partition magic and xp

Windows Software 5498 This topic was started by robbster, 2001-09-28 00:17

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2001-09-28 02:17

ok heres the deal... I have partition magic 6 and win XP (2600). I know that my version of partition magic 6 is meant to be only for win NT and win 2000 but i got it working using compatability mode. The thing is has anyone tried it and did it work? Only im a bit wary of using it incase it knacks up my HD
Any reply's will be much appreciated
thanks

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FatFish

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#63417

2001-09-28 03:55

NTFS 5 (Win2k) != NTFS 5.1 (WinXP)

so don't use PartionMagic 6 on WinXP

get it installed != its working, because the program does something physical on your harddrive.

robbster

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#63418

2001-09-28 11:30

Cheers fatfish
i was gonna convert into fat 32 so will that be ok?

Igor

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#63419

2001-09-28 20:12

Version 7 works with 2000 i tryed 6 and it didn't work 4 me

robbster

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#63420

2001-09-28 20:44

cheers Igor
but have you tryed version 7 on xp? I got no. 6 working through compatability mode but not sure if it'll shag up my HD?
thanks

AndyFair

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#63421

2001-09-28 21:03

Version 6 will screw up your PC because XP uses NTFS 5.1 which is different to NTFS5 (which is what Win2k uses).

Just because you managed to get the program to install doesn't mean that it will work - because of the differences between NTFS5 & NTFS5.1, if you try to use PM6, you will hose your hard drive. This counts even if you are trying to convert the partition to FAT32.
(That's what FatFish was also saying)
I'm not sure if PM7 works on XP - best check out PowerQuest's website.

Rgds
AndyF

FatFish

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#63422

2001-09-29 06:06

PM 7 works on XP.

I'm not sure if PM6 will work on Fat32 in XP, but I wouldn't try it.
Very risky.

Palos

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#63423

2001-10-01 12:34

Partition Magic 7.0 is XP Compatible, version 6.0/6.1 are NOT. Use at own risk.
BTW, can anyone explain me how did PM7 partition an unallocated 51 GB space in 2 partitions AND formatted them in less than 15 seconds?

FearCourage

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#63424

2001-10-04 05:34

It is correct that version 7 should only be used with Win XP. It would be risky to try using version 6, when you're talking about messing with your partitions.

DosFreak

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#63425

2001-10-04 08:57

Quote:
It is correct that version 7 should only be used with Win XP. It would be risky to try using version 6, when you're talking about messing with your partitions.

V7 is compatibile with previous versions of Windows too.

emthompson

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#63426

2001-10-04 10:56

I tried to use PM 6 on my XP. I tried converting unused space to NTFS. IT was a NO GO. IT would get about 99% doen and then it would give some error. So I just got 7 and it works like a champ. It converted my 20gig unused space to NTFS in about 10 sec. I thought that it had screwed up but I checked and it really did it.

FearCourage

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#63427

2001-10-04 16:23

Ok, Ok...I should have said, "Use only version 7 and above for XP"..of course version 7 works with everything else before that..that would surely be a shame to see a new version that came out that wasn't able to handle the older file systems.