PowerQuest(R) BootMagic(R)
Version 8.0

Table of Contents
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1. Installing under Windows 2000/Windows XP
2. Booting from Secondary Hard Disks
3. Known Issues
	A. Removable Media Drives
	B. Making copies of the Home Partition
	C. Installing to an NTFS Partition
	D. Installing to a Compressed Drive
	E. Uninstalling Manually
	F. IDE/SCSI Drive Mixes on Windows NT/Windows 2000/Windows XP
	G. USB Support
4. Running from Rescue Disks
5. PowerQuest's Storage Manager Newsletter



1. Installing under Windows 2000/Windows XP
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When Installing BootMagic from Windows 2000 or Windows XP, it is 
recommended that you install to a FAT16 partition.  If you install 
to a FAT32 partition, the rescue diskettes will not see the BootMagic 
partition.  If you do install to a FAT32 partition, you can create 
rescue diskettes from a Windows 98 or Windows Me machine; then the 
disks will see the FAT32 BootMagic partition correctly.


2. Booting from Secondary Hard Disks
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To boot from a partition that is not on the first hard disk, you must 
enable advanced partition hiding.  When you select this option, 
BootMagic hides all primary partitions except for the one you are 
booting from.  This option is turned off by default.

To enable advanced partition hiding, click Options > Advanced Partition 
Hiding from the BootMagic configuration program.


3. Known Issues
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- Problems with some removable media drives will cause 
  significant delays when booting your machine.  If you are 
  experiencing long delays and you have a removable media 
  drive, make sure you have a cartridge in the drive when
  you are booting your machine or configuring BootMagic.  

- If you make a copy of the home partition using software such
  as PartitionMagic(R) or Drive Image(R), you will end up with
  two partitions that look like the home partition, and the
  BootMagic configuration program will not run.  If your hard
  drive is in this state, you must boot with the BootMagic 
  rescue disk.  The rescue disk will take you through the 
  steps needed to reconfigure BootMagic.

- You cannot install BootMagic on an NTFS partition.

- We recommend that you do not install BootMagic to a partition
  that already has disk compression installed on it.  If you
  choose to install BootMagic to a partition with disk
  compression, we recommend you uninstall the disk compression
  software from your disk before installing BootMagic.  For
  information on uninstalling your disk compression software,
  see your disk compression documentation.

  If you decide to install BootMagic onto a drive with disk
  compression, you must make sure the portion of the disk that
  is not compressed (the host partition) is large enough for
  BootMagic.  BootMagic must be installed on the uncompressed
  portion of your hard disk.  For information on adjusting free
  space from the compressed volume to the host partition, see
  your disk compression documentation.

  For BootMagic to operate correctly, ensure the disk compression
  software is configured to make the host partition visible and
  assign it a drive letter.  If your host partition is set to
  Hidden, BootMagic may continue to install, but you will not be
  able to run the BootMagic Configuration program or uninstall
  BootMagic.  If BootMagic tries to install to a drive letter
  that you are not aware you have, your system may have disk
  compression software installed and it may have hidden the host
  partition.

- To uninstall BootMagic manually, do the following:

  Disable BootMagic in the BootMagic Configuration program by
  unchecking the "BootMagic Enabled" check box and clicking the
  "Save/Exit" button.  Reboot your machine and delete the
  \BTMAGIC.PQ subdirectory.

- If you are running Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP 
  on a computer with both SCSI and IDE hard disks, and you have 
  set your computer to boot from one of the SCSI drives, the 
  drives may appear in a different order in the BootMagic 
  Configuration program than they appear at boot time.  This 
  can result in BootMagic failing to appear after installing 
  from Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP. 

  Also, menu items added to the BootMagic menu under Windows NT,
  Windows 2000, or Windowx XP may not be found at boot time.  As 
  a work-around, install BootMagic from Windows 9x or Windows Me 
  and run the BootMagic Configuration program from Windows 9x or 
  Windows Me.

- If you have a USB keyboard, you may not be able to use BootMagic.
  If you have a USB mouse, you may need to use the keyboard 
  instead of the mouse to make selections in BootMagic.


4. Running from Rescue Disks
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If you boot from the BootMagic rescue disks and they cannot 
find the BootMagic configuration program, BootMagic will be 
disabled and PQBoot will run instead.  PQBoot will display the 
primary partitions on the first hard disk, so you can boot the 
computer.  From PQBoot, choose an operating system where you 
can access the BootMagic configuration program (preferably the 
operating system where you installed BootMagic), then repair 
BootMagic from within that operating system.


5. PowerQuest's Storage Manager Newsletter
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PowerQuest has a free monthly electronic newsletter that is
dedicated to official announcements about PowerQuest products.
The newsletter includes tips and techniques for getting the most
out of your PowerQuest products. You can view the newsletter 
online at www.powerquest.com/newsletter/index.html.

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PowerQuest can be reached at:

Voice:    801-437-8900
Web site: www.powerquest.com
E-mail:   magic@powerquest.com

Copyright 1994-2002 PowerQuest Corporation. All rights reserved. 
BootMagic and its use are subject to a license agreement and are 
also subject to copyright, trademark, patent and/or other laws.  
Refer to the user guide or www.powerquest.com/legal for additional 
information about PowerQuest patents.  PowerQuest, PartitionMagic, 
and BootMagic are registered trademarks of PowerQuest Corporation.  
All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered 
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