Warning... Partition magic "hide" not compatible with Vista

I read somewhere on a newsgroup that there was a problem with
XP and Vista when you dual boot in regaurd to the restore points made...

This post continued saying that you should hide the partition with a program
so this problem
would not occure... I had partition magic (latest ver.) on XP so I hid the
Vista partition...

and vista could not boot.. I then put it back to non-hidden and it worked
again...

Just a note in case someone is thinking about doing this with PM

Good catch. Thanks. Can you post the version number of the PM you used?

"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
news:OlhMf1KHHHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I read somewhere on a newsgroup that there was a problem with
> XP and Vista when you dual boot in regaurd to the restore points made...
>
> This post continued saying that you should hide the partition with a
> program so this problem
> would not occure... I had partition magic (latest ver.) on XP so I hid the
> Vista partition...
>
> and vista could not boot.. I then put it back to non-hidden and it worked
> again...
>
> Just a note in case someone is thinking about doing this with PM
>

Partition Magic 8.01 is not compatible with Vista created/formatted
partitions.

Acronis Disk Director, when run from the boot CD, is a much better choice.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
news:OlhMf1KHHHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I read somewhere on a newsgroup that there was a problem with
> XP and Vista when you dual boot in regaurd to the restore points made...
>
> This post continued saying that you should hide the partition with a
> program so this problem
> would not occure... I had partition magic (latest ver.) on XP so I hid the
> Vista partition...
>
> and vista could not boot.. I then put it back to non-hidden and it worked
> again...
>
> Just a note in case someone is thinking about doing this with PM
>

Version 8.01 (Build 1274)

This was a very good partition manager but as richard said it is not fully
compatible with
the latest technologies....

The latest Acronis Disk Director Suite v10.0.2089 that came out a few days
ago should be vista compatible.

I just happened to have PM loaded.. thats why I used it...


"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23hvRq8KHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Good catch. Thanks. Can you post the version number of the PM you used?
>
> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
> news:OlhMf1KHHHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I read somewhere on a newsgroup that there was a problem with
>> XP and Vista when you dual boot in regaurd to the restore points made...
>>
>> This post continued saying that you should hide the partition with a
>> program so this problem
>> would not occure... I had partition magic (latest ver.) on XP so I hid
>> the Vista partition...
>>
>> and vista could not boot.. I then put it back to non-hidden and it worked
>> again...
>>
>> Just a note in case someone is thinking about doing this with PM
>>
>

Glad to see that even though you hate Vista, you still have it installed,
and despite your nonsense posts you can also be quite helpful:-)

Colin T
"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
news:OOsrTULHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Version 8.01 (Build 1274)
>
> This was a very good partition manager but as richard said it is not fully
> compatible with
> the latest technologies....
>
> The latest Acronis Disk Director Suite v10.0.2089 that came out a few
> days ago should be vista compatible.
>
> I just happened to have PM loaded.. thats why I used it...
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%23hvRq8KHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Good catch. Thanks. Can you post the version number of the PM you used?
>>
>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>> news:OlhMf1KHHHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>I read somewhere on a newsgroup that there was a problem with
>>> XP and Vista when you dual boot in regaurd to the restore points made...
>>>
>>> This post continued saying that you should hide the partition with a
>>> program so this problem
>>> would not occure... I had partition magic (latest ver.) on XP so I hid
>>> the Vista partition...
>>>
>>> and vista could not boot.. I then put it back to non-hidden and it
>>> worked again...
>>>
>>> Just a note in case someone is thinking about doing this with PM
>>>
>>
>
>

I told you before; soon it will be MicroFox MVP

LOL

Dale

<Colin Thompson> wrote in message
news:53DC1468-5866-44D4-92F3-C7CFABD93AF4@microsoft.com...
> Glad to see that even though you hate Vista, you still have it installed,
> and despite your nonsense posts you can also be quite helpful:-)
>
> Colin T
> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
> news:OOsrTULHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Version 8.01 (Build 1274)
>>
>> This was a very good partition manager but as richard said it is not
>> fully compatible with
>> the latest technologies....
>>
>> The latest Acronis Disk Director Suite v10.0.2089 that came out a few
>> days ago should be vista compatible.
>>
>> I just happened to have PM loaded.. thats why I used it...
>>
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23hvRq8KHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Good catch. Thanks. Can you post the version number of the PM you
>>> used?
>>>
>>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>>> news:OlhMf1KHHHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>I read somewhere on a newsgroup that there was a problem with
>>>> XP and Vista when you dual boot in regaurd to the restore points
>>>> made...
>>>>
>>>> This post continued saying that you should hide the partition with a
>>>> program so this problem
>>>> would not occure... I had partition magic (latest ver.) on XP so I hid
>>>> the Vista partition...
>>>>
>>>> and vista could not boot.. I then put it back to non-hidden and it
>>>> worked again...
>>>>
>>>> Just a note in case someone is thinking about doing this with PM
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

I have been installing vista since longhorn times... wishing, hoping to see
some revolution...
in the betas I was hopping that it would improve... first the betas, then
the rc's and now RTM.

I have tested them all... and I stand by my opinion, which has been formed
through observations.

I probably have tested vista and longhorn longer than the 98% of the people
that come in here saying vista is wonderful! lol

I cant even remember what the first build I had was.. its ages ago....

