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Chapter 8: BootMagic92
Windows NT. Likewise, a primary FAT or FAT32 data partition may be detected as
MS-DOS or Windows 95/98. Because data partitions cannot be booted, you should
remove them from the menu list. You can also choose to add or remove other OS
selections, modify OS names and icons for easier identification, add passwords, set a new
startup delay, or select a different default OS.
For information on detecting non-OS partitions in the menu list, see “Finding the Right
Operating System” in the BootMagic online Help. For more information on using the
configuration program, see “Configuring BootMagic” on page 94 in this guide or refer to
online Help.
After you make any necessary changes, click Save/Exit. The next time you reboot your
computer the BootMagic Menu appears. To start an operating system, select the desired
menu item from the BootMagic Menu.
IMPORTANT! Do not delete the partition that includes BootMagic without uninstalling
BootMagic first.
Installing BootMagic on an NTFS System
BootMagic must run from a FAT or FAT32 partition. If you are only running Windows
NT-based operating systems, you may only have NTFS partitions on your hard disk. To
use BootMagic on an NTFS system, you must create a FAT (or FAT32) partition, install
BootMagic on it, and configure BootMagic so that it does not hide the FAT partition. The
following steps detail this process.
1 Start PartitionMagic.
2 Right-click the first primary NTFS partition, then click Resize/Move.
3 In the Free Space Before field, type 50.
4 To create the new partition after the NTFS partition, enter the size in the Free Space
After field.
IMPORTANT! The BootMagic partition must start below the 8 GB boundary of the
hard disk and must be at least 32 MB large.
5 Click OK.
6 Right-click the new unallocated space, then click Create.
7 From the Create As drop-down list, click Primary Partition.