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PQ PartitionMagic 8.0 boot and xm2002.exe error

Asked by sfcarlw in Operating Systems Miscellaneous

Tags: batch, read, unable

I installed a new HDD in my computer and installed WinXP Pro - SP1a on it, planning to use my backup copy to restore everything to its more-or-less prevous state. However, Windows re-lettered drives/partitions, turning a data drive from "E:" into "C:" and the new drive into "E:".

Windows would let me change neither drive letter (using Admin Tools>Disk Management) because both are boot drives, so I went to PM. It warned me there could be problems, but I trusted it dould handle it.

When I boot, I get a error screen that says: "PartitionMagic (xmnt2002.exe) PartitionMagic is unable to read the batch file. Verify that the system32 directory is not compressed or corrupt. Press any key to continue" Pressing a key takes me to a two-tone blue Windows screen that looks like the screen seen while Win is loading settings, but it has only the logo and everything freezes up. Only a power-off or press of the reset button does anything.

I found BartPE and using that I can get to a Win Explorer-like page and regedit. Symantec Knowledge Base gives a solution involving a regedit and removing the references to xmnt2002.exe, but it's not anywhere in the registry (or on any drive, best I can tell). Symantec support somewhere in India was also unable to come up with anything.

How can I get Win to boot again and get the drive letters changed?

thanx & sorry for being so long-winded

c

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