Vista - Does Partition Magic's Bootmagic version 8 Work With Vista?

I had BootMagic from PQ8 on my VISTA system but actually disabled since
it was single boot at that time.

When I came to install VISTA it would not until I removed Boot Magic
from the system by uninstalling it. It was not enough for it to be
idle.

jim evans wrote:
> The subject says it all.
>
> I use three versions of Windows with Bootmagic. If I add Vista it has
> to work with (be added to) my existing system.

I've never used Bootmagic, but I've seen a couple of people here who've
had trouble using it with Vista.

I have no doubt that someone who truly understands both Bootmagic and
Vista's bootmanager could get it to work without much trouble. But
that would not be me.

Plato

It was not the physical separation of operating systems that I was
referring to when I used the expression "involved procedure". It was
accessing the BIOS each time you wanted to boot.

My system dual boots with each operating system in it's own partition
on the same drive. I did intend them to be on separate drives but I
could not get that set up to work. I did this using BootIt NG: a new
tool I have only just purchased. Given a better familiarity and
understanding of BootIt NG I believe I would have achieved separate
drives.

This method of booting presents an intermediate screen giving options
after powering on to boot to to either operating system or to do
Maintenance ( using BootIt ). A single click from power on to log on
screen. Accessing via the BIOS to change the boot sequence involves
many more steps.

You can also perform BootIt maintenance from a floppy or CD BootIt
boot disk.


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Plato wrote:
> Gerry Cornell wrote:
>>
>> That's makes booting an involved procedure!
>
> Exactly. But keeps all your os'S compltetely separated so one can
> screw with the other.
>
>>>> I use three versions of Windows with Bootmagic. If I add Vista
>>>> it has to work with (be added to) my existing system.
>>>
>>> All versions of Windows are best installed to their own hard
>>> disk. One can select the disk to boot from using your BIOS.

"jim evans" <jimsTAKEOUTnews2@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:14:58 -0000, "Gerry Cornell"
> <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote:
>>I have since purchased BootIt NG and the dual boot arrangement works
>>fine. The user interface is not as easy as Partition Magic to
>>understand but it is the results that count. I have also seen reports
>>that Acronis works with Vista.
>
> I can't tell if I can lay Bootit NG on top of my current system. I
> emailed them and got a reply that essentially said their guess was it
> would work. A "guess" by the software developer doesn't give me
> enough of a warm feeling to risk losing everything on an experiment.

BootitNG does not install on your "system" per se, with your OS and other
software, it has it's own dedicated space and GUI. It does not depend on or
require an operating system to run. It would take the place of the
OS-dependent tools you currently use. It is far and away the best, most
reliable partition and boot manager software available. The software
developer is sometimes overly self-effacing, and economical with his words,
but the support for BootitNG is unparalleled. There is a KB, an FAQ, videos
describing most operations and a dedicated news server.

Lee

Hi all . Was trying last night to get P.M. working on Vista . First lots
of " errors ".Then i tried it the old fashioned way. Went to the BIOS
and floppy drive first to boot . Had the 1st floppy in drive and
rebooted the pc , everything started well,after everything showed up i
could do allthe tests without errors, even resize the partition from
vista . Works also perfect to format the Vista partition. After I did
all the things that I wanted to do went back to the BIOS and reset it
to boot from hard drive. In other words , Vista thinks that it can
control everything but thats not true, only thing that you have to do
is been faster then Vista , dont let Vista start up , thats all.


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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:29:41 -0700, "Lee" <not@chance.ever> wrote:
>"jim evans" <jimsTAKEOUTnews2@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
>> I can't tell if I can lay Bootit NG on top of my current system. I
>> emailed them and got a reply that essentially said their guess was it
>> would work. A "guess" by the software developer doesn't give me
>> enough of a warm feeling to risk losing everything on an experiment.
>
>BootitNG does not install on your "system" per se, with your OS and other
>software, it has it's own dedicated space and GUI. It does not depend on or
>require an operating system to run. It would take the place of the
>OS-dependent tools you currently use. It is far and away the best, most
>reliable partition and boot manager software available. The software
>developer is sometimes overly self-effacing, and economical with his words,
>but the support for BootitNG is unparalleled. There is a KB, an FAQ, videos
>describing most operations and a dedicated news server.

A couple more questions.

Can I have different bootable partitions on different physical drives,
or must they all be on Drive 1?

Is there a trial or 30 day version of this software so I can see if it
works for me?

jim

Hi Jim ,
I'm not sure if there is a trialware version for Partition Magic but i
tried last night PM on my laptop , it works perfect when you set the
floppy drive as 1st , you can use PM just like as in the other windows
version , only different , use floppy disks to start your puter . Dont
let run Vista when you do that . You can resize your HDD without
loosing data , even format your partition what has Vista as OS . Was
for me a puzzle to find out but was just looking too far.Vista works
perfect but has a minus when you upgrade , it put your former OS
somewhere on the same partition , that was i was looking to solve that
problem . To do it this way will work as it should , good old PM ,
still better as Windows his partition maker. If you have more question
I will try to help.

Greetz,
John


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PM haven't updataed for a long time and it can not run on Vista.
Windows Vista does have a built-in partitioning ability. You can try
Disk Management: Open Control Panel, Click on Admin... Tools, click on
Computer management,
click on Disk Management.


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sorry for bumping this thread, but i have a problem..

I accidently turned on my xps laptop with the house button and it
started media direct, after that it went to a blue screen. ever since
then when i turn on my computer with the power button or the house
button they go to the media direct loading screen then turn to the blue
screen.
i've tried safe modes, last known good configs,etc.. nothing will
work.

is there any way i can fix this without having anything deleted on my
hard drive? i have lots of important files that i need.


is there any bootable program that i can just burn on a cd, put it in
the drive, and it'll load on the screen so i can load vista and not
media direct? i cant get on windows to install anything


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Is 8 the newest ver.? gave away ver.6 because hd sizes. thinking of buying it! used it for lots of years nerver a proplemo.