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# Windows Setup Disables OS/2 Boot Manager

Article ID: 119432

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q119432

## SYMPTOMS

When you run Windows Setup on a system that has the OS/2 Boot Manager partition active, the following message is displayed:
Setup has detected a boot manager partition on your system. Continuing Setup will disable Boot Manager.

<Exit Setup> or <Continue>

Continuing Windows Setup disables the Boot Manager.

## CAUSE

Windows Setup disables the Boot Manager to ensure that after installation the system will boot into Windows, not a different operating system. This allows Windows to finish the installation procedure.

## RESOLUTION

You can reactivate Boot Manager by running the FDISK tool that is shipped with Windows or boot the system from the OS/2 boot disk and then run the Fdisk utility.

## MORE INFORMATION

The Windows Setup program does not run under OS/2. However, you can install Windows on a computer running OS/2 if you boot MS-DOS and run Setup from the command prompt.

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