Question about XP and Powerquest Partition Magic......

Have you checked Symantec's web site for compatibility?

I checked Symantec for upgrade requirements, but not about ver4 working with XP. Wasn't sure where to find that.

Ok, I checked but didn't see anything on compatibility issues. Makes sense since Symantec bought out Powerquest and that being an older version.

 

Message Edited by jimtnc on 02-25-2004 07:16 AM

You could set a Restore Point and then go ahead and install it and rollback the compatibility mode to 98 to see if that would work.

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Read that DI4 may work better on Fat32 than NTFS. Would it be worth making a partition( I think XP can do this) and clean install XP/Fat on it and then transfer your stuff with the Transfer Wizard. Or am I dreaming ?

I think you need at least Drive Image 2002 (Ver.6) for XP, version 7 is the latest.  I use Ver 2002 all the time with XP and it works great with my 8250 and 8300, it's saved my b*tt several times. Remember though it will not work with the newer serial hard drives.  I also use Partition Magic 7 and it works fine with XP, Ver 8.01 is the latest. 

Since it was mentioned about clean loading XP, does the Dell resource cd have the complete XP OS, or is it just the upgrade version, or whatever it's called?

NHRARacer and others, do you recommend buying PM for $50 if I only use it once or twice? And, Does XP provide the same capability to logically partition drives into D,E,F or whatever?

Thanks to the rest also. I like the rolling back to W98 compatibility mode.

Jim.

Message Edited by jimtnc on 02-26-2004 06:27 AM

If your compter came with XP installed then your Re-Installation disc (not your Resource disc) is a full (not upgrade version) XP copy. I'm no expert but I did make a second partition with XP's Disk Management feature and imaged my current C: drive to it with Drive Image 5. Go to Help and Support and type in Disk Management. It may be a Snap-in not currently installed. I can't remember. It is a snap to install. Type in mmc to learn about snap-ins ,etc.

thanks maxd ... I'll look into that. Regarding XP, it says on the CD it's the "Reinstallation CD - M/S Windows Home Edition, including Service Pack 1a". So, it this the complete XP OS install cd?

Thanks, Jim. 

Message Edited by jimtnc on 02-27-2004 08:09 AM

If your Dell computer came with XP (and not Millenium) pre-installed then yes you have the Full version not an upgrade version. It is however what they call an OEM (versus Retail) version which I believe is 'tied' to the Dell BIOS so I don't think you could use it on another machine. In short the answer is Yes, you have the Real McCoy.