Parted Magic LiveUSB 3

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 4 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  48,516

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  October 01, 2008

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Parted Magic LiveUSB 2 Parted Magic LiveUSB 1.9 Parted Magic LiveUSB 1.8 Parted Magic LiveUSB 1.7

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Publisher's description of Parted Magic LiveUSB

Optimized at approximately 45MB, the Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue, etc.) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of fileystem tools are also included, as Parted Magic supports the following: ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, reiser4, and xfs.

Version 3 is updated with: Linux 2.6.26, Parted 1.8.8, ntfsprogs-2.0.0, ntfs-3g-2712, and GParted-0.3.8; Uses Busybox for basic Unix commands and networking, and Firefox to surf the Web.

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Editor's review of Parted Magic LiveUSB

• 5.0 stars

• "Parted Magic LiveUSB"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Parted Magic LiveUSB 3

This robust and useful freeware suite will help you create a bootable USB drive containing Linux and tools to manipulate your hard drive. To properly build the bootable USB drive you'll have to surf to the publisher's Web site for the detailed instructions. When you're finished, you'll have an OS with more hard-drive-related functions and utilities than you can shake an USB stick at.

This is one of the better packages of OS and functions to manipulate hard drives. Booting into the Linux OS offers numerous commands and more functions than we could list here. From formatting to rebuilding hard drives, you'll find very useful executables written for Linux. It's too bad that listings and instructions are almost nonexistent without going to the publisher's Web site. Many small functions are easy to use, but improperly set actions could result in damage to your file structure.

Before going to the trouble of building the bootable USB, we recommend taking the time to upgrade to Parted Magic version 2.2, which is also freeware. Parted Magic 2.0 uses VisParted and Parted as core drive manipulation tools. Version 2.2 includes the more popular Gparted, a robust tool with the ability to change drive partitions without losing data. Of course, you should still back up data before using either version.

Parted Magic LiveCD is a powerful, efficient OS with tools for expert users who needs to manipulate their hard drives.

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  Version: Parted Magic LiveUSB 3

  "Great (now at 3.1) when it works"

  by jljacobi on November 14, 2008

  Pros: It boots quickly, boots into Memtest x86 if you so desire, and leverages the Gnome Partition Editor to do it's work. Firefox and a couple of file browsers are also present.

  Cons: I've had occasions when it didn't recognize the drive controllers, rendering it useless for partitioning.

  Summary: Great little distro when it works. With a better array of drivers, I'd throw away Disk Director.

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