<Colin Thompson> wrote in message
news:53DC1468-5866-44D4-92F3-C7CFABD93AF4@microsoft.com...
> Glad to see that even though you hate Vista, you still have it installed,
> and despite your nonsense posts you can also be quite helpful:-)
>
> Colin T
> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
> news:OOsrTULHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Version 8.01 (Build 1274)
>>
>> This was a very good partition manager but as richard said it is not
>> fully compatible with
>> the latest technologies....
>>
>> The latest Acronis Disk Director Suite v10.0.2089 that came out a few
>> days ago should be vista compatible.
>>
>> I just happened to have PM loaded.. thats why I used it...
>>
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23hvRq8KHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Good catch. Thanks. Can you post the version number of the PM you
>>> used?
>>>
>>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>>> news:OlhMf1KHHHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>I read somewhere on a newsgroup that there was a problem with
>>>> XP and Vista when you dual boot in regaurd to the restore points
>>>> made...
>>>>
>>>> This post continued saying that you should hide the partition with a
>>>> program so this problem
>>>> would not occure... I had partition magic (latest ver.) on XP so I hid
>>>> the Vista partition...
>>>>
>>>> and vista could not boot.. I then put it back to non-hidden and it
>>>> worked again...
>>>>
>>>> Just a note in case someone is thinking about doing this with PM
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

MF--

This has been covered well here and MSFT has been notified months and scores
of times before here and in here and Jill Zoeller did nothing to take care
of this in Vista RTM and maybe when months go by she'll get aournd to
writing an MSKB on it.

Don't use Partition Magic to hide the partition. There are other methods
that won't cause problems and they have been covered in a lot of threads
here and this problem was reported to MSFT months and months ago even last
year and they ignored it feigning ignorance on this very group (Jill Zoeller
[MSFT]) and it was bugged to several members of her team, to Eduardo
Laureano the PM on the System Restore team, etc. etc--to people who work
with Darrell Gorter. MSFT cherry picks their bugs and thinks whatever they
do is impeccable and perfect. For years they have neglected that
configuration of Driver Verifier can prevent a significant number of blue
screens in XP and in Vista.

CH


"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
news:OlhMf1KHHHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I read somewhere on a newsgroup that there was a problem with
> XP and Vista when you dual boot in regaurd to the restore points made...
>
> This post continued saying that you should hide the partition with a
> program so this problem
> would not occure... I had partition magic (latest ver.) on XP so I hid the
> Vista partition...
>
> and vista could not boot.. I then put it back to non-hidden and it worked
> again...
>
> Just a note in case someone is thinking about doing this with PM
>

I wouldn't bet against it though I'm sure Minicub would have to have TMVP,
the T standing for "THE" and perhaps when you read one of his posts a wav
file of Tina Turner's "Simply the best," should play;-)

Colin T

<nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
news:%237u1SnLHHHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I told you before; soon it will be MicroFox MVP
>
> LOL
>
> Dale
>
> <Colin Thompson> wrote in message
> news:53DC1468-5866-44D4-92F3-C7CFABD93AF4@microsoft.com...
>> Glad to see that even though you hate Vista, you still have it installed,
>> and despite your nonsense posts you can also be quite helpful:-)
>>
>> Colin T
>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>> news:OOsrTULHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Version 8.01 (Build 1274)
>>>
>>> This was a very good partition manager but as richard said it is not
>>> fully compatible with
>>> the latest technologies....
>>>
>>> The latest Acronis Disk Director Suite v10.0.2089 that came out a few
>>> days ago should be vista compatible.
>>>
>>> I just happened to have PM loaded.. thats why I used it...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23hvRq8KHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Good catch. Thanks. Can you post the version number of the PM you
>>>> used?
>>>>
>>>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>>>> news:OlhMf1KHHHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>I read somewhere on a newsgroup that there was a problem with
>>>>> XP and Vista when you dual boot in regaurd to the restore points
>>>>> made...
>>>>>
>>>>> This post continued saying that you should hide the partition with a
>>>>> program so this problem
>>>>> would not occure... I had partition magic (latest ver.) on XP so I hid
>>>>> the Vista partition...
>>>>>
>>>>> and vista could not boot.. I then put it back to non-hidden and it
>>>>> worked again...
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a note in case someone is thinking about doing this with PM
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Acronis Disk Director is up to 10.0. build 2117.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
news:OOsrTULHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Version 8.01 (Build 1274)
>
> This was a very good partition manager but as richard said it is not fully
> compatible with
> the latest technologies....
>
> The latest Acronis Disk Director Suite v10.0.2089 that came out a few
> days ago should be vista compatible.
>
> I just happened to have PM loaded.. thats why I used it...
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%23hvRq8KHHHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Good catch. Thanks. Can you post the version number of the PM you used?
>>
>> "MicroFox" <-> wrote in message
>> news:OlhMf1KHHHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>I read somewhere on a newsgroup that there was a problem with
>>> XP and Vista when you dual boot in regaurd to the restore points made...
>>>
>>> This post continued saying that you should hide the partition with a
>>> program so this problem
>>> would not occure... I had partition magic (latest ver.) on XP so I hid
>>> the Vista partition...
>>>
>>> and vista could not boot.. I then put it back to non-hidden and it
>>> worked again...
>>>
>>> Just a note in case someone is thinking about doing this with PM
>>>
>>
>
>