Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

roj reviewed v2013_08_01 on May 14, 2014

Sadly, this version is the last free version. It's gone payware and while $4.99 is a pittance to pay for one release, it still (for me at least) breaks the principle of the thing.

It's still a FIVE STAR collection.

Monkey_Punch reviewed v2013_08_01 on Aug 1, 2013

Parted Magic incorporates gobs of tools for disk recovery, health testing and secure erasing. It doesn't even begin to scratch the surface to say there is some kind of tool in here for even the most jaded been-there-done-that IT guy. It's bleeding edge and always being updated on a near daily basis. The author is a real nice guy and deserving of your donations, however small, to keep this invaluable project going (and to make a living/pay bills). Help a guy out and throw him a couple bucks for his hard work. NO ONE makes a suite of tools under one roof this good and for free. NO ONE.

BANDIT- reviewed v2013_07_21 RC1 on Jul 26, 2013

ONE EXAMPLE: Of "Head in Hands"

If you have several External drives attached
& during Boot/Re-Boot, One of them goes RAW..!!
(USE: testdisk) Included..... WINK..!!

This App has everything you should ever need Ref working with Disks.
It'll save you hours searching for fixes should you ever hit
a problem & not have any Recovery/Fix Apps available...
Formatting & Partitioning is a Doddle.

Download it "Eeeeeeeven" if you dont know Jack about,
- Disks (partitions, MBRs, Boot sectors, structure)
- DOS (cmd)
- Boot Disks
- Recovery (flix, mp3, valuable data)
OR .... Think It'll never happen to you
OR .... Only have one drive ... C:\

Be WELL prepared with this very Extensive & Nifty Package.
A lot of Reading/Learning for Noobs. (Do NOT be put off tho)

5* (x10) from this corner.

draalin reviewed v2013_05_01 on May 10, 2013

Hi,

This tool pretty much saved me from redoing my server so I thought I would share the steps I went through in both Resizing and Cloning my partition.

I dunno if you are allowed to link to any guides? If not I'll remove them unless there is an easier way for me to import them over here.

Resizing partition guide: http://draalin.com/using-parted-magic-t ... partition/

Cloning partition guide: http://draalin.com/using-parted-magic-t ... partition/

Just wanted to share.

Thanks

FatBastard reviewed v2013_05_01 on May 1, 2013

This software is soo sweet :D

Monkey_Punch reviewed v2013_01_29 on Jan 30, 2013

Parted Magic is an invaluable tool in the toolbox of any tech who's worth their mettle. As someone who actually donates to the project on a regular basis--because PM helps save systems I work on--it is well worth what many pay-to-use apps cost. Throw money at Patrick because he is very deserving of your support. He keeps the apps and kernel fairly current and is very responsive to requests for bug fixes or app updates.

Music4Ever reviewed v2012_09_12 on Sep 12, 2012

Can't rate this as high as I would like - Brilliant - Thanks to those who complied it!

FatBastard reviewed v2012_07_05 on Jul 8, 2012

Parted Magic is wonderful. I only wish it had VLC built in.

some guy reviewed v2012_07_05 on Jul 7, 2012

great tool very useful to recover files off a viruses out windows OS computer this will all so boot off a USB flash drive using YUMI http://www.pendrivelinux...i-multiboot-usb-creator/
a must have in your tool box !

Hilbert reviewed v2012_06_26 on Jun 28, 2012

I regularly use Parted Magic and find it a very useful tool for both cloning and partition editing.

That said, I had some problems with this 2012-06-26 version. Specifically, the mouse locked up* on the default run-from-RAM GUI setup, the RAID setup could not recognize a common Intel ICH10R RAID configuration which gave a 'device not recognized' error message and I'm still investigating a problem with the alternative graphics menu boot.

Also the cloning tool CloneZilla had problems recognizing some (but not all) large NTFS-formatted 1 and 2TB drives and literally aborted the cloning operation. Note: I also had identical problems with CloneZilla in the earlier 2012-04-21 version (this is currently my normal work version).

The two machines where Parted Magic experienced problems were working perfectly but as a double check I performed the same operations under the same conditions using Acronis True Image 2011 and Acronis experienced no problems recognizing the RAID configuration, nor did it have problems cloning the same large (non-RAID) drives that Parted Magic had problems with. (I should mention however that I've previously found Acronis to be slower at cloning than Parted Magic.)

For the time being, I'll revert back to using the earlier 2012-04-21 Parted Magic (as it does not lock up the GUI).

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* nVidia feeding a Dell u2711 monitor running at 2560x1440x32.

Music4Ever reviewed v2012_06_26 on Jun 27, 2012

@Monkey_Punch - it's pretty good too! ;-)

Monkey_Punch reviewed v2012_05_30 on May 31, 2012

Throw tons of money at this project because this tool and project are invaluable. Best disk management / partitioning tool out there. Period!

some guy reviewed v2012_04_21 on Apr 23, 2012

torrent link soundforge was slow
http://linuxtracker.org/..._04_21%20x86_64.torrent

FatBastard reviewed v2012_2_19 on Feb 21, 2012

Love it !

Sativarg reviewed v6.6 on Aug 4, 2011

This is a great resource.

