Can I or can't I

[Daj]

Question: I have two computers, one has partition Magic installed. I repartitioned this computer. can
I uninstall P.M. and install on my second computer and repartiton it, or do I need a second license to
do this?
Daj

 

[Rock]

Question: I have two computers, one has partition Magic installed. I repartitioned this computer. can
I uninstall P.M. and install on my second computer and repartiton it, or do I need a second license to
do this?
Daj

Read the EULA and make your own decision. It's available in the User
Guide in PDF format.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Question: I have two computers, one has partition Magic installed. I repartitioned this computer. can
I uninstall P.M. and install on my second computer and repartiton it, or do I need a second license to
do this?
Daj

I suspect that you can uninstall it from one computer and subsequently
install it upon another, but I've no real way of knowing, as I don't
have the license available to me, as you do. To get a definitive
answer, you'll either have to ask the makers of Partition Magic, or read
the license that accompanied it. This isn't a Windows issue.


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[Harry Ohrn]

You will need to contact Symantec to discuss the legalities of their
software.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Question: I have two computers, one has partition Magic installed. I
repartitioned this computer. can I uninstall P.M. and install on my
second computer and repartiton it, or do I need a second license to
do this?

What does the license with your version of Partition Magic say?

My license for Partition Magic 8 states:
------------
You are authorized to use ONLY a single copy of the
Software on the number of computers for which you have
purchased a license (as indicated on the accompanying
license certificate, if applicable). Each permitted copy
of the Software may be used only in connection with a
single computer owned or leased by you. If the Software
is made available on a network, it may be accessed only by
ONE specific computer. Once the Software has been accessed
by ONE specific computer it may not be used on any
additional computers without purchasing additional licenses.
All copies of the Software must include the copyright,
trademark, and patent notices.
------------

In more reality based terms - if you have it installed on one system and you
uninstall it on that system and install it on another - then you are still
in accordance with the license agreement - as you never specified to those
you purchased the license from a system identifier of any sort.

 

[R. McCarty]

Partition Magic 8+ utilizes product activation. If you do move the
software, you're likely in for a call to the Symantec Support Center.
Take a Tylenol first and make sure you call the right number. There
are different centers for Retail or Digital River (Downloads).
However when you 1st install PQMagic you should have had the
option to create Rescue Diskettes for DOS use. Those are what
you can use to create a Bootable CD-R with the PQMagic content.
Startup Partition Magic and click on Tools, there should be an
option called Create Rescue Diskettes. Note some features of
PQMagic are disabled when running from Diskettes.

 

[Daj]

That is the way I interpreted the EULA. I did read it thoroughly.
Thanks,
Daj

 

[kurttrail]

Partition Magic 8+ utilizes product activation. If you do move the
software, you're likely in for a call to the Symantec Support Center. Take
a Tylenol first and make sure you call the right number. There are
different centers for Retail or Digital River (Downloads). However when
you 1st install PQMagic you should have had the option to create Rescue
Diskettes for DOS use. Those are what you can use to create a Bootable
CD-R with the PQMagic content. Startup Partition Magic and click on Tools,
there should be an option called Create Rescue Diskettes. Note some
features of PQMagic are disabled when running from Diskettes.

My copy of PQ 8.01 doesn't require PA. And a one computer term on a
utility like this is ridiculous, since its main function, disk
partitioning, moving, resizing, has little day to day use on one computer.

While I have it installed on my main computer, I just used it one this
computer I recently set up as my test box, for learning linux, and testing
thing on Win XP. No EULA is gonna stop me from using my copy of software
for MY personal use!

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[Shenan Stanley]

Partition Magic 8+ utilizes product activation. If you do move the
software, you're likely in for a call to the Symantec Support
Center. Take a Tylenol first and make sure you call the right
number. There are different centers for Retail or Digital River
(Downloads). However when you 1st install PQMagic you should have
had the option to create Rescue Diskettes for DOS use. Those are
what you can use to create a Bootable CD-R with the PQMagic content.
Startup Partition Magic and click on Tools, there should be an
option called Create Rescue Diskettes. Note some features of PQMagic
are disabled when running from Diskettes.

My copy of PQ 8.01 doesn't require PA. And a one computer term on a
utility like this is ridiculous, since its main function, disk
partitioning, moving, resizing, has little day to day use on one
computer.

While I have it installed on my main computer, I just used it one this
computer I recently set up as my test box, for learning linux, and
testing thing on Win XP. No EULA is gonna stop me from using my copy
of software for MY personal use!

Likely you and I have the same copy of PM8 - meaning pre-Symantec.
Mine requires no activation either.

 

[George Hester]

Why not just make the emergency disks and use them on the other machine?

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Question: I have two computers, one has partition Magic installed. I

repartitioned this computer. can

 

[R. McCarty]

I've been on for a while today, so I may be getting "Slow". What I
was saying is if you create the DOS diskettes, you can build a CD-R
that has 95% of the PQMagic functionality and use it on any of your
PCs. When I installed 8.01 on my PC, I had to activate it and I think
when I called Symantec they told me you get -2- activations. They
had to send me a new disk, because my original 8.0 came from
PowerQuest and the original license key would not work. Just another
nail in Symantec's coffin as far as I'm concerned. Anyway, when
you use PQMagic within Windows it just queues up a boot time
operation so you're still really working at a DOS/pre-XP situation.

 

[kurttrail]

Likely you and I have the same copy of PM8 - meaning pre-Symantec. Mine
requires no activation either.

Yeah, I gave up on Symantec Products after NIS2003.

An OS that is bought with a computer and is copy protected to that
computer isn't all that bad. I've always been more concerned about PA
when it comes to the much more expensive Retail Copies sold separately to
an individual, than as part of a complete computer package. But selling a
tool, like PM, that is used so rarely, copy-protected to just one computer
is shooting yourself in your foot, especially when there are other
non-copy-protected solutions.

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[Stan Brown]

Why not just make the emergency disks and use them on the other machine?

Kind of tough if you don't have a diskette drive on both machines!

 

[Yves Leclerc]

The original XP install CD is the only boot disc you need. If you have gone
to SP1, or SP2, and your original CD did on come with either "pre-installed"
then you can slipstream the service pack and create a newer boot CD. The
boot CD should already have most of the standard recovery tools included.

 

[George Hester]

Move that too. If that's too much work use the other suggestions. But
really a machine without a floppy is really not a good idea. I know some
don't come with them but it is realatively easy to find a cheap one and set
it up. Your Power Supply has an unused cable just for that. Unless it is a
desktop.