then
using the copied partition as the
source partition for Remote
Agent operations.
If the source
partition has open data files, you can work around
the problem by ensuring that
any programs and services that
require use of the source partition
are closed and stopped.
Please keep
in mind that Remote Agent was not designed to be a
deployment tool, but rather
a way to copy partitions between
machines. If you want
to deploy machines, you should use
PowerQuest(R) Drive Image(R)
Pro or PowerQuest(R)
DeployCenter(TM).
H. Remote
Agent and Multiple NICs (PartitionMagic Pro only)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Remote Agent does not run on
machines with more than one
network adapter.
4. KNOWN ISSUES (WINDOWS NT/WINDOWS 2000 ONLY)
----------------------------------------------
A. Backing
up your BOOT.INI file in Windows NT
----------------------------------------------
PartitionMagic for Windows NT
needs to temporarily replace your
BOOT.INI file after performing
the disk manipulation operations.
It restores the file once it
has finished performing the
operations and rebooting. If
a failure occurs during the NT
reboot phase, your BOOT.INI
file may not be restored properly.
It is a good idea to back up
your BOOT.INI file before running
PartitionMagic for Windows NT.
B. Volume
sets and stripe sets on Windows NT
--------------------------------------------
PartitionMagic does not support
volume sets, stripe sets, stripe
sets with parity, or partitions
located on disk mirror/duplex
sets configured using Windows
NT Disk Administrator. Under
Windows 2000, PartitionMagic
supports standard partitions
located on basic disk sets only.
C. Mixed IDE/SCSI
drive configurations under Windows NT
-------------------------------------------------------
In a configuration with mixed
IDE and SCSI hard drives, Windows NT
does not always see the boot
drive as the first physical hard
drive. PartitionMagic displays
drives in the order Windows NT
reports them. As a result,
you may see your boot device as
Drive 1, 2, etc. This
does not cause problems for
PartitionMagic except when setting
a new active partition.
Also, PartitionMagic may incorrectly
report that there is no
active partition on your system.
To change your active
partition, be sure that you
identify which drive is the boot
drive.
With this configuration, there
is the possibility your BOOT.INI
file can be corrupted; therefore,
it is recommended you back up
your BOOT.INI file before running
PartitionMagic.
D. Color palette
issues installing Windows NT version
-----------------------------------------------------
If you run the Windows NT version
of PartitionMagic immediately
after installation, occasionally
you may see color palette
problems. We recommend
rebooting Windows NT before running
PartitionMagic for the first
time.
E. PartitionMagic
6.0 produces new-style uppercase table
--------------------------------------------------------
The Windows 95/98/Me and MS-DOS
versions of PartitionMagic
format NTFS file systems with
the uppercase table used by NT 4.0
after Service Pack 4. When
Windows NT 4.0 before Service Pack
4 is started after an NTFS file
system is created by
PartitionMagic, it detects the
new-style uppercase table and
changes it to the old version.
You may see a message dialog
telling you that the conversion
is occurring, but you do not
need to take any action.
F. Windows
NT/Windows 2000 Boot Partition Drive Letter
------------------------------------------------------
You should not change the drive
letter originally assigned to
the Windows NT/Windows 2000
boot partition (the partition where
Windows is installed). Changing
the drive letter to anything
but its original designation
will cause severe boot problems
and may cause your computer
to be unbootable.
G. Error 183:
Init Failed
-------------------------
If you attempt to run PartitionMagic
on a Windows 2000
Professional machine where the
boot partition (the partition
where Windows 2000 Professional
is installed) is on a
dynamic disk, you will receive
the following error message:
"Init failed: Error 183.
Unable to identify the Windows
partition." To solve
this problem, Windows 2000 must be
installed on a basic disk.
H. Error 184
------------
If you encounter error 184 when
initializing PartitionMagic,
run Disk Administrator (Windows
NT) or Disk Management
(Windows 2000), then start PartitionMagic
again.
5. KNOWN ISSUE (WINDOWS 95 ONLY)
--------------------------------
If your computer does not include Winsock2, the Connect Remote
Agent feature in PartitionMagic Pro will not run. You may see an
error message that says a required DLL file, WS2_32.DLL, was not
found, or you may see a more general error message stating that
the feature cannot launch.
Go to the following URL to automatically install and configure
Winsock2 on your machine:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/
s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/default.asp
The following URL describes how to identify whether Winsock2
is
installed on your machine:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q177/7/19.asp
This issue does not affect the retail (non-Pro) version of
PartitionMagic.
6. GENERAL USAGE NOTES
----------------------
- If you run PartitionMagic from DOS: Turn off third-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.
- Be aware that there is no undo (after clicking Apply) if
you merge
two FAT or FAT32 partitions. You must be particularly careful not to
merge two primary partitions that include operating systems, as your
computer will not be bootable if you do.
- If you install PartitionMagic under Windows 95 or Windows
98, then
you upgrade your operating system to Windows Me and run PartitionMagic,
you may see error #192, "Files necessary to support Windows Me have
not been installed." The error occurs when you perform any operation
that requires PartitionMagic to go into boot mode. To correct the
problem, reinstall PartitionMagic from the CD. After you have
reinstalled PartitionMagic, you will not encounter the error again.
- You should run Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) reader at least once
before you
attempt to open the PartitionMagic PDF documentation in the English\
Docs folder on the PartitionMagic CD. If you open PDF manuals on the
CD the first time you run Acrobat, Acrobat will display its splash
screen, display a license agreement, then disappear. If you make
a second attempt to display the PDF documentation, you will not
encounter any problems. PowerQuest recommends Adobe Acrobat
version 4.0 or later for best viewing quality. You can download
the Acrobat reader for free from www.adobe.com.
- PartitionMagic is available in English, French, German,
Italian,
Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese. A non-Asian
language version of PartitionMagic should never be used on an
Asian language version of Windows NT/2000 Server, as this
may cause corruption of file names and partition/volume set
labels.
- Progress bars are an estimation only and may 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.
- You can no longer uninstall PartitionMagic from the PartitionMagic
program group. If you need to uninstall PartitionMagic, click Start >
Settings > Control Panel. Then double-click Add/Remove Programs,
and choose PartitionMagic from the list of programs available for
uninstalling.
7. POWERQUEST'S STORAGE MANAGER NEWSLETTER
------------------------------------------
PowerQuest has a free monthly electronic newsletter that is dedicated
to official announcements, tips, and techniques for PowerQuest
products. You can view the newsletter online at
www.powerquest.com/newsletter.
Photo above shows the Documents folder with complete literature about Partition Magic in PDF format
=======================================================================
PowerQuest can be reached at:
Voice: 801-437-8900
Fax: 801-226-8941
Web site: www.powerquest.com
E-mail: magic@powerquest.com
Copyright 1994-2001 PowerQuest Corporation. All rights reserved. U.S. patents 5,675,769; 5,706,472; 5,930,831; 6,088,778; 6,108,759; and 6,178,487. Other patents pending in the U.S.A. and elsewhere. PowerQuest, PartitionMagic, and Drive Image are registered trademarks of PowerQuest Corporation. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners.
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