Managing Partitions | Norton Abrasives 8 specification

C H A P T E R 3

Managing Partitions

This chapter includes the following information:

•Integrity Checks

•Browsing Partitions

•Resizing and Moving Partitions

•Creating Partitions

•Deleting Partitions

•Undeleting Partitions

•Changing Partition Labels

•Formatting Partitions

•Copying Partitions

•Checking Partitions for Errors

•Merging Partitions

•Splitting Partitions

•Getting Information About Partitions

•Scanning a Disk for Errors

•Defragmenting Drives

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Contents

PartitionMagic Copyright Notice Norton PartitionMagic User Guide Iii Page Page Page Table of Contents Completing Advanced Disk Operations Using PartitionMagic Utilities Index New Features What Is PartitionMagic? Introduction This chapter includes the following information Getting Started PartitionMagic System Requirements Installing PartitionMagic under WindowsOperating System Minimum RAM Minimum Processor Creating Rescue Disks Click Start Programs Norton PartitionMagic To create rescue Disks from Do thisPartitionMagic 8.0 Tools Create Rescue Disks Click Tools Create Rescue Disks on the menu bar PartitionMagic Disk Before Running PartitionMagic Running PartitionMagic from Rescue Disks Running PartitionMagic Switch Description Command Line Switches Click General Set Password. The Set Password dialog appears Setting a Password for PartitionMagic Entering a Password Uninstalling PartitionMagicChanging a Password Click General Set PasswordPage PartitionMagic Basics Disk Map PartitionMagic Main Window Partition List Rescue Disk Main Window PartitionMagic Process Overview Selecting a Hard Disk and Partition USB, USB2, and FireWire SupportRemovable Media Support Undoing an Operation Selecting an OperationDynamic Disks Applying Changes to Your System Viewing Pending Operations Supported File Systems Applying Changes in Windows vs. Boot ModePartition Type Description Extended Extendedx Changing PartitionMagic Preferences Skip Bad Sector Checks Allow 64K FAT Clusters for Windows NT/Windows 2000/XP Set as Read-Only for PartitionMagic Using International Keyboards Getting Help Defragmenting a Hard Drive Readme File Context-Sensitive HelpProduct Demonstrations Page Managing Partitions Browsing Partitions Integrity Checks Click Partition Browse Resizing and Moving PartitionsClick Partition Resize/Move Resize/Move Partition dialog appears Resize To do this Do this Move Managing Partitions Scenario Resizing a Logical Partition Larger Click Partition Create Creating Partitions Create Partition dialog appears Linux Ext2, Linux Ext3, and Linux Swap are used by Linux Managing Drive Letter Changes Creating Bootable Partitions Installing a New Operating System Scenario 1 Creating a Primary Partition for Windows NT Size Type Create a logical FAT partition on Disk Scenario 3 Creating Linux Logical Partitions Create As Choose Logical Partition Type Select Linux Swap Deleting Partitions Click Partition Delete Undeleting PartitionsClick Delete or Delete and Secure Erase Click Partition Undelete Restrictions on Undeleting Partitions Click Partition Label Changing Partition Labels Copying Partitions Formatting PartitionsClick Partition Format Click Partition Copy Checking Partitions for Errors Severity Description Click Partition Merge Merging Partitions Merge Adjacent Partitions dialog appears Click Partition Split Splitting Partitions Norton PartitionMagic Click Partition Properties Getting Information About Partitions Usage Partition Properties dialog appearsCluster Waste Current Cluster Size in bytes or kilobytes Scanning a Disk for ErrorsPartition Info File System-Specific Info Pages Click Start Defragmenting Drives Completing Advanced Disk Operations Changing a Drive Letter Retesting Bad Sectors Click Partition Advanced Bad Sector Retest Hiding and Unhiding PartitionsClick Partition Advanced Hide Partition or Unhide Partition Click Partition Advanced Resize Root Resizing the Root Directory Setting an Active Partition Click Partition Advanced Set