How Do I Get Rid of Boot Magic?

[John E. Golden]

Hello,

I have XP Home Edition om my Compaq Desktop.

I stupidly installed Partition Magic 6.0 and Boot Magic 6.0 on my computer
not realizing that it was not appropriate for Windows XP.

I have now deleted Both Programs (I think), but the Boot Magic Menu comes
up when I turn my computer on. It presents me a choice between two
partitions....the first is the Recovery Partition on my Hard Drive and the
second is the Main Partition, which is what I choose.

How can I get rid of the last vestiges of this Boot Magic Program?

Also, I just burned Seven Recovery CD's in case I should ever need them. Is
there a way for me to get rid of the Recovery Partition on my Hard Drive
without buying more software?

I would like to install a "dual boot" system with Windows XP Home and Linux
Mandrake.


Regards,
John E. Golden

 

[Rob Schneider]

I don't have a computer with Boot Magic available to me at this moment
to confirm, but my recollection is there is a configuration program for
Boot Magic installed and available on the menus to turn it off on boot.
Maybe the tack should be to re-install Boot Magic, then use this
option to turn it off, then un-install it.

There are probably system settings to mess with to avoid the reinstall,
but the simplest way forward maybe to do a simple reinstall (Boot Magic
only).

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Michael Stevens]

Hello,

I have XP Home Edition om my Compaq Desktop.

I stupidly installed Partition Magic 6.0 and Boot Magic 6.0 on my computer
not realizing that it was not appropriate for Windows XP.

I have now deleted Both Programs (I think), but the Boot Magic Menu comes
up when I turn my computer on. It presents me a choice between two
partitions....the first is the Recovery Partition on my Hard Drive and the
second is the Main Partition, which is what I choose.

How can I get rid of the last vestiges of this Boot Magic Program?

Also, I just burned Seven Recovery CD's in case I should ever need them. Is
there a way for me to get rid of the Recovery Partition on my Hard Drive
without buying more software?

I would like to install a "dual boot" system with Windows XP Home and Linux
Mandrake.


Regards,
John E. Golden

Have you looked at the PM6 help files? I don't have PM 6 presently
available, but I seem to remember extensive information on the removal of
Boot Magic as one of the topics.
If you don't find help there, try a Google search.
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[Will Denny]

Hi

Did you disable Boot Magic before you uninstalled it?

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MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Hello,
|
| I have XP Home Edition om my Compaq Desktop.
|
| I stupidly installed Partition Magic 6.0 and Boot Magic 6.0 on my computer
| not realizing that it was not appropriate for Windows XP.
|
| I have now deleted Both Programs (I think), but the Boot Magic Menu comes
| up when I turn my computer on. It presents me a choice between two
| partitions....the first is the Recovery Partition on my Hard Drive and the
| second is the Main Partition, which is what I choose.
|
| How can I get rid of the last vestiges of this Boot Magic Program?
|
| Also, I just burned Seven Recovery CD's in case I should ever need them. Is
| there a way for me to get rid of the Recovery Partition on my Hard Drive
| without buying more software?
|
| I would like to install a "dual boot" system with Windows XP Home and Linux
| Mandrake.
|
|
| Regards,
| John E. Golden

 

[John E. Golden]

I don't have a computer with Boot Magic available to me at this moment
to confirm, but my recollection is there is a configuration program
for Boot Magic installed and available on the menus to turn it off on
boot.
Maybe the tack should be to re-install Boot Magic, then use this
option to turn it off, then un-install it.

There are probably system settings to mess with to avoid the
reinstall, but the simplest way forward maybe to do a simple reinstall
(Boot Magic only).

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

I just tried to reinstall Boot Magic, but it won't let me. I get the
error message: "Boot Magic cannot be installed because Boot Magic is
already installed in a hidden partition (I guess the recovery partition).
To continue setup, make the partition on which Boot Magic is already
installed visible. To install Boot Magic on another partition, you must
remove Boot Magic from the partition where it is currently installed."

When Igo into File Explorer, I can't see the Recovery Partition. I think
it was called Drive "D", before I installed and uninstalled PM & BM.

I guess I'm just very talented at screwing things up.

Regards,
John E. Golden

 

[John E. Golden]

Hi

Did you disable Boot Magic before you uninstalled it?

No, because I didn't think I had enabled Boot Magic.

Regards,
John E. Golden

 

[John E. Golden]

I don't have a computer with Boot Magic available to me at this moment
to confirm, but my recollection is there is a configuration program
for Boot Magic installed and available on the menus to turn it off on
boot.
Maybe the tack should be to re-install Boot Magic, then use this
option to turn it off, then un-install it.

There are probably system settings to mess with to avoid the
reinstall, but the simplest way forward maybe to do a simple reinstall
(Boot Magic only).

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

I just reinstalled PM and looked at the partition info. Sure enough, there
is a 6.6 GB "hidden" FAT32 partition there. I guess this is the "recovery
partition" and I think this used to be labelled "D."

Regards,
John E. Golden

 

[Rob Schneider]

Yes, I found that for mysterious resason PM (version 7.0) marked my d:
drive hidden for reasons unknown. I must have done something. I marked
it 'unhidden' and all was well. Now, use the BM config program to
uncheck "BootmMagic Enabled" (bottom left corner). Then do a boot to
make it all settle in, then I guess you can un-install it all. All a
guess as I've left my PM and BM in place.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have now deleted Both Programs (I think), but the Boot Magic Menu comes
up when I turn my computer on. It presents me a choice between two
partitions....the first is the Recovery Partition on my Hard Drive and the
second is the Main Partition, which is what I choose.

