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<TD><H2>Partition Manager FAQ</H2></TD>
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<DT><A HREF="#pqmagic">Partition Manager vs Partition Magic</A>
<DT><A HREF="#syscom">Advanced Boot Manager vs System Commander</A>
<DT><A HREF="#boot31">Why would anyone need 31 bootable partitions?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#8Gb">Does Partition Manager support disks larger than 8G?</A>
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<DT><A HREF="#nt_inst">When I try to install Windows NT it couldn't continue after reboot. What's wrong with it?</A>
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<DT><A HREF="#last_cyl">When I run Partition Manager I get the message "Note that BIOS reports only 624 cylinders." Is there a problem with my computer?</A>
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<DT><A HREF="#default">How do I set default partition?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#timeout">How do I set boot menu timeout?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#hd2">How do I boot my old MS-DOS from the second hard drive?</A>
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<DT><A HREF="#shrink">Can I shrink FAT partition?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#enlarge">Can I enlarge FAT partition?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#fat16to32">Can I convert FAT-16 to FAT-32?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#fat32to16">Can I convert FAT-32 back to FAT-16?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#merge">Can I merge two FAT-16 partitions into a single FAT-32?</A>
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<DT><A HREF="#fat16_above_2G">Why I cannot boot MS-DOS from FAT-16 if it is located above 2G?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#fat32_ntfs">Is it possible to have Windows 95 with FAT-32 and NT with NTFS on the same disk?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#SU0013">When I tried to install Windows 95 onto the second hard drive setup failed with error "SU0013". What should I do?</A>
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<DT><A HREF="#noext">I installed Advanced Boot Manager and now I cannot see Extended partition.</A>
<DT><A HREF="#os_inst">I installed Advanced Boot Manager. Should I do anyting before installing a new OS?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#os_inst">I installed Windows 95 and Advanced Boot Manager has disappeared. What happened?</A>
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<DT><A HREF="#adv_part_choices">Why are there only four choices - Last, Next, Prev, Last3 - in Advanced Boot Manager?</A>
<DT><A HREF="#why_do_you_do_it">Why are you spending so much energy writing this program and giving it out for free?</A>
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<A NAME="pqmagic"></A>Q: Why do I need your Partition Manager, if I already
have Partition Magic by <A HREF="http://www.powerquest.com">Powerquest</A>?
<P>A: Partition Manager and Partition Magic are different programs. They
are complementing each other. While Partition Magic isolates you from small
details and does all work for you, Partition Manager lets you see all those
details in the partition table (cylinders', heads', and sectors' numbers)
and you have to make all decisions yourself. I use Partition Manager for
non-standard tasks, such as creating more than one primary (bootable) FAT
partitions on the disk, and use Partition Magic to resize partitions or
change their cluster size.
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<A NAME="syscom"></A>Q: What is the difference between Advanced Boot
Manager and <A HREF="http://www.systemcommander.com">System Commander</A>?
<P>A: While both programs allow you to have multiple Operating Systems
on one hard drive they do it in the different ways. System Commander lets
you boot several OS from one partition by manipulating with system files
(for example you can put several versions of MS-DOS, Windows 95, and Windows
NT into a single FAT partition). With System Commander you still have a
limitation of four partitions per disk, but you can put many OS in each
of those partitions. On the other hand Advanced Boot Manager does not
manipulate inside partitions, but, instead, lets you create up to 31 bootable
partitions on your disk, and then boot from them different OS. I have not
tried, but it might be possible to use both at the same time.
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<A NAME="boot31"></A>Q: Why would anyone in the right mind want to create 31
bootable partitions?
<P>A: Probably 31 is too much, but the current limitation of four partitions
is a problem. For example, I have six partitions on my 5.1G hard disk.
I have an old version of MS-DOS, Windows 95, Solaris x86, another Windows
95 partition for programs downloaded from web, some empty space to test
Partition Manager, and an Extended DOS partition. When I boot from DOS or
Windows 95 I can see two partitions: one, from which I have booted and an
extended partition with my files and programs.
<P>In addition, it is now common to have several OS, such as Windows 95/98,
Windows NT, and various flavors of Linux in order to develop crossplatform
applications.
