You must have two blank 1.44 MB floppy disks available before you begin this procedure (three disks for
1You can create rescue disks three ways:
To create rescue |
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disks from: | Do this: |
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Windows | Click Start ➤ Programs ➤ Norton PartitionMagic 8.0 ➤ |
(preferred | PartitionMagic 8.0 Tools ➤ Create Rescue Disks. |
method) |
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PartitionMagic | 1a Open the English\DOSMAKE folder on the |
CD (useful if you | PartitionMagic CD. |
do not have | 1b Type MAKEDISK A:, where A: is the drive letter for |
Windows) | |
| your floppy disk drive. |
| You can also install the DOS version of PartitionMagic to |
| your hard disk using this process. If you install to your hard |
| disk, the PartitionMagic files (but not the system files) will be |
| installed to a PQMAGIC directory at the root of the disk, and |
| you will not need floppy disks. |
PartitionMagic | Click Tools ➤ Create Rescue Disks on the menu bar. |
main window |
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2Insert a blank formatted 1.44 MB disk into your
3Follow the prompts and the instructions on the progress bar (located at the bottom of the window).
6Chapter 1: Getting Started