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.

Parted Magic requires at least a PII processor and 400MB of RAM to operate or 128MB in "Live" mode.

Note:[b/] This download is an .iso file that needs to be burned to CD/DVD. Once burned to CD/DVD, users must boot their PC from CD/DVD drive.

[b]Features
* Format internal and external hard drives.
* Move, copy, create, delete, expand & shrink hard drive partitions.
* Clone your hard drive, to create a full backup.
* Test hard drives for impending failure.
* Test memory for bad sectors.
* Benchmark your computer for a performace rating.
* Securely erase your entire hard drive, wiping it clean from all data.
* Gives access to non-booting systems allowing you to rescue important data.
* Runs from the CD, no install required.

New programs

Partition programs:
* cfdisk - curses-based disk partition table manipulator
* fdisk - partition table manipulator
* gdisk - text-mode partitioning tool that works on GPT disks
* gpart - guess PC-type hard disk partitions
* GParted - partition editor that uses libparted
* parted - partition manipulation program
* sfdisk - partition table manipulator

File System Tools:
* btrfs - btrfs is a new copy on write file system for Linux
* Bonnie++ - benchmark suite aimed at performing a number of simple tests
* curlftpfs - file system for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl
* dbench - file system benchmark
* diskdev_cmds - OSX-ported, HFS+ utilities supplying mkfs and fsck
* dosfstools - utilities to create and check MS-DOS FAT file systems
* e2fsprogs - ext2 file system utilities and libraries
* EncFS - provides an encrypted file system in userspace
* fsarchiver - save contents of a file system to a compressed archive file
* FUSE - file system in userspace
* hfsplus - set of tools to access HFS+ file systems
* IOzone - file system benchmark tool
* ntfs-3g - third generation NTFS driver
* ntfsprogs - tools for doing neat things with NTFS
* reiser4progs - administration utilities for Reiser4 file systems
* reiserfsprogs - user-level tools for ReiserFS file systems
* sshfs - file system client based on SSH
* vmfs-tools - access VMFS through standard Linux VFS via FUSE
* xfsprogs - utilities for managing XFS file systems

Booting Loader Tools:
* grub - GRand Unified Bootloader
* HDT - (Hardware Detection Tool) Syslinux com32 hardware analyzer module
* install-mbr - installs and configures a Master Boot Record manager
* lilo - LInux LOader
* ms-sys - used to create Microsoft-compatible boot records
* syslinux - bootloaders for FAT, bootable "El Torito", and ext{2,3} file systems

Utilities:
* Firefox - open source web browser
* Conky - lightweight system monitor
* emelFM2 - GTK+2 port of file manager emelFM
* ePDFView - lightweight PDF document viewer
* File Roller - archive manager
* galculator - GTK+ scientific calculator
* GEncFS - GUI to EncFS, for encrypted directory mounting
* GPicView - GTK+ image viewer
* gtk-lshw - GTK+ front-end for lshw
* GSmartControl - HDD health inspection tool (GUI for smartctl)
* GSSHFS - GUI to SSHFS, for distant directory over SSH mounting
* hardinfo - system profiler and benchmark
* ISO Master - GUI CD image editor
* Mount-gtk - front end for pmount
* Leafpad - GTK+ based simple text editor
* LXMusic - minimalist music player for LXDE
* LXTerminal - VTE-based terminal emulator for LXDE
* PCman FM - file manager
* SimpleBurn - CD burning GUI
* TrueCrypt - software system for on-the-fly-encrypted volumes
* UNetbootin - create bootable, Live USB drives for Linux distros without burning a CD
* XChat - IRC chat program

Console Utilities:
* BlueZ - official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack
* bzip2recover - recover data from damaged bz2 files
* cdrtools - allows recording to CD/DVD/BluRay media
* chntpw - utility to (re)set passwords of local accounts on Windows systems
* ClamAV - open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX
* Clonezilla - OpenSource clone system
* cURL - tool for transferring files with URL syntax
* dcfldd - enhanced version of GNU dd
* dc3dd - patched version of GNU dd
* dd - convert and copy a file
* ddrescue - does not abort on errors on the input file
* device-mapper - kernel component that supports LVM
* di - disk information utility
* diff - compares two files, showing differences line by line
* disktype - detect content format of disk or disk image
* dmidecode - reports information about your system's hardware
* dmraid - discover and activate software (ATA)RAID
* DRBL - Diskless Remote Boot in Linux
* ELinks - text mode web browser
* ext3grep - recover deleted files from an ext3 or ext4 file systems
* extundelete - tool to help recover deleted files on ext3 file systems
* file - determine file type
* hdparm - get/set ATA/SATA drive parameters
* hexedit - view and edit files in hexadecimal
* lftp - command-line file transfer program
* lm-sensors - Linux hardware monitoring
* lshw - Hardware Lister
* lsof - (LiSt Open Files) displays information about files open to processes
* lspci - lists PCI buses and devices in the system
* lsscsi - lists information about SCSI devices
* lsusb - lists USB devices
* lzip - gzip-like command line tool which uses LZMA compression
* mdadm - manage MD devices, aka Linux Software Raid
* Midnight Commander - file manager
* multipath-tools - used to drive the Device Mapper multipathing driver
* myrescue - rescue still-readable data from a damaged harddisk
* nano - editor aimed to replace Pico
* openSSH - encrypt sessions using the SSH protocol
* openSSL - open source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols
* partclone - a project similar to the well-known backup utility
* partimage - utility which saves partitions to an image file
* PhotoRec - digital photo recovery
* pigz - parallel implementation of gzip that exploits multiple processors & cores
* pmount - permits removable device mounting without matching /etc/fstab entry
* pv - monitors the progress of data through a pipeline
* RP-PPPoE - PPPoE client for Linux to connect to PPPoE service providers
* rsync - fast incremental file transfer
* rTorrent - text-based ncurses BitTorrent client
* safecopy - data recovery tool
* Scrounge NTFS - data recovery program for NTFS
* sdparm - outputs and modifies SCSI device parameters
* shred - securely delete a file
* smartctl - control and monitor utility for SMART disks
* stress - simple workload generator
* TestDisk - partition scanner and disk recovery tool
* TightVNC-viewer - remote control software package for connecting to a vnc server
* UDPcast - transfer tool that can multicast data on a LAN
* unarj - program used to uncompress .arj format archives
* wpa_supplicant - implementation of an IEEE 802.11i supplicant
* wipe - secure, file wiping utility