How can I get rid of the last vestiges of this Boot Magic Program?

Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD and, instead
of Setup, take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any password
requested is blank, and TAB over.

Give
Fixboot
FixMBR
(The first is probably not needed but will do not harm)

 

[John E. Golden]

Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD and, instead
of Setup, take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any password
requested is blank, and TAB over.

Give
Fixboot
FixMBR
(The first is probably not needed but will do not harm)

Unfortunately, my computer did not come with an XP CD. It came with a
"recovery partition" on the hard drive. I did burn "recovery CD's" (seven
of them), but I'm afraid to use them.....I don't want to lose all my work.

Regards,
John E. Golden

 

[John E. Golden]

How did you mark it 'unhidden?'

Regards,
John E. Golden

 

[Rob Schneider]

Using Partion Manager. Forget all the mouse movements, but it probably
as as simply as Right mouse clicking on that disk and picking it as one
of the property changes, then hit the "apply changes" button.

I don't know how it happenedd. Maybe my thick fingers. This all
happened when I was preparing the 3 disks for dual-booting Windows 98
and Windows 2003 Small Business Server. The D: disk (FAT32) became
hidden for some reason. Never noticed it until installing something on
the Windows 98 system and wanted it to go on the D: drive which then I
discovered simply was not there. Quickly brought it back with PM.

rms

 

[Alex Nichol]

Unfortunately, my computer did not come with an XP CD. It came with a
"recovery partition" on the hard drive. I did burn "recovery CD's" (seven
of them), but I'm afraid to use them.....I don't want to lose all my work.

Such a set is likely to be a 'restore to ex-factory state, and most of
he set will be third party bundled items.

You could borrow a regular XP CD for this purpose, or the FixMBR can be
done using a Win98 startup floppy (you can download an image to make one
from www.bootdisk.com), boot it and use
FDISK /MBR
(but nothing else - in particular do *not* use SYS on an XP hard drive)

 

[John E. Golden]

Such a set is likely to be a 'restore to ex-factory state, and most of
he set will be third party bundled items.

You could borrow a regular XP CD for this purpose, or the FixMBR can
be done using a Win98 startup floppy (you can download an image to
make one from www.bootdisk.com), boot it and use
FDISK /MBR
(but nothing else - in particular do *not* use SYS on an XP hard
drive)

I made a Win98 startup floppy as you suggested and used the [FDISK /MBR]
command. It worked. Thank you.

Regards,
John E. Golden

 

[John E. Golden]

Using Partion Manager. Forget all the mouse movements, but it probably
as as simply as Right mouse clicking on that disk and picking it as one
of the property changes, then hit the "apply changes" button.

I don't know how it happenedd. Maybe my thick fingers. This all
happened when I was preparing the 3 disks for dual-booting Windows 98
and Windows 2003 Small Business Server. The D: disk (FAT32) became
hidden for some reason. Never noticed it until installing something on
the Windows 98 system and wanted it to go on the D: drive which then I
discovered simply was not there. Quickly brought it back with PM.

Hi Rob,

I reinstalled Partition Manager and "unhid" my hidden partition although
it gave me an eror message after it unhid it.

Then I tried to reinstall Boot Magic, but it wouldn't let me.

Thenk I went into Windows Explorer and deleted all the Boot Magic stuff
that was on the D Hard Drive. After doing so, the only thing left on the
D Partition was the Recovery Stuff.

Then I tried to reinstall Boot Magic so that I could turn it off, but
still it wouldn't let me.

Then I took Alex Nichol's suggestion and made a Win98 startup floppy,
booted with it and used the [FDISK /MBR] command. Then I deleted
Partition Magic and my problems seem to have gone away.

Thank you very much for your assistance. There are some very nice people
on the internet!

Regards,
John E. Golden

 

[Rob Schneider]

Well, that's good news. Got there in the end.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

Using Partion Manager. Forget all the mouse movements, but it probably
as as simply as Right mouse clicking on that disk and picking it as one
of the property changes, then hit the "apply changes" button.

I don't know how it happenedd. Maybe my thick fingers. This all
happened when I was preparing the 3 disks for dual-booting Windows 98
and Windows 2003 Small Business Server. The D: disk (FAT32) became
hidden for some reason. Never noticed it until installing something on
the Windows 98 system and wanted it to go on the D: drive which then I
discovered simply was not there. Quickly brought it back with PM.

Hi Rob,

I reinstalled Partition Manager and "unhid" my hidden partition although
it gave me an eror message after it unhid it.

Then I tried to reinstall Boot Magic, but it wouldn't let me.

Thenk I went into Windows Explorer and deleted all the Boot Magic stuff
that was on the D Hard Drive. After doing so, the only thing left on the
D Partition was the Recovery Stuff.

Then I tried to reinstall Boot Magic so that I could turn it off, but
still it wouldn't let me.

Then I took Alex Nichol's suggestion and made a Win98 startup floppy,
booted with it and used the [FDISK /MBR] command. Then I deleted
Partition Magic and my problems seem to have gone away.

Thank you very much for your assistance. There are some very nice people
on the internet!

Regards,
John E. Golden