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by watcherry

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I installed bootmagic7 on windows xp, but I didn't like the way it boots up the machine, so I uninstalled it from control panel. The problem is every time I boot mathine, it shows the message "error btmagic.img" I tried to fix the problem by delecting BTMAGIC.IMG from registry, and finally I format drive C:(I have two partitions: C:&D:)and install xp again. Unfortunaley, that message still pops up.
So, what can I do?

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by joseph moore

I found this reference to BootMagic on PowerQuest's web site:

Solution: Error finding BTMagic.img

If there is no disk compression, no Direct Drive Overlay (DDO), and no virus in the master boot record on your hard drive, perform the following:

1. Boot up with a Windows 98 boot diskette.

2. Make sure that you have a current backup of the data on your drive, and then run FDISK /MBR at the A:\ prompt.

NOTE: For more information on FDISK /MBR, please see PowerQuest Solution PR171, "What does FDISK /MBR do?"

3. Press Enter.

This removes the flag from the master boot record.

If the preceding solution does not solve the issue, perform the following:

1. Boot up with the BootMagic Rescue diskette.

2. At the A:\ prompt, type: wrprog /rst mbr.dat

3. Press Enter.

The master boot record will then be returned to the way it was before BootMagic was installed.

Here is the URL to this page:
http://www.powerquest.com/support/primus/id40.html
(please remove any spaces)

Hope this helps.

by riedwaan gasnola

Are you perhaps duel booting and on which operating system did you install XP to and on which was it first?

Did you format both drives or only one?

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