Partition Magic HELP!

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Originally posted by georgeulrich:
mpc says: 'Each OS has it's own MBR which resides on the first partition of the first disk.

This is why if you set up a dual boot (both in primary partitions) between Win 9.x and Win NT, and you decide to rid yourself of 98 by deleting the 98 partition, you will not be able to boot into NT. You killed the NT boot files.

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Opps sorry had to edit out my last reply as i just realised that "georgeulrich" was asking a question, and not saying the things he quoted from "mpc"... i could tell start and end of quote https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

Anyway with reference to above quote i have a question concerning the MBR: i'm a little unsure about how the MBR works into all this! if someone can explain how the MBR is effected by boot magic's features it would be appreciated, i'm under the impression that the answer is one of the following, most likly "a:" now i think about it?

a: the MBR is made/re-written by boot magic when one changes OS?

b: or just maybe any ACTIVE PRIMARY can carry its own MBR, because when partition 1 is hidden its therefore not accessable so it maybe it goes to partition 2?

Regards https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

Just found an interesting link, http://www.trombettworks.com/multi-boot.htm ...while reading it for a little more info into solving this and extending my knowlege I seen the following which may or may not be the case here:

• QUOTE from above link:
  AFAIR Operating systems can only boot from a partition which starts below 8GB. So you will need to put all the bootable OS partitions as first items in the table. Data partitions should be set in higher cylinders. This is an hardware limitation, and it's not specific to a particular OS, so affects all.

If this is tru for all HDD sizes, Could this be the cause of the last problem?

https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

Another Question! https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

Does the actual "boot magic" boot screen reside in the mbr??? https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

or just does the mbr, just point to the boot magic menu in the partition? https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

WARNING:

Symantec's GoBack software is not compatible with PowerQuest's Partition Magic. I am mentioning this because someone upstream recommended that the GoBack software be used in conjunction with Partition Magic.

Here is a Dr. Jack Crenshaw's monthly column, which illustrates an explosive Murphy's Law. Jack moved from Florida to Arizona and the move included multiple moving vans and a half-dozen other vehicles to move vehicles, boats, livestock and computer equipment. Besides being very humorous, Murphy's law also struck his almost new computer and Jack tells that hardware and software tale as well.

I discovered this as a result of a feedback message to one of David Coursey columns, where he is researching the best and most cost-effective backup solution.

Here is the link to the feedback post.
http://forums.zdnet.com/group/zd.Anc...ALL&VWM=&ROS=1

Now, just in case, here is the direct link to Jack's column.
http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20020125S0097

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The URL below is a slide presentation, which Gene Barlow gives to various user groups around the country. This presentation details the best hard disk management techniques for using PowerQuest products Partition Magic and / or Drive Image.
http://www.ugr.com/Organize_files/frame.htm

The PowerQuest Corp not only manufactures some of the best software in the world but they also produce the very best documentation and according to Jack Crenshaw, the best technical support group. There is a lot of FAQ information already posted on their website below.
http://www.powerquest.com/support/