==Does PQmagic not support NT systems?== - China DOS Union Forum

I suddenly saw a good method online, hahahaha~~~~ same as pfox's method, but this one is much more specific, ^_^

Running Pqmagic under Win2000 Server edition (note: server version)
　　During a disk scan, I found bad sectors on drive G:, so I planned to use the Chinese edition of Pqmagic 6.0 to isolate the bad sectors in partition G:, so as to prevent them from spreading.

　　However, when I entered DOS mode and started Pqmagic, the program did not run properly. Instead, it gave an error message: “Partition Magic cannot run on Windows NT/Windows 2000 Server.” After clicking OK, the program exited automatically. This was something I had not expected, because I had previously run Pqmagic on a computer at work with Windows 2000 installed, and there had been no such problem. But I remembered that the one at the company seemed to have Windows 2000 Professional installed, while what I have installed now is the Server edition. Judging from the prompt, Pqmagic indeed seemed to have some incompatibility with the Server edition of Windows 2000. My initial guess was that the hard disk booting was slightly different from the Professional edition and that this caused the problem, so I used a Windows 98 boot disk to boot into DOS and then ran Pamagic again, but this time the same error message still appeared.

　　Since it had nothing to do with the boot loader, then maybe it was the presence of some file in the root directory of drive C: under the Server edition (my Windows 2000 is installed on drive F that was preventing Pqmagic from running. So after backing up all the files in the root directory of C:, I deleted some files related to Windows 2000 from C: one by one. In the end I finally discovered that as long as the Boot.ini file existed, Pqmagic could not run normally. As long as I renamed Boot.ini and then ran Pqmagic, there was no problem at all.

　　In order to get to the bottom of this issue, after backing up the Boot.ini file on my hard disk, I used the Boot.ini file from the Windows 2000 Professional installation on the company computer to overwrite the file with the same name on my own computer, and then ran Pqmagic again. This time it did indeed run normally. It seemed that the reason Pqmagic could not run normally lay in the contents of the Boot.ini file. So I compared the Boot.ini files from the two versions. There were a total of two differences: the Windows 2000 version names (“Advanced Server” and “Professional”). I wondered whether Pqmagic was using this difference in the Boot.ini file to determine the version of Windows 2000 and decide whether or not to run. So I changed “Advanced Server” in the Server edition Boot.ini file to “Professional,” but Pqmagic still would not run. Finally I found that in the Professional edition there was one space before and after the “=”, while in the Server edition there were no spaces. So I added these two spaces in the Server edition's Boot.ini file, and then ran Pqmagic again. This time that error message finally did not appear.

　　To verify this conclusion again, I deleted Windows 2000 Professional and installed the Server edition again, then modified the Boot.ini file using the method above. After the modification, it did not affect the running of Windows 2000 at all, and Pqmagic could also be used normally. It seems the problem was thus perfectly solved. As for why this interesting problem appeared, I guess Microsoft deliberately left this mark in order to distinguish the Professional edition from the Server edition, and Pqmagic uses this mark to keep itself from running under the Server edition. This may be a way to ensure the stable operation of the Server edition.

Floor1　没吃饱的熊	Posted 2003-11-27 00:00
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My computer has Win2000 installed. When I start PQmagic 8.0, it says “NT systems are not supported,” and then PQmagic exits. I really can't figure it out. All my partitions are FAT32. What does having a 2000 system installed on them have to do with PQmagic 8.0? Isn't it mainly for partitioning? Damn it... @@ Please moderator help me out, otherwise such good software can't be used, what a pity... Thank you!!!

Floor2　pfox	Posted 2003-11-27 00:00
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Try adding spaces before and after the equals signs in Boot.ini. Also, I recommend using Smagic.

Floor3　没吃饱的熊	Posted 2003-11-27 00:00
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*The following is quoted from pfox* at 2003-11-27 16:29:39:** Try adding spaces before and after the equals signs in Boot.ini. Also, I recommend using Smagic. What the heck is Smagic?

Floor4　hunome	Posted 2003-11-27 00:00
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It's better to use things like pq as little as possible.

