-=PCTechTalk=- Disk Manager
- From: "cajun12" <cajun12@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:29:18 -0500
My boot drive in a 80GB IDE drive. Last year I installed a secondary =
drive, a 160GB SATA drive for added storage. It's a Seagate and I ran =
the included Seagate CD to set it up. Apparently I either selected the =
wrong thing during this process or it installed a Disk Manager software =
automatically. Anyway, I'm just discovering that this is why I can't =
run my Partition Magic floppies. I get this message:
Error #91, Disk Manager has been detected on Drive 1, but is not =
running. If you booted from a floppy, remove the floppy and reboot. =
Press and hold the Space Bar as computer starts. When prompted, insert =
your boot floppy and continue.
Pressing and holding the Space Bar does nothing but get me to a Hardware =
Profile/Configuration Recovery Menu that shows only PROFILE 1, which =
goes directly to my Windows XP initialization. It does not prompt me =
for a floppy. I'm guessing that this is because there is no DOS prompt. =
=20
I've researched this error and found some solutions, one of which is =
pretty scary for me because I have NO experience with Disk Managers. =
You can boot the PC, Press F8, select MS DOS prompt, and run PM 8 floppy =
from there. This method is supposed to start the Disk manager software =
which should then allow PM to run. The problem is, there is no DOS =
prompt under F8 because there is no DOS. OR, you can create a boot disk =
that loads the Drive Manager. This is my first experience with the =
Drive Manager software and I don't know how to start it. Since I don't =
NEED this software but apparently it is now pointed to in my Master Boot =
Record, I can attempt to remove the Disk Manager Signature from the =
Master Boot Record with this command: FDISK /CMPR (drive #). I have =
read that it is not safe to do this if you have 4 or more partitions, =
and I do on my boot disk, so I'm afraid to try it. I can also try to =
run my XP disk and clear the MBR with Fixmbr, but I'm wondering if this =
is the exact same thing as the last step I described. =20
I've emptied one of the partitions on my boot drive and want to disperse =
that free space over one or two of the other partitions. I have the PM =
8 boot floppies, but I don't have the entire program. I just want to =
use the floppies to delete one partition and move that space to other =
partitions. Which leads me to another question - can this be done in =
Windows XP's Disk Manager? I know I can delete the partition, but where =
will that free space go if I do? I haven't found any articles yet that =
really explain that in depth. =20
My main question about the Disk Manager utility is which method can =
safely and easily get this out of my Master Boot Record? I'm not sure =
what the drive limitation is on this machine, but my board is only 2 =
years old. I have Award BIOS, Version F5 dated Jan. 31, 2005. Yes, I =
know there is an update, but if it ain't broke, I don't fix it.
dj
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