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<A NAME="noext"></A>Q: I just have installed Advanced Boot Manager but I
cannot see my extended DOS partition? Here is my disk layout:
<pre>
1 DOS FAT-16 500Mb
2 DOS Extended 300Mb
3 Linux 400Mb
4 Linux swap 20Mb
</pre>
<P>A: When you install Advanced Boot Manager it automatically picks extended
partition only if it is last on the disk. In your case you have to edit
boot menu (press Space in the main screen) so it will look as follows:
<pre>
# Part Show Name
1 1 Next MS-DOS
2 3 Next Linux
3 3 Last3 Linux (sees D:)
</pre>
<P>After that you will be able to see extanded partition from both DOS
and Linux.
<p>If you did this, but you still cannot see Extended partition, it might be
that you have unused space at the end of the disk, which is considered to be
the last partition. Then you have to enlarge Extended partition up to the end
of the disk (just increase its size in MBR).
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<A NAME="adv_part_choices"></A>Q: Why are there only four choices - Last, Next, Prev, Last3 - in Advanced Boot Manager?
<P>A: The reason, why number of choices was limited, is that I wanted to keep
all occupied (by partitions) space covered in MBR. Then if somebody runs fdisk
or similar utility, it wouldn't think that disk space not mentioned in MBR is
empty (and available), even though it has some valuable information.
<p>This is a reasonable behaviour, since most people want to hide primary
partitions from each other and put all shared data in the Extended partition,
making it visible to all of the systems, and implemented set of choices seems
to be enough.
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<A NAME="os_inst"></A>Q: After I installed Windows 95 Advanced Boot Manager has disappeared.</A>
<P>A: Click <A HREF="help.htm#os_inst">here</A> to see what you should
do before installing a new OS in the Partition Manager's help.
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<A NAME="hd2"></A>Q: Can I boot my old MS-DOS from the second hard drive?
<P>A: Yes you can do that. See an <A HREF="help.htm#setup_adv_example">example</A> in the Partition Manager's help.
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<A NAME="default"></A>Q: I have Windows 95 and Linux on my computer, after
installing your boot manager I have added another Windows 95 partition for
my little brother. The problem is that every time I leave my computer I have
to reboot from second Windows partition, so my brother won't get into Linux,
when he turns it on. Is there a better solution?
<P>A: Yes, there is a solution for this case. You have to set a
"default partition" in the boot manager's options. Then, instead of booting
from rememberd "last time booted" partition, boot manager will always start
with the default partition highlighted.
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<A NAME="timeout"></A>Q: My computer is so slow that when I turn it on I can
go and get a cup of tea before it finishes BIOS tests. But some times there
is a line in the cafeteria and I miss the boot manager's prompt. Is there any
way to hold the prompt?
<P>A: Yes, there are several ways. First of all you can set the prompt timeout
up to 100 seconds - this will give you some time, or you can set it 0 -
this will force boot manager to wait forever, even if you had to go to
China for your tea, you still couldn't miss it. (In case of compact boot
manager setting default partition to Space will have similar effect). And
finally, you can get a faster machine, which will solve most of the problems.
<HR>
<A NAME="8Gb"></A>Q: Does Partition Manaer support disks larger than 8G?
<P>A: The old standard for partition table has an 8G limit for the size of
the hard disk and partitions. Current version of the Partition Manager
follows that standard and if you have 8G or greater disk it will not be able
to see anything beyond 8G boundary. However, you can operate as usual
under 8G line. I am now collecting information about new standard and
will implement it in the next release of the program. If you already have
partitions occupying space beyond 8G Partition Manager will complain,
saying that their parameters are inconsistent. Don't worry about it.
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<A NAME="fat16to32"></A>Q: How do I convert FAT-16 to FAT-32?
<P>A: There is a program which does one-way conversion from FAT-16 to
FAT-32. You can download a copy of <A HREF="cvt16-32.zip">cvt.exe</A>.
This utility appears to be written by Microsoft, but I couldn't find any
documentation or reference for it on their web site. So use it at your own risk.
<HR>
<A NAME="fat32to16"></A>Q: I have a 6G FAT-32 partition. I want to convert it
back to FAT-16, because I am going to install Windows NT. Can Partition
Manager do that?
<P>A: Even if Partition Manager could do it - you still cannot have 6G FAT-16
partition. The limit for FAT-16 partition is 2G. I would suggest you to shrink
FAT-32 partition down to 4G and create a 2G FAT-16 partition on the freed space.
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