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Chapter 1: Getting Started6
You must have two blank 1.44 MB floppy disks available before you begin this procedure
(three disks for double-byte languages).
1 You can create rescue disks three ways:
2 Insert a blank formatted 1.44 MB disk into your 3.5-inch disk drive and click OK.
3 Follow the prompts and the instructions on the progress bar (located at the bottom of
the window).
To create rescue
disks from: Do this:
Windows
(preferred
method)
Click Start
➤ Programs ➤ Norton PartitionMagic 8.0 ➤
PartitionMagic 8.0 Tools
➤ Create Rescue Disks.
PartitionMagic
CD (useful if you
do not have
Windows)
1a Open the English\DOSMAKE folder on the
PartitionMagic CD.
1b Type MAKEDISK A:, where A: is the drive letter for
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
main window
Click Tools
➤ Create Rescue Disks on the menu bar.