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Partition Hard Drive

  • 18-10-2009 9:40pm
    #1
    1qTour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    Looking for some help here... I want to run windows 7 on seperate partition. I have windows vista home premium currently installed. The hard drive on my laptop is 250 gigs. I have power quest partition magic 8.0 but vista says there is a compatibility problem. It also recommends to create start up diskettes but there is no 3.5 floppy drive! Just dont want to create any problems for my computer. I can loose all the files as i have them backed up & have no problems with installing windows once the partition is created.

    I would be really appreciative of some instructions as searches on google were not definitive!

    Thanks in advance ;)


Comments

  • #2
    wolfric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭wolfric


    vista says there is a compatibility problem.

    Can you give us some more information other then this?

    If you read the sticky up the top you should find what you're looking for


  • #3
    1qTour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭1qTour


    wolfric wrote: »
    Can you give us some more information other then this?

    If you read the sticky up the top you should find what you're looking for

    sorry should have elaborated....

    when opening the program a window pops up & advises that there is a known compatibility issue with this program... it gives the option to run the program, when i run the program it gives an error 117 - partitions drive letter cannot be identified.


  • #4
    wolfric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭wolfric


    Ok so it's not compatible with vista. (with a quick google of "partition magic 8 vista compatibility"
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PartitionMagic
    PartitionMagic is compatible with Windows NT, 98, ME, 2000, and XP desktop editions. However, it is not compatible with Windows NT, 2000, or 2003 server editions. It crashes if a Windows Vista partition is present, even if it is run from a different operating system, with the error "Init failed: Error 117. Partition's drive letter cannot be identified". (This error can be avoided if the Windows Vista partition is configured using Windows XP instead of creating the partition using Windows Vista or its installation disk. To fix this, all partitions on the hard drive need to be deleted and formatted into new partitions using the Windows XP installation disk, allowing for a working partition for Windows Vista to be created.) The same error occurs in some conditions under Windows XP.


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