PartitionMagic doesn't work!

[Don J]

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I am using Windows XP with PartitionMagic 8.0. All of a sudden
PartitionMagic showed one of my drives in yellow and marked it as "BAD". It
didn't show any of the 4 partitions on the drive. Right clicking the drive,
in PartitionMagic, the only commands were "Format" and "Set Active" under
"Advanced". Operation under Windows XP was entrirely normal. The 4
partitions showed up in Windows Explorer. I moved all files out of the four
partitions, saving them on other hard disks. Once the files were moved out
I formatted the individual partittions from Windows Explorer. An inspection
of the formatted partitions showed that it had been done correctly.

I then activated PartitionMagic, highlighted the yellow partition and
selected Format. It rebooted to do the format. Itr terminated in the
middle of the format with the statement "Error 4 Bad Argument/Parameter".
When Windows XP was restarted nothing had changed. I've reinstalled
PartitionMagiic, and repeated the formating of the yelow diisk several tmes,
always with the same result.

I've been using PartitionMagic for several years now and was dissappoited to
find that PartitionMagic 8.0 is the most recent edition.

Don J

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[Shenan Stanley]

Tell me if there is a better newsgroup to post this in!

I am using Windows XP with PartitionMagic 8.0. All of a sudden
PartitionMagic showed one of my drives in yellow and marked it as
"BAD". It didn't show any of the 4 partitions on the drive. Right
clicking the drive, in PartitionMagic, the only commands were
"Format" and "Set Active" under "Advanced". Operation under
Windows XP was entrirely normal. The 4 partitions showed up in
Windows Explorer. I moved all files out of the four partitions,
saving them on other hard disks. Once the files were moved out I
formatted the individual partittions from Windows Explorer. An
inspection of the formatted partitions showed that it had been done
correctly.
I then activated PartitionMagic, highlighted the yellow partition
and selected Format. It rebooted to do the format. Itr terminated
in the middle of the format with the statement "Error 4 Bad
Argument/Parameter". When Windows XP was restarted nothing had
changed. I've reinstalled PartitionMagiic, and repeated the
formating of the yelow diisk several tmes, always with the same
result.
I've been using PartitionMagic for several years now and was
dissappoited to find that PartitionMagic 8.0 is the most recent
edition.

Partition Magic is a Symantec product - you would go to their FAQs and such
for support with their product. As everything is working properly within
Windows XP - by what you state - then the problem is not a Windows XP one -
but a partition magic one.

 

[Don J]

The yellow hard disk showing in PartitionMagic is an externel drive. I
turned the power to the disk off and of course the yellow drive disappeared
from PartitionMagic. When I turned the power back on it reappeared. I was
back to where I was before!

Don J