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

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jim evans

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.

jim
 
Nope. I had bootmagic on my laptop, but when I bought a new one and installed
it, but Vista wont let me run it.
 
jim evans said:
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.
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Partition Magic was garbage even before Symantec got hold of it, that says
it all. Get BootitNG, it is completely OS agnostic, with FAR better support
and more features than Partition Crashware.
 
Ronnie

That Symantec link is useless. It tells you what does work but is
either silent or leads you around the Wrekin as regards other
products. In essence no update for Vista is currently available and
there is no information available as to when it will be available, if
ever. I sent my copy of Partition Magic 8 purchased in December 2006
back claiming my money back under the 60 days Cash Back guarantee.
Still to receive the money! Symantec said it would take 6 weeks to
process the refund!

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. If Partition Magic was the market
leader it is in the process of losing market share as no one should
purchase the product until it works properly with Vista!


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Regards.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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Although Partition Magic would not install on Vista the last time I tried
(probably during RC1 or one of the betas) I just leave a copy of PM in my CD
drive all the time and am having no problems using Boot Magic to successfully
triple boot XP Professional x86, XP Professional x64 and Vista Ultimate x64
 
jim said:
I use three versions of Windows with Bootmagic. If I add Vista it has
to work with (be added to) my existing system.
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All versions of Windows are best installed to their own hard disk. One
can select the disk to boot from using your BIOS.
 
Plato

That's makes booting an involved procedure!


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Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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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.
Click to expand...

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.

jim
 
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 said:
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.
Click to expand...

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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Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
jim evans said:
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.
Click to expand...

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
 
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.
Click to expand...

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,

First, your problem has nothing to do with the subject matter of this
thread, you should create a new one.

Second, bumping is only recognized on the forum you are using. The vast
majority or posters are not members of that forum but rather are on the
microsoft newsgroup that the forum leaches from in order to appear busier
than it actually is.

From Safe mode, run rstrui.exe and revert to a point in time prior to this
event.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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