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Partition Magic 8 Bootable Problems

May 7, 2006 3:08AM PDT

I have a self-built AMD Athlon XP 2200+ Desktop with 512 MB of Memory, 40 GB Maxtor IDE HDD, SAMSUNG DVD-ROM, LG 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, and Windows XP Pro. But I want to resize my partitions on the HDD through Partition Magic 8 Bootable, but when I reboot with the CD in the drive, it stops for 5 seconds on Boot CD:, and then I go right to the Windows XP boot menu (Choose Windows XP Pro or Windows Recovery Console). I tried it on my backup copy and it still doesn't work. Why?

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Is that a CDR copy?
May 7, 2006 3:22AM PDT

Some machines have issues booting from CDR media. Try the factory made CD of Partition Magic.

Tap Y (yes) when you see the cdrom boot prompt. *Varies with boards but try this.

Bob

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Well...
May 7, 2006 4:04AM PDT

My old P3 866 did work with the disc. They are CDR copies

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I think you found the issue.
May 7, 2006 4:07AM PDT

Try the original factory made CD. Some machines will show a tendency to not boot CDR.

Bob

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I tried Knoppix Boot CD
May 7, 2006 4:28AM PDT

I tried another CDR that would work fine, the Knoppix 3.9 CD.

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Which only shows your knoppix is OK.
May 7, 2006 6:56AM PDT

I'd use the original factory version of PM now.

Bob

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Have you tried creating the PM disks as floppy disks ?
May 7, 2006 5:39AM PDT

Has worked well for me in every version of PM I've purchased.

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