Error: "xmnt2002 not found . . ." or "autochk not found . . ." when rebooting after using PartitionMagic

Situation:
Error occurs after uninstalling PartitionMagic
Solution:
Reinstall PartitionMagic

1. Insert the PartitionMagic CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. If the installation program does not start automatically, then click Start > Run.
3. Type the following text:

<drive>:\autorun

where <drive> is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.
4. Click PartitionMagic > Install, and follow the on-screen installation instructions. There is sometimes a delay after you click Install. If you click it twice, you will start two instances of the installation, and you will have to cancel the second one.

Situation:
Error occurs after changing a drive letter
Solution:
Modify the BootExecute registry value

Warning! In the next steps you will edit the Windows registry. Back up the registry before you make any changes to it, because incorrect changes to the registry can result in permanent data loss or corrupted files. Delete only the specified registry key.
For instructions, read Backing up the Windows registry.

1. Download and run the BootExecute file to automatically make necessary changes to the registry.
Click on the button to download the file. RUN IT NOW
2. Extract the BootExecute.zip file to desktop.
3. Double-click BootExecute.exe and follow the on-screen instructions.

Technical Information:
When PartitionMagic needs to make changes to the System partition, it assigns a BootExecute command in the registry (the same type of command as those placed by CHKDSK). After the batch operation has finished, the command is removed. The Xmnt2002.exe file is the target file for operations being performed in Windows NT/2000/XP.

This error occurs when the BootExecute command remains in the registry but the Xmnt2002 file that it references has been eliminated or removed from the System32 folder. This can occur when the System partition's drive letter changes, the partition that Partition Magic on which installed is moved or deleted, or if Partition Magic is uninstalled before it has completed the batch operation and removed the BootExecute command.

Document ID: 2004052510335162
Last Modified: 01.11.2006
Date Created: 25.05.2004
Operating System(s): Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Pro, Windows 2000
Product(s): Norton PartitionMagic 8.0, PartitionMagic 8.0