Software Utilities

PartitionMagic

If NTFS is the full size of your drive and no DOS partition is available, you must copy the pqmagic files to a bootable floppy and at the command line type Pqmagic/PQB=a:Pqbatch.pqb. Because NTFS is not accessible from DOS it is unable to copy the batchfile process to the hard drive. By typing the Pqmagic/ PQB=a:Pqbatch.pqb command, it is able to write to the floppy. PartitionMagic can now complete the tasks specified.

The Convert FAT32 to FAT operation converts a FAT32 partition to FAT. To complete this conversion, the partition must have at least 300-400 MB free space because of how the FAT file system allocates disk space for file storage.

To convert a FAT32 partition to FAT:

1.From the Disk drop-down list (located on the toolbar), select the disk containing the partition you want to convert.

2.On the partition map or in the partition list, right-click the partition you want to convert and click Convert > Convert FAT32 to FAT on the context menu.

NOTE: You can also select the partition and click Operations > Convert > Convert FAT32 to FAT on the menu bar. At this point, PartitionMagic may report too many root directory entries (the maximum number of entries in a FAT partition’s root directory is limited, unlike a FAT32 partition’s root directory). In this case, move or copy some of the files in the root directory to another location and then start the conversion again.

3.To continue with the conversion, click OK.

4.In the lower right corner of the PartitionMagic main window, click Apply.

5.Click Yes to confirm that you want to apply the changes.

Description of current operation.

Entire process progress bar.

Sub-process progress bars.

When all operations are complete, click OK to close the Batch Progress dialog and return to the PartitionMagic main window. The partition is converted.

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