Parted Magic LiveUSB for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffNovember 7, 2008

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.

What’s new in version 3

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.

Parted Magic LiveUSB for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: October 2, 2008

Latest update: November 7, 2008

Version: 3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 98
Windows 10
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 95
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows ME

Additional Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 87,327

Downloads Last Week: 1

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User Reviews

3.1/5

8 User Votes

Works great
Patrick BennerSeptember 5, 2017
Pros
I needed to secure erase an nvme drive and then partition it. Worked as expected.
Cons
None. No problems at all.
Summary
When ever I have any questions or problems I use their forum. Always helpful.
SCAM WARNING
Applebees1July 11, 2017
Pros
there are none see below
Cons
they stole my money
Summary
THIS IS A SCAM, DO NOT PAY THEM I asked a simple question on the forums, politely, and within a minute my post was deleted, my account was deleted, my email was blocked. A little digging and I found that this is how they treat people. I've yet to receive a refund. PARTED MAGIC IS A SCAM
It could not do what I needed.
November 11, 2012
Pros
Booted smoothly.
Cons
It could not find or identify the drive I needed to fix.
Summary
Tried to repair a drive boot sector for Windows which had previously been used for Linux, but Parted Magic could not find or see the drive I needed to repair.
Works as described
zextronSeptember 20, 2010
Pros
Lots of tools to manage partitions
Cons
did not find any
Summary
Very usefull for partition management.
Great (now at 3.1) when it works
jljacobiNovember 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.
How do you use this download?
AMalveoAugust 13, 2008
Pros
Cons
There is nothing telling me how to use this download
Summary
file small & easy use!!!
nielsohoDecember 17, 2007
Pros
Cons
Summary
Perfect recovery, backup and disk tool
LinuxMasterSeptember 19, 2007
Pros
everything you need, perfectly optimized for a minimum use of space. Does not fill up your usb with everything you dont need. It even has a cd-burner program.
Cons
does not have full "man" pages
Summary

Developer’s Description

Manage partitioning tasks easily.

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.