Parted Magic for Windows

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Key Details of Parted Magic

Partition your hard drives with multiple features.
Last updated on February 29, 2024
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Editors' Review

Download.com staffFebruary 29, 2024

Build a robust Linux install with dozens of functions and applications designed to work on hard drives. Building Parted Magic LiveCD requires a CD burning tool to create the bootable CD with the OS and functions.

Booting into the Linux OS offers numerous commands to work on your hard drive, and includes more functions than we could list here. Users should definitely take the time to surf to the publisher's Web site to study the CD's major applications before getting started. Some instructions are included with this package, but testers recommend only experienced users tackle this OS and applications. Many of the functions are easy to use, but improperly set actions could result in damage to your file structure. As the publishers note, this version of Parted Magic uses VisParted and Parted, but version 2.2 includes the more popular Gparted, a robust tool with the capability to change drive partitions without losing data.

Still, this version of the freeware is a powerful efficient tool to help experienced users manipulate their hard drives.

What's new in version 6.7

Version 6.7 has added code to generate ecdsa key to /etc/init.d/rcS.

Parted Magic for Windows

By Partedmagic
Paid
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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: October 2, 2011

Latest update: February 29, 2024

Version: 6.7

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows NT
Windows 10
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows 2003
Windows 98
Windows XP

Additional Requirements: None

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Total Downloads: 317,181

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User Reviews

3.8/5

40 User Votes

SCAM WARNING
Applebees1July 11, 2017
Pros
see below there are none
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
Picks up the slack from Windows Vista
thp1972December 12, 2011
Pros
Free Works
Cons
None for me
Summary
Trying to install a couple of 2TB drives into a 3 year old Vista machine. Vista was having trouble formatting the drives in NTFS. Parted Magic had no problems.
Your 911 for Computer Needs
oscarivera9October 12, 2011
Pros
It is loaded with great features. You can check your hard-drives with the SMART tool, run a Memory Test, create, delete, re-size, and even move partitions, clone (copy) entire disks or single partitions, surf the web with Mozilla, run a benchmark of your entire hardware, listen to music from your PC library while you're fixing it, the list goes on. Since Parted Magic is an actual Operating System which boots Live from the CD, you can do almost anything that you normally would do with your standard OS, and more. Parted Magic is designed to help you fix problems which might prevent you from booting into your OS. It's also good at working with partitions (as the name implies). It comes loaded with tons of very useful software. In case you're confused or just need to surf the web while you're waiting for a task to complete, you can use Mozilla Firefox which is the default web browser included with Parted Magic. Instead of reading about it, just download it, burn an iso image & try it Live.
Cons
It doesn't talk to me and ask me what I want it to do so that it can do it automatically. It expects that I will use its valuable tools instead of IT using them for me and fixing the problems that I caused. Anyone who complains about Parted Magic must be expecting exactly that.
Summary
I try to always have the latest version available in a Live CD from which I can boot in case of emergency. It's already saved me a handful of times from disasters I would have needed professional help to get fixed. If you own a computer you should also own a copy of Parted Magic. It is a Linux Operating System, but it will fix any computer, regardless of your choice of OS. .....and I believe the newest version comes with the new Linux Kernel 3.0! No big deal really, just a new number.
not working 99% of the time
armagedon511January 5, 2011
Pros
There is no pro really, just use an linux live cd will do the samething.
Cons
unreliable. Cannot boot on multiple machines type.
Summary
I have tried to boot all versions and none of them work ok. So avoid completelly.
Buggy product, censored forum
superduperericAugust 17, 2010
Pros
Boot USB eventually when USB stick plugged directly in (bypassing hub)
Cons
NTFS operations fail or crash the PC Whacky forum administrators for Parted Magic delete your account for criticizing product
Summary
Attempting to do basic operations like copy NTFS partition result in "target partition too small". (Yes, I know, don't ask me.) If I manually create a larger partition, I am able to copy into it, but performing an NTFS resize later to make it smaller crashes my laptop, leaving the new partition corrupted and unusable. I posted my problems to their forum and mentioned that because of these bugs I had to continue my search for a partitioning software that wasn't so buggy, and the administrator made a "roll eyes" post mocking my statement. I replied with a question asking why they didn't want to get more information from me to fix the problem rather than poke fun at me. The next day when I came back, my entire account had been wiped out without comment, including not just that thread, but another where I had posted the solution to my usb booting problem (don't use a hub). Oddly, they left the rest of thread there, just not my post, so it's completely useless to other users. Hopefully, at least here I can speak freely without those goofballs wiping my account.
It worked to transfer my files to a larger drive
JIM1NOTEJuly 18, 2010
Pros
I misplaced my Partition Magic disks and downloaded Parted Magic (pmagic-zip). This program work very well. I did come across my Partition Magic disks and they are rather dated. I will not look for them the next time.
Cons
I was not able to boot the new partition and remembered finally to run a MBR rebuild. Only problems were mine.
Summary
It ran well without those fatal Partition errors from Partition Magic which seem to accept no resolution or work around.
crap o la o lalala
rimichaelJuly 13, 2010
Pros
none at all
Cons
everything ...won't work properly on older operating systems
Summary
toss it
Successful using the liveCD,
ahtoiJuly 7, 2009
Pros
I was able to partition the harddrive easily but the problem I have was that my win2000 was not able to see the whole drive. I will have to figure that one out.
Cons
no opinion.
Summary
This is a sata drive, it worked at one time but now Partition Magic and win2000 couldn't do anything with it (I think it has something to do with the FAT table being all mess up). At least now I got part of the drive back.
Free and worked perfectly on Windows 2003 Server
cblakeworkMarch 20, 2009
Pros
Booting to the CD and resizing my root partition took a mere 5 minutes. It took longerr to burn the CD on my old writer.
Cons
Too bad you have to run it from CD
Summary
Worked perfectly, just had to Scandisk on booting, but after that it was seamless. I'm keeping the CD in my toolkit.
this is the best live magical cd that i ever seen
foolip_2009February 18, 2009
Pros
speed --- fast booting ---- easy to use
Cons
this the best i cant say any thing !
Summary

Developer's Description

Partition your hard drives with multiple features.

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, and ddrescue) 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.