Problems with Partition Magic

Had some problems with my setup but most of them were not done by RC1

I used NPM 8.05 to make a new partition and did a clean install of RC1 x86 and it was flawless.

1-RC1 installed with no errors but I couldn't get my HD Realtek ALC 882 chipset to work I updated the driver and it said
it was working but still no sound. I than tried to update my regular Legacy driver and that stopped my HD from working
it said it had to shut down the Realtek Audio Control Panel.

2a- I noticed in the IE 7 that it didn't have the Menu Items File, Edit, View etc. Couldn't get it to show. Didn't know
if that was supposed to be that way but I didn't like it.

2b-I tried to copy my Agent 4.0 from my XP and put it in the Programs Files of RC1 but when I went to use it refused to
give me access.
I also noticed that I had to keep saying yes to do certain procedures even though I am the Administrator. Thought that
was unnecessary.

3- I than noticed that I couldn't dual boot so I went back to PM and noticed
I had a error #105 "Partition starts on wrong boundary" and I had to do a complete format and use my recovery disks to
go back to XP. This also wiped out my Recovery partition and I haven't been able to get it back.

I also got an other error can't remember the error number thought it was #69 but that doesn't exist and when I went to
copy my backup of Win XP to my original partition where XP was it said couldn't find the NTLDR.I had to start over again
from scratch.


Have a good day,
RScotti

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My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible

>
> 3- I than noticed that I couldn't dual boot so I went back to PM and
> noticed
> I had a error #105 "Partition starts on wrong boundary" and I had to do a
> complete format and use my recovery disks to
> go back to XP. This also wiped out my Recovery partition and I haven't
> been able to get it back.
>
> I also got an other error can't remember the error number thought it was
> #69 but that doesn't exist and when I went to
> copy my backup of Win XP to my original partition where XP was it said
> couldn't find the NTLDR.I had to start over again
> from scratch.

Usually caused by not selecting to restore the MBR and make the partiton
active while restoring. Unless you had other systems on the computer which
had changed the system drive.

>
> My Specifications:
> HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
> PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
> Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
> Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
> Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
> Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
> Western Digital External HD 500 GB
> 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
> Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
> Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
> Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II
> compatible

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:45:47 -0700, "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote:

>Usually caused by not selecting to restore the MBR and make the partiton
>active while restoring. Unless you had other systems on the computer which
>had changed the system drive.

I didn't know how to do that.I didn't see anything about restoring the MBR?
How do I find this and do it. I don't want it to happen the next time.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible

This might help you http://www.partition-recovery.com/quest4.htm#MBR-title


James D. Howard
Vista x64 upgrade RC1 build to 5728
"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:45:47 -0700, "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Usually caused by not selecting to restore the MBR and make the partiton
>>active while restoring. Unless you had other systems on the computer
>>which
>>had changed the system drive.
>
> I didn't know how to do that.I didn't see anything about restoring the
> MBR?
> How do I find this and do it. I don't want it to happen the next time.
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>
> My Specifications:
> HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
> PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
> Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
> Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
> Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
> Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
> Western Digital External HD 500 GB
> 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
> Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
> Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
> Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II
> compatible

I don't know what you use to restore, but Drive Image, now Ghost has
checkoffs in the advanced settings, and if I remember, it asks about making
it active for booting during the restore setup


"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:45:47 -0700, "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Usually caused by not selecting to restore the MBR and make the partiton
>>active while restoring. Unless you had other systems on the computer
>>which
>>had changed the system drive.
>
> I didn't know how to do that.I didn't see anything about restoring the
> MBR?
> How do I find this and do it. I don't want it to happen the next time.
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>
> My Specifications:
> HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
> PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
> Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
> Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
> Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
> Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
> Western Digital External HD 500 GB
> 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
> Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
> Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
> Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II
> compatible

The file menu is hiden in IE7, if you press the ALT key it will reappear as
you need it.

Neil
"RScotti" <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Had some problems with my setup but most of them were not done by RC1
>
> I used NPM 8.05 to make a new partition and did a clean install of RC1 x86
> and it was flawless.
>
> 1-RC1 installed with no errors but I couldn't get my HD Realtek ALC 882
> chipset to work I updated the driver and it said
> it was working but still no sound. I than tried to update my regular
> Legacy driver and that stopped my HD from working
> it said it had to shut down the Realtek Audio Control Panel.
>
> 2a- I noticed in the IE 7 that it didn't have the Menu Items File, Edit,
> View etc. Couldn't get it to show. Didn't know
> if that was supposed to be that way but I didn't like it.
>
> 2b-I tried to copy my Agent 4.0 from my XP and put it in the Programs
> Files of RC1 but when I went to use it refused to
> give me access.
> I also noticed that I had to keep saying yes to do certain procedures even
> though I am the Administrator. Thought that
> was unnecessary.
>
> 3- I than noticed that I couldn't dual boot so I went back to PM and
> noticed
> I had a error #105 "Partition starts on wrong boundary" and I had to do a
> complete format and use my recovery disks to
> go back to XP. This also wiped out my Recovery partition and I haven't
> been able to get it back.
>
> I also got an other error can't remember the error number thought it was
> #69 but that doesn't exist and when I went to
> copy my backup of Win XP to my original partition where XP was it said
> couldn't find the NTLDR.I had to start over again
> from scratch.
>
>
> Have a good day,
> RScotti
>
> remove "nospam" in order to email me.
>
> My Specifications:
> HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
> PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
> Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
> Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
> Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
> Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
> Western Digital External HD 500 GB
> 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
> Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
> Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
> Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II
> compatible

