Beware of PQMAGIC and GHOST misoperation

Partition Master PQMAGIC and Recovery Wizard GHOST is the most used software for adjusting, backing up and restoring partitions. They change the capacity of partitions for the purpose of saving existing data. It also saves time for repartitioning and reinstalling the system.

but as also Xiao Xiao loser, because there are many people misuse these two software caused the paralysis of the system, even the loss of the entire hard disk partition data. What factors should a newbie pay attention to when using these two softwares? The author introduces some experiences here.

1. Note that the DOS mouse driver loaded

now buy the machine, general business will be installed Windows for you. In the graphical user interface, Windows itself automatically loads almost all hardware drivers, and of course the mouse driver. Usually, you don't have to worry about this problem. But in the DOS state, many people do not configure CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT themselves, that is, the DOS driver does not automatically load the mouse, then when running these two software under pure DOS, it must be completely controlled by the keyboard. .

Sometimes software to confirm or cancel the dialog box that can not simply rely on the arrow keys to move the selection, and at the same time to add ALT, or SHIFT, TAB like the function keys to move the cursor, and some people did not pay attention The position of the cursor, press the direction key and then press Enter, resulting in a misoperation; when using the mouse to select, this problem will not occur.

So, remember when running both software under DOS to load the mouse driver - some PQMAGIC version also seen this problem, specifically a small increase in its directory MOUSE.COM The program is to facilitate the user to load the mouse driver first, you may wish to type MOUSE in its directory before running PQMAGIC.

2. Try not to run such software

DOS window in Windows was to speed up disk access speed, it operates GHOST and PQ in the Windows DOS window. This speed is a bit faster, but it may cause a lot of trouble, such as the operation of the C drive may be inadvertently. If it is a backup, some files are protected by read and write and cannot continue; if it is to restore or change the running primary partition. The system will operate illegally immediately. In addition, because Windows is in the graphical interface, it will generate a lot of temporary files in each partition, including the page file is also a part of the temporary file, so there are many fragments generated on the disk, the backup effect is not ideal in this state. Therefore, it is recommended that you try not to perform GHOST or PQ operations under the graphical interface. If it is Windows9X, you can choose to "restart the system and switch to the MS-DOS state". If it is an NT kernel system, you can start it with the Windows98 boot disk before doing this kind of operation.

3. Pay attention to turn on DMA or load SMRATDRV

Since PQMAGIC changes the partition to ensure the security of your original data, if the original partition has a large amount of data, it will first back up. Copy the data to a temporary directory of another partition, and also scan the partition when changing the capacity or creating a new partition; GHOST backup and recovery also need to make a large amount of data copy - both operations require a large amount of data Transfer, so the disk speed is more important, pay attention to open the DMA transfer mode of the disk, if it is in DOS state, remember to load SMARTDRV and then proceed. In particular, PQMAGIC, if the partition capacity is large, and these caches are not loaded, such operations take a long time. The longer the time, the greater the risk of operation. If you stop responding to a crash or encounter a power outage, you will not only lose data but also cause hardware damage.

4. Note the active partition and format

not look wrong when using the PQ partition, remember to see the partition format of your choice, capacity, the default state is always the FAT, If the partition exceeds 2G, you must choose FAT32 or NTFS format; NTFS can not be recognized by the general boot disk and 9X system, please do not choose the wrong. In addition, if you want to install the operating system in the partition to start, remember to set the partition to the active state. A lot of people posted a message on the forum asking for help, saying that the partition was lost and the hard disk capacity was reduced. It is likely that these basic factors were not noticed.