Most operating systems must be installed on primary partitions. See “Creating Bootable Partitions” on page 38 for exceptions.

If you are not certain that the partition where you want to install the operating system will support an operating system, you should create a new operating system partition using the wizard. See “Install Another Operating System Wizard” on page 81.

4Close all programs and reboot the computer using an operating system installation diskette.

5Install the operating system.

Norton technical support does not help install operating systems. See your operating system documentation for details.

6If you have already installed BootMagic, use the PartitionMagic rescue disks to set the partition active where BootMagic is installed.

If you have not installed BootMagic, use the PartitionMagic rescue disks to set the operating system partition active for where you want BootMagic installed. Then install BootMagic.

7(If applicable) With BootMagic installed, add the operating system to your BootMagic configuration so that you can select the operating system you want to boot.

For more information about BootMagic, see “BootMagic” on page 89.

8Reboot the computer.

Scenario 1: Creating a Primary Partition for Windows NT

Sample System Configuration

One 4 GB hard disk with one active primary FAT32 partition (C:) running Windows 98.

Objective

Resize drive C: smaller. In the unallocated space created, create a primary FAT partition where Windows NT can be installed.

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