Active on the context menu Resizing ClustersSet Active Partition dialog appears Click Partition Advanced Resize Clusters Norton PartitionMagic Default Cluster Sizes Converting Partitions Click Partition Convert Procedure for Converting Partitions Converting FAT Partitions to Ntfs Converting FAT Partitions to FAT32 Converting FAT32 Partitions to Ntfs Converting FAT32 Partitions to FAT Converting Ntfs Partitions to FAT or FAT32 Converting FAT/FAT32 Partitions to 4K Aligned Restrictions on Converting Ntfs Partitions to FAT or FAT32 Error Ntfs Information Lost When Converting to FAT or FAT32 On the toolbar Partition Convert Converting Partitions to Logical or Primary Norton PartitionMagic Page Using Wizards Running Wizards OverviewCreate New Partition Wizard Applying Changes Install Another Operating System Wizard Create Backup Partition WizardResize a Partition Wizard Merge Partitions Wizard Redistribute Free Space WizardCopy Partition Wizard Using PartitionMagic Utilities Changing Drive Letter References with DriveMapper Using DriveMapper With Multiple Operating Systems Switching between Bootable Partitions with PQBootChanging Drive Letters in the Correct Order PQBoot for Windows PQBOOTX.EXE PQBoot for DOS Running PQBoot for DOS with Command Line Switches BootMagic Getting Started BootMagic System Requirements Supported Operating Systems Installing BootMagic Installing BootMagic on an Ntfs System Click General Apply Changes Creating a BootMagic Rescue Disk Getting Help Configuring BootMagic Click Properties Click the Visible Partitions tab Configuring BootMagic to Work on an Ntfs System Adding an Operating System to the BootMagic Menu Setting BootMagic PasswordsClick Save Exit BootMagic Menu Item Properties dialog appears Removing an Item from the BootMagic Menu Booting from a Second Hard Disk Setting a Default Operating SystemClick Set as Default Modifying a Menu Item’s Properties Disabling BootMagic Setting the Startup Delay Using BootMagic to Install Operating Systems Using the BootMagic MenuTroubleshooting Ntfs System on Page This appendix includes the following information Using PartitionMagic With Other Programs Norton Disk Doctor Norton UtilitiesClick Restart Your Computer Norton AntiVirus Disk Compression UtilitiesNorton SystemWorks DriveSpace and DriveSpace Virus Protection Software Operating System Boot Utilities SoundBlaster Drive Overlay ProgramsGoBack Defragmenting Software Troubleshooting Freeing Memory to Run PartitionMagic under DOS General Troubleshooting Assigning a CD-ROM Drive Letter On the toolbar, click Start Settings Control PanelClick the Device Manager tab Select File Exit Using PartitionMagic With a Scsi Hard Disk PqRP Partitions Resolving Check ErrorsMerging Partitions with Different Ntfs Version Numbers Partition Tables and Viruses Resolving Partition Table Errors Partition Will Not Boot After Resizing Generating Diagnostic Reports with PartitionInfo To do this Do this Generating Diagnostic Reports with PARTINFO.EXE Error Messages and SolutionsMiscellaneous Errors Disk Access Errors #45 CRC error in data #98 Hibernate Windows 2000/XP #99 Hibernate Windows Me Partition Table Errors See error #105 See error #111 #117 Partition’s drive letter cannot be identified Check Errors Batch Errors User Interaction Errors #963 Selected operation is currently invalid #974 Root size specified was not in the valid range Ntfs Check Errors #1513 Bad attribute position in file record An external file record has an external attribute list #1604 File’s parent does not contain the file 133 FAT Check Errors Now enter the following command Run ScanDisk or Chkdsk to fix this error Operating System Errors over 10,000 BootMagic ErrorsExit Code 137 Page Customer service Service and Support Solutions Subscription policy Technical supportSupport for old and dis versions North America Worldwide service and support Service and support officesAustralia and New Zealand Europe, Middle East, and Africa Appendix C Service and Support Solutions Numerics Index Index 145 Ntfs 147 System supports FAT32 22 SystemWorks 149