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:59:29 -0400, RScotti
<rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:45:47 -0700, "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote:
>
>>Usually caused by not selecting to restore the MBR and make the partiton
>>active while restoring. Unless you had other systems on the computer which
>>had changed the system drive.
>
>I didn't know how to do that.I didn't see anything about restoring the MBR?
>How do I find this and do it. I don't want it to happen the next time.
>
>Have a good day,
>RScotti

Well, in XP, one restores the Master Boot Record by booting using the
XP install disk, then using the first opportunity to Repair, going to
the Recovery Console, logging in as Administrator, then entering the
command "fixmbr" at the Command Prompt.


Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the same thread and newsgroup.
==================================================

Thats one way, but it is easier when restoring to just check off restore MBR
and make active when setting up the restore

"Donald L McDaniel" <orthocross@wildblue.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:59:29 -0400, RScotti
> <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:45:47 -0700, "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Usually caused by not selecting to restore the MBR and make the partiton
>>>active while restoring. Unless you had other systems on the computer
>>>which
>>>had changed the system drive.
>>
>>I didn't know how to do that.I didn't see anything about restoring the
>>MBR?
>>How do I find this and do it. I don't want it to happen the next time.
>>
>>Have a good day,
>>RScotti
>
> Well, in XP, one restores the Master Boot Record by booting using the
> XP install disk, then using the first opportunity to Repair, going to
> the Recovery Console, logging in as Administrator, then entering the
> command "fixmbr" at the Command Prompt.
>
>
> Donald L McDaniel
> Please reply to the same thread and newsgroup.
> ==================================================

You can do the same thing with a repair install in XP and it's infinitely
more reliable in fixing XP than Win RE's startup repair is in that thing
called Vista they're going to ship broken that RTM's the 25th of this month.
If Startup Repair works, it will do the same thing--but using that tool in
Vista and succeeding has some real Vegas odds. You might want to try the
crap tables.

Perform a Repair Installation
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/doug92.mspx

I don't know head to head what a Recovery console fixmbr command does in a
million attempts versus a repair install of XP. But in my hands in hundreds
of comparisons it comes off a real distant second from a repair install.

This is done from a genuine XP CD (not the recovery crap discs or
partitionsthat MSFT turns a blind eye on while the OEM partners ship them)
pretending they don't know anything about them and have no control when MSFT
knows well they don't work and, not one MSFT softie who lives and breaths
will ever take a bet that they can repair an XP or a Vista using a recovery
disc from OEM that they got with their HP laptop or their Toshiba tab versus
you using real XP media either MSFT or OEM.

Find a softie today and watch them back off that challenge every time.
Desmond Lee the PM of Win RE won't take the challenge, and Darell Gorter of
the setup team won't take that challenge.

CH


"Donald L McDaniel" <orthocross@wildblue.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:59:29 -0400, RScotti
> <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:45:47 -0700, "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Usually caused by not selecting to restore the MBR and make the partiton
>>>active while restoring. Unless you had other systems on the computer
>>>which
>>>had changed the system drive.
>>
>>I didn't know how to do that.I didn't see anything about restoring the
>>MBR?
>>How do I find this and do it. I don't want it to happen the next time.
>>
>>Have a good day,
>>RScotti
>
> Well, in XP, one restores the Master Boot Record by booting using the
> XP install disk, then using the first opportunity to Repair, going to
> the Recovery Console, logging in as Administrator, then entering the
> command "fixmbr" at the Command Prompt.
>
>
> Donald L McDaniel
> Please reply to the same thread and newsgroup.
> ==================================================

Hi,

>Thats one way, but it is easier when restoring to just check off restore MBR
>and make active when setting up the restore

I don't see any of those choices when I did the restore cause I only have a recovery disk and didn't see the restore
function in Partition Magic.
I guess I should learn more about this cause Partition Magic didn't show me any of this.
This is all new to me so please be elementary.

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 11:43:28 -0700, "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote:


>
>"Donald L McDaniel" <orthocross@wildblue.invalid> wrote in message
>news:eo10i29s6p4f7dr9mqrkjs1pn1nidqq31e@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:59:29 -0400, RScotti
>> <rscotti1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:45:47 -0700, "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Usually caused by not selecting to restore the MBR and make the partiton
>>>>active while restoring. Unless you had other systems on the computer
>>>>which
>>>>had changed the system drive.
>>>
>>>I didn't know how to do that.I didn't see anything about restoring the
>>>MBR?
>>>How do I find this and do it. I don't want it to happen the next time.
>>>
>>>Have a good day,
>>>RScotti
>>
>> Well, in XP, one restores the Master Boot Record by booting using the
>> XP install disk, then using the first opportunity to Repair, going to
>> the Recovery Console, logging in as Administrator, then entering the
>> command "fixmbr" at the Command Prompt.
>>
>>
>> Donald L McDaniel
>> Please reply to the same thread and newsgroup.
>> ==================================================
>

Have a good day,
RScotti

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My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible