Parted Magic

What is Parted Magic?

The Parted Magic OS is a comprehensive and versatile tool that empowers users to efficiently manage and maintain their computer's storage systems. At its core, the OS utilizes the powerful GParted and Parted programs to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while also featuring an extensive collection of additional utilities to address a wide range of storage-related needs

Highlights

• Disk Partitioning: The Partition Editor allows users to resize, copy, and move partitions, enabling them to grow or shrink their drives, create space for new operating systems, and even attempt data rescue from lost partitions
• Disk Cloning: Parted Magic provides the ability to clone an entire disk or a single partition, with the cloned data being saved as an image-file or as a duplicated copy. These clones can then be stored on locally attached storage devices, SSH servers, Samba servers, or Network File System shares, allowing for easy restoration when needed
• Data Rescue: The OS offers tools to easily reset or change Windows passwords, recover lost files, and rescue data from devices with disk read errors
• Disk Erasing: Parted Magic includes solutions for conventional overwrite, Internal Secure Erase, and wiping of only free space, ensuring thorough and secure data erasure
• Benchmarking: The OS comes equipped with a comprehensive suite of benchmarking tools, including Bonnie++, IOzone, Hard Info, System Stability Tester, mprime, and stress, providing users with the necessary tools to assess the performance of their storage systems.