Microsoft KB Archive/262672

= Extra-Strength Partition-It Recovery Disk Does Not Work in Windows Me =

Article ID: 262672

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q262672



SYMPTOMS
When you try to install Extra-Strength Partition-It from Windows Millennium Edition (Me), you may receive the following error message:

This program might not run as expected on this version of Windows. To continue, click Run Program. To exit, click Cancel. For more information, click details.

If you click Details, the following message appears:

Partition-It Extra Strength was developed to run on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. For additional product information contact Symantec at http://www.service.symantec.com

Or, after you upgrade to Windows Me with Extra-Strength Partition-It previously installed, when you use the Recovery Disk made with Extra-Strength Partition-It in the previous version of Windows, the system does not boot from the disk and you receive the following error message(s):

Partition-It information is absent. The process cannot be continued. Press any key to reboot.

When you boot from a Recovery Disk created with Extra-Strength Partition-It in Windows Me, you receive the following error messages:

The following file is missing or corrupted: A:\IFSHELP.SYS

The following file is missing or corrupted: A:\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD

Type the name of the Windows loader (e.g., C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD



CAUSE
The compatibility message behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
Updating to Extra-Strength Partition-It version 1.04 does not affect this error.

For further information, contact the software manufacturer as detailed in the error message.

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The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

Additional query words: vmm32

Keywords: kb3rdparty kbfile kbprb kbsetup KB262672

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