3Apply changes to your system. See “Applying Changes to Your System” on page 19. You can also perform some tasks using the wizards. See “Using Wizards” on page 79.
Selecting a Hard Disk and Partition
You can select a partition without first selecting a hard disk. To select a partition, click it in the disk map or partition list on the main screen.
To select a hard disk, click the title bar on the disk map or click the disk in the partition list. There are two operations that can be performed on a hard disk: delete all the partitions or display information about the hard disk. When you select a hard disk, its partitions display in the partition list in the main window.
PartitionMagic does not support volume sets, stripe sets, stripe sets with parity, or partitions located on disk mirror/duplex sets configured using Windows NT Disk Administrator. Under Windows 2000/XP, PartitionMagic supports standard partitions located on basic disk sets only.
USB, USB2, and FireWire Support
PartitionMagic supports external USB, USB2, and FireWire (1394, IEEE) hard drives under Windows. Operations that are executed in boot mode are not supported on these devices.
You can see if an operation will be performed in boot mode by clicking View ➤ Operations Pending. If an operation displays with an asterisk (*), it will not work on a USB, USB2, or FireWire drive. If any of the queued operations displays with an asterisk, all of the queued operations will be applied in boot mode.
You may increase the chances of an operation’s being applied under Windows by closing all applications other than PartitionMagic and only working on operations on that drive (as opposed to the USB or FireWire drive and drive C:, for example).
Removable Media Support
PartitionMagic is not designed to work on removable media. Norton technical support does not guarantee they will be able to resolve problems you encounter when partitioning removable media.
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