Parted Magic
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Screenshot of Parted Magic in 2014 | |
| Developer |
Patrick Verner Parted Magic LLC. |
|---|---|
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Latest release | 2016_01_06 / January 6, 2016[1] |
| Available in | English |
| Platforms | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Linux (Monolithic) |
| Default user interface | Openbox 3.5.2 |
| Official website |
partedmagic |
Parted Magic is a commercial Linux distribution with disk partitioning and data recovery tools,[2] sold as a Linux-based bootable disk. The distribution's nomenclature is derived from the name of the software package GNU 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]
Availability
Up to version 2013.08.01 the distribution was freely available for download from the official website and the project page on SourceForge. The distribution moved to a pay-for-download business model to offset the costs associated with packaging a Linux distribution.[7][8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Changelog – Parted Magic". Partedmagic.com. 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Parted Magic is still free". Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ "Parted Magic starts charging for downloads". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
External links
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