Here is how to use Partition Magic and WinME....

[robg1701]

Seems you can use partition magic with Win ME, it just takes some work.

I HAVE NOT PERFORMED THIS MYSELF AS I DONT HAVE WIN-ME YET, but i read in a magazine that apparently all you need to do is use a win98 boot disk to startup, then navigate to the partition magic folder and use it to set up the partitions manually. I dont know exactly how you would do so, as he didnt say in the article, but i have an idea on how you could do it. Partition magic alters the autoexec.bat before restarting the PC, and win ME overwrites/ignores the autoexec.bat on startup, correct? Well, what you could do then, would be to run PM in winME, tell it what you want done, then before you restart go and take a look at the modified autoexec.bat and take a note of the additions made by PM. Then use the WIN98 bootdisk to get to a command line and go to the PM folder on the hard drive and do what the autoexec.bat was going to do originally.

Someone feel like giving it a whirl ?

 

[robg1701]

Oh come on, isnt anyone going to look at this

 

[robg1701]

^_^

 

[robg1701]

BUMP,THINGS GO IN THE NIGHT ( its 1:45am here, hehehehe).

 

[LordQria]

I installed partition magic 5.01 in win-me, altho it did bring up a compatibiilty warning. I ignored it and everything loaded fine. If all else fails, you can always use the boot disks and do all the configuring from dear old dos mode.

 

[CQuinn]

Guys, you're making this harder than it needs to be.

There are two types of Partition Magic - the Win32 executable,
that runs in Window9x/ME on some partitions, and the DOS
executable (.Program Files\PowerQuest\PartitionMagic5\DOS) that is
optionally installed when you do a custom PM install.

If you are modifying a partition that does not directly affect
Windows or cause the system to have to close any files that
might be in use on that drive, then PM "should" be able to
work using the Win32 app without a reboot. For changes that do require a reboot (modifying the boot/windows partition...),
you will need to use a boot floppy to get to the DOS executable.

If you boot off a floppy, you can drill down to that DOS directory
and just run Pqmagic.exe... The interface is a generation
behind the Windows executable, but all the functionality
(minus the wizards) is the same.

Better yet, just move/copy the PM DOS directory up to the root
level of your drive and rename it (C:\PMDOS), and it'll be right
there whenever you need it.

 

[rc5]

Next thing is how to use Partition Magic with Win2k NTFS5.
Any idea?

 

[SUOrangeman]

rc5, I think there is an update available for PM that handles NTFS5.

-SUO

 

[LordQria]

I have the version of Partiton Magic (5.01) that is supposed to work w/ NTFS5, but it doesnt let me install it in win2k.. it will only make boot disks. Before I upgraded to 5.01, version 5 would have nothing to do w/ win2k. However, when I was dual booting win2k and win98se, I was able to resize and move the win2k partition created out of open space by the win2k install just fine. Go figure.

-J