Well, that worked perfectly.

Many thanks.

Robin

John John wrote:
> I haven't used Boot Magic but these programs are not normally installed
> from within Windows or other operating systems, they are usually
> installed by booting with a boot diskette in a DOS like environment.
> You would most likely have had to boot with a Boot Magic diskette to
> remove the boot loader and restore the MBR, or at the startup screen you
> might have been able to access special functions to restore the MBR to
> its former self.
>
> Once again, MAKE SURE that you have a reliable backup before you
> proceed! You are about to alter the MOST IMPORTANT bit of code on the
> hard drive; like brain surgery, if it fails the results can be catastrophic!
>
> John
>
> Enigmatic Thinker wrote:
>
> > Thanks for that.
> >
> > Boot Magic wasn't visible on the PC (in either Control Panel) or
> > Start/All Programs for to uninstall. Neither were there any signs of
> > relevant folders in Explorer.
> >
> > Still, I'll give your suggestion a go.
> >
> > Robin
> > John John wrote:
> >
> >>It's using code in the Master Boot Record and because you deleted the
> >>Boot Magic partition and files the MBR program can't find the proper
> >>boot files. You should have uninstalled Boot Magic BEFORE deleting the
> >>files and changing the partition. You have to dislodge Boot Magic from
> >>the MBR. Boot to the Windows XP Recovery Console and issue the fixmbr
> >> command. Be sure that you have a good up to date working backup set
> >>before you do this!
> >>
> >>John
> >>
> >>Enigmatic Thinker wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>Got a PC here running XP Pro that used to have a 2nd partition and Boot
> >>>Magic was there which gave you a choice at boot between loading XP or
> >>>going into the image.
> >>>
> >>>The main partition was full-to-bursting and the 2nd partition held an
> >>>image of some sort. I've deleted the image partition and amalgamated
> >>>the new space into the primary partition using Partition Magic 8.
> >>>
> >>>When the PC now starts, I get the following error message after the
> >>>usual:
> >>>
> >>>Verifying DMI Pool Data......
> >>>
> >>>-.¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
> >>>Error finding BTMAGIC.IMG
> >>>Run BootMagic install
> >>>Press a key
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>If you press a key, XP loads normally with no errors.
> >>>
> >>>If you try to install BootMagic, the install fails because there's no
> >>>FAT32 partition. I don't want a FAT32 partition.
> >>>
> >>>Where on the hard disk, in the startup process can I find the "Error
> >>>finding BTMAGIC.IMG?
> >>>
> >>>I've run MSCONFIG and found nothing and I've scoured the Registry.
> >>>
> >>>I'd really like to get rid of that error message without wiping the
> >>>hard drive and starting again.
> >>>
> >>>Any help really appreciated. Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>Robin
> >>>
> >
> >

Happy to see that things went well. Thanks for the follow up.

John

Enigmatic Thinker wrote:

> Well, that worked perfectly.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Robin
>
> John John wrote:
>
>>I haven't used Boot Magic but these programs are not normally installed
>>from within Windows or other operating systems, they are usually
>>installed by booting with a boot diskette in a DOS like environment.
>>You would most likely have had to boot with a Boot Magic diskette to
>>remove the boot loader and restore the MBR, or at the startup screen you
>>might have been able to access special functions to restore the MBR to
>>its former self.
>>
>>Once again, MAKE SURE that you have a reliable backup before you
>>proceed! You are about to alter the MOST IMPORTANT bit of code on the
>>hard drive; like brain surgery, if it fails the results can be catastrophic!
>>
>>John
>>
>>Enigmatic Thinker wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Thanks for that.
>>>
>>>Boot Magic wasn't visible on the PC (in either Control Panel) or
>>>Start/All Programs for to uninstall. Neither were there any signs of
>>>relevant folders in Explorer.
>>>
>>>Still, I'll give your suggestion a go.
>>>
>>>Robin
>>>John John wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>It's using code in the Master Boot Record and because you deleted the
>>>>Boot Magic partition and files the MBR program can't find the proper
>>>>boot files. You should have uninstalled Boot Magic BEFORE deleting the
>>>>files and changing the partition. You have to dislodge Boot Magic from
>>>>the MBR. Boot to the Windows XP Recovery Console and issue the fixmbr
>>>> command. Be sure that you have a good up to date working backup set
>>>>before you do this!
>>>>
>>>>John
>>>>
>>>>Enigmatic Thinker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>Got a PC here running XP Pro that used to have a 2nd partition and Boot
>>>>>Magic was there which gave you a choice at boot between loading XP or
>>>>>going into the image.
>>>>>
>>>>>The main partition was full-to-bursting and the 2nd partition held an
>>>>>image of some sort. I've deleted the image partition and amalgamated
>>>>>the new space into the primary partition using Partition Magic 8.
>>>>>
>>>>>When the PC now starts, I get the following error message after the
>>>>>usual:
>>>>>
>>>>>Verifying DMI Pool Data......
>>>>>
>>>>>-.¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
>>>>>Error finding BTMAGIC.IMG
>>>>>Run BootMagic install
>>>>>Press a key
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>If you press a key, XP loads normally with no errors.
>>>>>
>>>>>If you try to install BootMagic, the install fails because there's no
>>>>>FAT32 partition. I don't want a FAT32 partition.
>>>>>
>>>>>Where on the hard disk, in the startup process can I find the "Error
>>>>>finding BTMAGIC.IMG?
>>>>>
>>>>>I've run MSCONFIG and found nothing and I've scoured the Registry.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'd really like to get rid of that error message without wiping the
>>>>>hard drive and starting again.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any help really appreciated. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>Robin
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>