PartitionMagic

PartitionMagic
Final release
8.05 (Build 1371) / May 5, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-05-05)
Operating systemDOS, Microsoft Windows
TypePartition editor
LicenseTrialware

PartitionMagic[1][2] is a utility software program for hard disk drive partitioning originally made by PowerQuest, but subsequently owned by Symantec. As of December 8, 2009, the Symantec website stated that they no longer offer PartitionMagic.

The program runs on pre-Vista Microsoft Windows operating systems including Windows 2000 and Windows XP, but the application is incompatible with Windows Vista and later versions (although Microsoft added resizing). In any of these cases, existing partitions can be resized without loss of data.

  1. ^ J. D. Biersdorfer (October 10, 2006). "Rearranging Rooms on the Hard Drive". The New York Times.
  2. ^ By J.D. Biersdorfer (May 8, 2003). "Recarve a Hard Drive Without Losing Data". The New York Times.