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Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- PartitionMagic Basics
- PartitionMagic Main Window
- Rescue Disk Main Window
- Process Overview
- Selecting a Hard Disk and Partition
- Selecting an Operation
- Undoing an Operation
- Viewing Pending Operations
- Applying Changes to Your System
- Supported File Systems
- Changing PartitionMagic Preferences
- Using International Keyboards
- Defragmenting a Hard Drive
- Getting Help
- Managing Partitions
- Integrity Checks
- Browsing Partitions
- Resizing and Moving Partitions
- Creating Partitions
- Deleting Partitions
- Undeleting Partitions
- Changing Partition Labels
- Formatting Partitions
- Copying Partitions
- Checking Partitions for Errors
- Merging Partitions
- Splitting Partitions
- Getting Information About Partitions
- Scanning a Disk for Errors
- Defragmenting Drives
- Completing Advanced Disk Operations
- Converting Partitions
- Procedure for Converting Partitions
- Converting FAT Partitions to FAT32
- Converting FAT Partitions to NTFS
- Converting FAT32 Partitions to FAT
- Converting FAT32 Partitions to NTFS
- Converting FAT/FAT32 Partitions to 4K Aligned
- Converting NTFS Partitions to FAT or FAT32
- Converting Partitions to Logical or Primary
- Using Wizards
- Using PartitionMagic Utilities
- BootMagic
- Getting Started
- Configuring BootMagic
- Setting BootMagic Passwords
- Adding an Operating System to the BootMagic Menu
- Removing an Item from the BootMagic Menu
- Modifying a Menu Item’s Properties
- Setting a Default Operating System
- Booting from a Second Hard Disk
- Setting the Startup Delay
- Disabling BootMagic
- Using the BootMagic Menu
- Using BootMagic to Install Operating Systems
- Troubleshooting
- Using PartitionMagic With Other Programs
- Troubleshooting
- General Troubleshooting
- Freeing Memory to Run PartitionMagic under DOS
- Assigning a CD-ROM Drive Letter
- Using PartitionMagic With a SCSI Hard Disk
- PqRP Partitions
- Merging Partitions with Different NTFS Version Numbers
- Resolving Check Errors
- Resolving Partition Table Errors
- Partition Tables and Viruses
- Partition Will Not Boot After Resizing
- Generating Diagnostic Reports with PartitionInfo
- Error Messages and Solutions
- Miscellaneous Errors (3-38)
- Disk Access Errors (40-56)
- Miscellaneous Errors
- Partition Table Errors (100-199)
- #100 Partition table is bad
- #104 No sectors in partition
- #105 Partition starts on wrong boundary
- #106 Partition doesn’t start with sector one
- #107 Partition begins after end of disk
- #108 Partition doesn’t end at end of cylinder
- #109 Partition ends after end of disk
- #110 Partition table number of sectors is inconsistent
- #111 Logical partition starts outside of Extended
- #112 Logical partition ends outside Extended
- #113 Partitions overlap
- #116 Partition table Begin and Start inconsistent
- #117 Partition’s drive letter cannot be identified
- #120 The logical drive chain is incompatible
- #121 The first sector of the drive cannot be read
- #122 A bad sector was found in the current or new partition area
- #140 Overlapping partitions found. No partitions can be undeleted.
- Check Errors (500-599)
- Batch Errors (600-633)
- User Interaction Errors (950-999)
- #950 Unable to detect any disk drives
- #951 An invalid value was entered
- #952 Value entered is the same as the current value
- #963 Selected operation is currently invalid
- #968 Incorrect Volume Label entered, Deletion not performed
- #969 Incorrect Volume Label entered, Unable to proceed.
- #970 Invalid Bad Sector Check value specified
- #971 The label entered was too long
- #972 Invalid characters in the label
- #973 Volume Label cannot have leading spaces
- #974 Root size specified was not in the valid range
- #975 The cluster size specified was invalid for this partition
- #976 Cannot create the file system specified in the current space
- #977 Partition selected is invalid
- #978 Unable to set to proper partition after last operation. Script halted.
