Software Utilities

PartitionMagic

WARNING:

If OS/2 is on your computer, do not enable this preference. Data loss could

 

occur because problems might go undetected.

 

To enable or disable this preference:

 

1. In the main window, click General > Preferences.

 

2. Click Ignore OS/2 EA Errors on FAT.

 

3. Click OK.

Skip Bad Sector Checks

When PartitionMagic modifies partitions, it performs extensive testing to detect

 

bad sectors on your hard disk. Newer disk types (such as Enhanced IDE and

 

SCSI) often handle bad sectors internally, making such testing superfluous. For

 

this reason, PartitionMagic lets you bypass these tests with Skip Bad Sector

 

Checks. When this preference is enabled, the Resize/Move, Create, Copy, and

 

Format operations run faster.

WARNING:

If you skip bad sector checks and your hard disk has bad sectors, data loss

 

can result.

Set as Read-Only for PartitionMagic

PartitionMagic lets you set this preference individually for each of your hard disks. If your system has an older disk and a newer one, you could check the older disk and skip the newer one. A check mark next to a disk means to skip bad sector checking for that disk.

To enable or disable this preference:

1.In the main window, click General > Preferences.

2.In the Skip bad sector checks box, click the box next to the disk(s) you want enabled or disabled.

3.Click OK.

This preference lets you prevent PartitionMagic from making any changes to a hard disk. The only exception is if the disk contains the boot partition, some files may be changed, such as the Windows NT boot initialization file.

You can set this preference individually for each of your hard disks.

To enable or disable this preference:

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