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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
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To apply changes to your system, click General ➤ Apply Changes, or click Apply in the
action panel.
To discard the changes and start over, click General
➤ Discard All Changes. With the
exception of being able to undelete some partitions, you cannot discard or undo changes
after you have applied them.
Applying Changes in Windows vs. Boot Mode
When you apply changes, PartitionMagic evaluates your system to see if changes are
being made to partitions where there are open files (such as when you modify the C: drive
while running Windows). If there are no open files, the changes will be applied while
Windows is running. If there are open files, PartitionMagic must go into boot mode to
apply the changes. When prompted, click OK to go into boot mode. You do not need to
have DOS installed on your system to apply changes in boot mode.
Supported File Systems
You can create or modify the following partition types with PartitionMagic. Before
making modifications, you should ensure that both the partition type and operating system
on your machine are supported by PartitionMagic.
Partition
Type Description
Extended The extended partition gets around the arbitrary four-partition limit
for a disk. An extended partition is a container in which you can
further divide your disk space by creating logical partitions. An
extended partition does not directly hold data. You must create
logical partitions within the extended partition to store data.
Extendedx An extendedx partition functions like an extended partition but is not
limited to the first 8 GB (1024 cylinders) on a hard disk.
Linux kernels below 2.2 do not support extendedx partitions.
FAT Uses file allocation table (FAT) and clusters. The FAT file system is
used by DOS, Windows 3.x, and most Windows 95 installations. A
FAT partition is also accessible by all newer operating systems.
FAT16x FAT16x is a proprietary file system developed by Microsoft to enable
FAT partitions beyond 1024 cylinders (~8GB).