Partition Magic 5.0

[Amateur]

Hi everybody,<br>I have a 13.6 G Maxtor HD fdsked as C:. I plan to use PM5 to partition it. How would I proceed without having to wipe out everything now on C:. Thanks.<br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

well if your informnation is already on C:, then just doing Partition Resize in PM5 will do just fine. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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</a><br>Experienced in , or have messed with : VC++, Borland C++ Builder, VJ++6(starting),VB-Dos, VB1 thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, Borland C++ 3(DOS), Borland C++ 4.5, HTML, ASP(somewhat), QBasic(least i didnt start with COBOL)

 

[Amateur]

hello Karl,<br>since you are the only guy who ansewred to my last post, may I have another question for you. <br>after installing pm5, as soon as I clicked the icon to start, an error message appears: &quot;drive letter cannot be identified&quot; Error: 117. What does it all mean? Thanks

 

[Karl Blessing]

Hmm, just clicking start?, did you chose any procedures to be commited like &quot;resize&quot; or something, cuase you cant start something unless you have something to start(boy that sounded confusing) <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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</a><br>Experienced in , or have messed with : VC++, Borland C++ Builder, VJ++6(starting),VB-Dos, VB1 thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, Borland C++ 3(DOS), Borland C++ 4.5, HTML, ASP(somewhat), QBasic(least i didnt start with COBOL)

 

[Amateur]

not just clicking start. clicking PM5 icon to start. can you start a PM5 procedure before you start PM5? (sounds confusing too!) thanks

 

[Karl Blessing]

um no, you run PM5, it has a graphical interface, then you tell it everything you want to do, then press Apply, are you saying you cant even open the program? <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[Guest_imported]

Do you have a driver overlay on that 13 gig Maxtor? I was using one on an 15 gig IBM and tried to use PM5 and it wouldn't work for me either.&nbsp;&nbsp;I contacted IBM and they said Disk Manager would not work with PM. Boy was I bummed.

 

[Amateur]

Yes Karl, I cannot even open the program. I was moving around the program, trying to start it and I got three error codes: 113, 117, and 602. 113: pertition overlap- 117: Partition's drive letter cannot be identified- 602: batch file not found.<br><br>yes Im, i think i had MaxBlast installed sometime ago, and which is one of the drive overlay programs listed.<br><br>What dod I do?

 

[Guest_imported]

I have a question for you guys <br><br>Whenever I intiate the process of resizing one of my partitions, it goes to msdos, does stuff for about 30 seconds, then asks me if i want to go back to windows. Clciking no just stays in MS-Dos, and the partition isn't resized, and clickin gYes produced the same reults, except I go back to windows. Any ideas?

 

[bdux]

Try running scandisk first before running PM5 . if the drive has errors on it PM5 can bomb out . Try defregging drive also before using PM5 . I have come across problems due to errors on the hard drive allocation table . But PM told me errors existed in the FAT before bombing .

 

[BJGAdmin]

sure, some fancy bios-level programs will help you see a 13 gig volume, but why tempt fate:<br><br>PC partition &gt; 8GB = BAD<br><br>Format your drive into multiple partitions, each 8GB or less.<br><br>--&nbsp;&nbsp;Aaron<br>--&nbsp;&nbsp;bjgadmin

 

[Guest_imported]

How do I partition my HD (5.59GB)??<br>I use PM5, and go through the wizard and nothing happens before and after reboot.<br>I want to split my HD into 2 equal parts, so I can run Windows 98 on one and Windows ME on the other, with a startup menu.<br>Thanks for your help in advanced

 

[cekin]

Hi...<br>I have just installed PartitionMagic 5.0 lately, and I was trying to partition my c6.14GB), but I accidentally press the wrong program.&nbsp;&nbsp;I think i pressed something call &quot;boot drive&quot; inside the PartitionMagic 5.0, and then my computer restart......and then i can't logged in!<br>the message show in my screen is:<br>&quot;Type The name of the command Interperter (e.g, c:/windows/command.com) c&gt; &quot;<br>then i try Fdisk and format my harddrive, but after i did that too....still won't work ! and i can't install my window 98 ......and it hows that &quot;not ready reading drive c&quot;<br><br>, help me plz!

 

[Guest_imported]

If you purchased the &quot;Kit&quot; version of ANY Maxtor HD, they include a setup utility to do this for you. It will even clone your existing hard drive and move it to the new drive. Its worth it to pay the little extra. I would imagine you can download it from Maxtor.com.<br><br>-Tex

 

[Guest_imported]

Here is my question: If I have a single 12 GB partition right now (C, can I use PM 5 to just create a new partition out of the space that is not used within that partition, or do I first have to resize that partition to leave some unpartitioned space free?<br><br>Thanks.

 

[Karl Blessing]

yes you can use Partition magic 5 for all these purposes, some of the other folks probally have older harddrives or older BIOS, that doesnt allow them to work with it, I have used PQMagic 5 just fine, no problem at all. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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</a><br>Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)<br>

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