I cannot get Partition Magic to perform anything on either my laptop or desktop, both loaded with WinME. Everytime I try to create a new partition, or anything for that matter, I consistently get an error message, error #192, stating that the "support files for WinME are missing, re-install from the Partition Magic 6.0 CD to fix problem". But, I don't have PM 6.0, just 7.0, and when I try to re-install all files from the 7.0 disc it does no good at all, I just still keep getting the same error message when the program tries to do it's thing. Symantec conveniently does not provide support for this version any longer. I bought this program full version 2 years ago and just have now started to want to use it to create a dual boot with Win2K Pro. Is it now wasted money? I can't find anything on Google or elseswhere that even pertains to this particular message. I find Symantec's support abysmal. Help would be much appreciated.

I used Partition Magic and it worked great. I often don't read the help files but with the version I had (don't remember which) I booted off of the disc and set 3 partitions and formatted while in DOS. I didn't have to install anything and therefore the OS didn't matter a fig. I now have dual boot Win ME, XP & a spare partition to store stuff in case I have to re-install Windows at any time. To boot off of the disc you will have to go into Cmos and set your CD drive as first boot (unless it's set that way already).

David M., SWAG,(may be all wet) sounds to me like you are dealing with two different versions here and the proggie can tell the difference. If that's the deal, V6.0 needs to be uninstalled and V7.0 installed in it's place. In order to see if that's the deal and still keep things so you can revert back if needed, see if you can rename V6.0 to something else and install V7.0. If it then works you can delete the renamed file, or if not, it's easily reversed. HTH. Ed in Texas.

I would Uninstall both Versions, but make the Partition Magic Boot Disk first, then Uninstall them, and do all your Partitioning from DOS using the PM Boot disks. Make sure to Run Defrag and Scan Disc before Shrinking a partition to create more partitons. Also if the Hard drive is large enough do as Post#1 advised. Then install W2K Pro from within Windows Me and chose new installation and direct the installation to your newly created Partition. It will create a boot menu to chose Me or W2K.

Did you ever find out about this issue? I also have the same on my system. I have never had PartitionMagic 6.0, although error #192 requires the 6.0 CD to install the files that are missing to support Windows ME. All I am trying to do is re-size my C:\ drive from 3GIG to 5Gig on a 20Gig drive taking the required space from the D:\ partition which has plenty of space on it. This worked on WIN98Se but I updated from that to Win ME and noe PM dosen't work. I did uninstall and remove all traces of the program on the disk and registry and then re-installed the program. Made the boot disks asked for and tried to boot from those and got other errors I am in the process of tracking down. Just curious if you found the answer. Thanks, dQQm