However the recent flurry of updates has me downloading a rather large file more often than seems wise. Is there a way to generate a binary that is the difference between the latest version and the former. Then Perhaps Some program to patch the last version with the difference file.
Binary diff
Windows port
I would imagine the difference is much smaller than the whole ISO.

some guy reviewed v6.5 on Aug 3, 2011

the best of its class !!!!! Ignore the spam bellow

Uriel reviewed v6.4 on Jul 31, 2011

Get MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 6.0 . It's free. And the downloadable ISO has the same features as the pro version.
http://www.partitionwiza...-partition-manager.html

And DON'T forget to donate or get the pro version if you like it.

shroom reviewed v6.4 on Jul 31, 2011

5 seconds to reduce the size of a partition but 40 minutes to increase another one, which ended with a fail.
Easus partition tool did all that successfully in less than 10 minutes.

smarterthanyou reviewed v6.4 on Jul 28, 2011

Great program, but I can't clone a smaller hard disk to a larger one. Unless the two hard disks have identical capacity I get an error part way through the process.

BTW, why isn't this version on the developer's web site? They only have version 6.3.

niteshadow reviewed v6.4 on Jul 28, 2011

Perfect tool for hard drive partitioning , cloning and data recovery.
Excellent live cd/usb all around.
This open source system puts a lot of commercial tools to shame.

some guy reviewed v6.3 on Jul 6, 2011

excellent stuff, great recovery tool for pulling files off a system that wont boot, without pulling out the hard drive. Keep up the great work this is a must have !

Uriel this tools blows that out of the water take your spam else-where !

Uriel reviewed v6.0 on Apr 15, 2011

Th software is almost as good as :

http://www.downloadcrew....ion_wizard_home_edition

roj reviewed v6.0 on Apr 13, 2011

Love this thing - used it A LOT.

My only regret is that it doesn't support cloning larger hard disks to smaller ones, even if there is enough space. Add that and it's perfect.

FIVE stars.

spiked reviewed v5.10 on Feb 17, 2011

Let's be totally realistic: I have used the latest Parted Magic and I have used the commercial Partition Magic. Parted Magic is NOT a 100% equivalent for Partition Magic. On the other hand, Parted Magic is, in my opinion, the best Linux-based "rescue" boot CD (not just for partition editing) for Windows systems. If you have already tried Linux rescue discs and hate them or if you have been accustomed to Partition Magic, then you probably won't be impressed by Parted Magic. But if you have been using other Linux-based solutions like Trinity and you haven't been spoiled by commercial products, you should really try Parted Magic because I think you will prefer Parted Magic.

Input Overload reviewed v5.9 on Jan 14, 2011

Brilliant. 100 stars.

(What''s a power user?) An egocentric PC user?

stylemessiah reviewed v5.9 on Jan 13, 2011

This is a solid 5, actually deserves more than 5

For those who wonder how to boot it from usb:

1) Install grub to your usb disk

Download from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos/

Read: http://grub4dos.sourcefo...x.php/Grub4dos_tutorial

2) Boot from USB and test and make sure grub is booting before continuing.

3) Edit menu.lst file and add (the default menu.lst supplied with grub4dos has an entry for Parted Magic, but it likely wont work as the Parted Magic people removed support/botched support from grub a while back, but my way works):

title Parted Magic 5.X ISO
find --set-root pmagic-5.9.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 pmagic-5.9.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)

NOTE: Do NOT rename the iso file, leave it as it was when you downloaded it

NOTE 2: You can also run the ISO from a subfolder on your USB disk (i keep a few ISO's in an isos folder), i.e.

title Parted Magic 5.9 ISO
find --set-root /isos/pmagic-5.9.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /isos/pmagic-5.9.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)

4) Boot from usb

5) Stop whining and being a TOOL on fileforum because you dont know to boot from usb :)

The Seeker 11 reviewed v5.8 on Dec 30, 2010

Every power user needs this in their toolbox.

some guy reviewed v5.7 on Nov 2, 2010

great stuff ,,, traumadoc to give a 3 because you don't know how to boot from a USB is idiotic,

krakokainer reviewed v5.7 on Nov 2, 2010

Best I've used of its type!
For those who don't know, this is a bootable program so you can do everything you need to do without having an OS installed on your drive.

I used this to create a system drive for OSX/Win7 dual boot and it worked perfectly!

Highly recommended!

traumadoc reviewed v5.7 on Nov 2, 2010

Looks like that they wanted to scam off the "Partition Magic" name??!!

I've never seen this company's work before.

Can someone tell me how to make this work from burning to a USB Flash ? I used UltraISO to write to the USB Flash disk but it won't boot. I assume it's an issue with the MBR of the ISO

Anyone know how to make it work from the USB Flash?

Input Overload reviewed v5.4 on Aug 26, 2010

Great stuff. Download it today!

roj reviewed v5.2 on Aug 10, 2010

A tad arcane but awesome.

FIVE stars.

bskdopeboy reviewed v5.2 on Aug 4, 2010

Best I've used of its type!
For those who don't know, this is a bootable program so you can do everything you need to do without having an OS installed on your drive.

I used this to create a system drive for OSX/Win7 dual boot and it worked perfectly!

Highly recommended!

lehenryjr reviewed v5.0 RC1 on Jul 12, 2010

I recently found this program and I found it to be super easy to use and powerful. It's utilities like this are the ones I keep on my jumpdrive when someone is having problems with their system.

Awesome effort!

Until next time,
LEHenryJr
LEHSYS.com

some guy reviewed v5.0 RC1 on Jul 8, 2010

fantastic best of it's class