Floor5　pfox	Posted 2003-11-27 00:00
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The server edition of pq.

Floor6　没吃饱的熊	Posted 2003-11-28 00:00
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Where can I get the server edition? Can't find it...

Floor7　没吃饱的熊	Posted 2003-11-28 00:00
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I suddenly saw a good method online, hahahaha~~~~ same as pfox's method, but this one is much more specific, ^_^ Running Pqmagic under Win2000 Server edition (note: server version) 　　During a disk scan, I found bad sectors on drive G:, so I planned to use the Chinese edition of Pqmagic 6.0 to isolate the bad sectors in partition G:, so as to prevent them from spreading. 　　However, when I entered DOS mode and started Pqmagic, the program did not run properly. Instead, it gave an error message: “Partition Magic cannot run on Windows NT/Windows 2000 Server.” After clicking OK, the program exited automatically. This was something I had not expected, because I had previously run Pqmagic on a computer at work with Windows 2000 installed, and there had been no such problem. But I remembered that the one at the company seemed to have Windows 2000 Professional installed, while what I have installed now is the Server edition. Judging from the prompt, Pqmagic indeed seemed to have some incompatibility with the Server edition of Windows 2000. My initial guess was that the hard disk booting was slightly different from the Professional edition and that this caused the problem, so I used a Windows 98 boot disk to boot into DOS and then ran Pamagic again, but this time the same error message still appeared. 　　Since it had nothing to do with the boot loader, then maybe it was the presence of some file in the root directory of drive C: under the Server edition (my Windows 2000 is installed on drive F that was preventing Pqmagic from running. So after backing up all the files in the root directory of C:, I deleted some files related to Windows 2000 from C: one by one. In the end I finally discovered that as long as the Boot.ini file existed, Pqmagic could not run normally. As long as I renamed Boot.ini and then ran Pqmagic, there was no problem at all. 　　In order to get to the bottom of this issue, after backing up the Boot.ini file on my hard disk, I used the Boot.ini file from the Windows 2000 Professional installation on the company computer to overwrite the file with the same name on my own computer, and then ran Pqmagic again. This time it did indeed run normally. It seemed that the reason Pqmagic could not run normally lay in the contents of the Boot.ini file. So I compared the Boot.ini files from the two versions. There were a total of two differences: the Windows 2000 version names (“Advanced Server” and “Professional”). I wondered whether Pqmagic was using this difference in the Boot.ini file to determine the version of Windows 2000 and decide whether or not to run. So I changed “Advanced Server” in the Server edition Boot.ini file to “Professional,” but Pqmagic still would not run. Finally I found that in the Professional edition there was one space before and after the “=”, while in the Server edition there were no spaces. So I added these two spaces in the Server edition's Boot.ini file, and then ran Pqmagic again. This time that error message finally did not appear. 　　To verify this conclusion again, I deleted Windows 2000 Professional and installed the Server edition again, then modified the Boot.ini file using the method above. After the modification, it did not affect the running of Windows 2000 at all, and Pqmagic could also be used normally. It seems the problem was thus perfectly solved. As for why this interesting problem appeared, I guess Microsoft deliberately left this mark in order to distinguish the Professional edition from the Server edition, and Pqmagic uses this mark to keep itself from running under the Server edition. This may be a way to ensure the stable operation of the Server edition.

Floor8　shawell518	Posted 2006-04-28 22:18
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I'm also asking for a DOS version of PQ

Floor9　zhangxue	Posted 2006-04-29 00:05
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pqmagic is practically a product on the way out; often it can't even start up.

Floor10　xiaojun	Posted 2006-04-29 11:02
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Originally posted by pfox at 2003-11-27 12:00 AM: The server edition of pq. Attachments PQ805srv.part1.rar (500 KiB) PQ805srv.part2.rar (384.66 KiB)

Floor11　318hota	Posted 2008-11-11 15:23
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fenchanghao !!! Considering that this reply may have been posted by a newly registered user in order to get credits and download, it will not be treated as a meaningless reply, and the credits level has been restored to 1. (Admin note)