Parted Magic
| Developer | Parted Magic LLC |
|---|---|
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Latest release | 2015_03_06 / March 6, 2015[1] |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Platforms | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Linux (Monolithic) |
| Default user interface | Openbox 3.5.2 |
| Official website |
www |
Parted Magic is a commercial Linux distribution with disk partitioning and data recovery tools,[2] sold as a Linux-based bootable disk. It is named after Parted.
Features
The program is directly bootable from a CD, USB flash drive, or through a network using PXE on PC hardware, and does not require installation, or the presence of an installed operating system.[3]
Although originally designed for mechanical hard disk drives, Parted Magic is suitable for use also with solid state drives and can perform a secure erase (a method to return a drive to its factory state).
Parted Magic supports reading and writing to a variety of modern file systems, including ext3, ext4, FAT, exFAT, and NTFS, and as such is able to access disk drives formatted for use under Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux systems.
The software's distribution includes local network and Internet support, and comes with the Firefox web browser.[4]
System requirements
As of version 11.11.11, Parted Magic supports Intel x86 and x86-64 processors natively, and requires a computer with at least an i586 Intel-compatible processor and 175MB of RAM.[5] x86 versions from 2013_09_26 do not require the Physical Address Extension (PAE) computer processor feature.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Changelog – Parted Magic". Partedmagic.com. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
- ↑ Shilliday, Barry. "Backup and Restore". Computeractive. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ↑ "frugal_install – Parted Magic". Partedmagic.com. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- ↑ "Parted Magic". Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ↑ "start – Parted Magic". Partedmagic.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- ↑ "Changelog – Parted Magic". Partedmagic.com. 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