- #986 Unable to get information for the specified partition
- #993 Partition contains open files. Use the operating system check utility.
- NTFS Check Errors (1500-1699)
- #1501 Wrong version of NTFS
- #1503 Bad NTFS cluster size
- #1512 Restart record mismatch
- #1513 Bad attribute position in file record
- #1516 Partition improperly dismounted
- #1527 Bad update sequence number
- #1529 Information mismatch in directory entry
- #1538 Can’t find contiguous space to move
- #1539 File size mismatch
- #1544 External attribute list in external attribute
- #1545 File attributes out of order
- #1546 Attribute neither resident nor nonresident
- #1547 Wrong run limits
- #1548 File table has fewer than 16 entries
- #1549 File table has more than 4 billion entries
- #1604 File’s parent does not contain the file
- #1609 Lost cluster(s)
- #1630 Inconsistent sizes in attribute header
- #1644 Bad system file sequence number
- #1647 Error in root directory index
- #1681 Data is compressed or sparse
- #1687 An object index is present
- FAT Check Errors (2000-2099)
- #2001 FAT copies are not identical
- #2002 There are invalid entries in the FAT
- #2003 File size does not match FAT allocation for file
- #2005 One or more lost clusters are present
- #2012 Formatted FAT file system too big for partition
- #2013 A component of FAT geometry is bad
- #2024 The OS/2 Extended Attribute file is corrupt
- #2027 Too many root entries in the FAT32 partition to convert it to FAT16
- #4002 No valid NetWare volumes signature in volume definition table
- BootMagic Errors (8000-8999)
- Operating System Errors (over 10,000)
- Exit Code 12
- General Troubleshooting
- Service and Support Solutions
- Index
Appendix B: Troubleshooting112
If you are using DOS or Windows 3.x or are loading your CD-ROM drivers under DOS
with Windows 95/98:
1 Go to a DOS prompt.
2 Type EDIT C:\CONFIG.SYS.
Your CONFIG.SYS file opens in the DOS editor program. Look for this line:
LASTDRIVE=drive (where drive is any letter of the alphabet). Change drive to Z.
This allows the OS to assign all drive letters through Z.
3 If your CONFIG.SYS file does not contain the LASTDRIVE=drive statement, you
can add it by simply typing LASTDRIVE=Z.
4 Select File ➤ Exit.
5 When you are prompted to save the file, select Yes. You should be back to a C:\>
prompt.
6 Type EDIT C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT.
7 Your AUTOEXEC.BAT file opens in the DOS editor program. Look for a line that
includes the word “MSCDEX.” The /L:drive parameter (where drive is the drive letter
assigned to your CD-ROM before you made changes with PartitionMagic) may
appear at the end of this line. Change drive to Z. Because the OS assigns all other
available drive letters before assigning Z, this ensures that partition changes you make
in the future do not invalidate your CD-ROM drive letter. For more information, type
HELP MSCDEX at a DOS prompt.
If your computer is on a network, when you log in to the network, the letter “Z” and
other letters at the end of the alphabet may be assigned to network search drives. In
this case, assign your CD-ROM a letter immediately preceding the last letter used by
the network search drives.
8 Select File ➤ Exit.
9 When you are prompted to save the file, select Yes.
10 When you see the DOS prompt (C:>), reboot your machine.
Using PartitionMagic With a SCSI Hard Disk
To use PartitionMagic on a SCSI hard disk, you must have a SCSI controller card that
supports software Interrupt 13. Most SCSI controller cards let you enable software
Interrupt 13 support in the BIOS through the card. If your SCSI controller card does not,
contact the manufacturer to determine if your adapter can support software Interrupt 13.
As a general rule, if you are able to use FDISK to partition the disk, you will also be able
to use PartitionMagic.