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Software and Games : Software Categories : Home Computing : Utilities & Virus Protection : File Conversion
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Smith Micro Software
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Powerquest
It was back in 1995 that Partition Magic first appeared on the scene, at a time when the idea of partitioning a hard drive into several logical drives was only of interest to IT professionals. Much has changed since then and with hard drives reaching ever increasing proportions, the use of partitions makes sense for all bar the complete novice PC user. However, it is not just for organisation of drive space that Partition Magic is useful. Having separate partitions for backups, or for running multiple operating systems on a single machine is a good idea, if not essential, and Partition Magic is an ideal tool for assisting you in these tasks.All the necessary tools are present, as they were in previous incarnations, such as Boot Magic, for managing multiple OSs, plus the ability to create and resize partitions without destroying data, but a number of useful additions have found their way into this new release. Most noticeable among these is support for both Windows Me and Windows 2000. The interface has been cleaned up and is now more intuitive, incorporating an Explorer-style tree view of partitions. A new Wizard makes it simple to copy partitions and you now have the ability to split FAT and FAT32 partitions. You can even undelete partitions, provided that the previously allocated space hasn't been overwritten.
Partition Magic 6.0 focuses tightly on managing just a single aspect of your computing needs, but it undertakes the task with such aplomb that its hard not to recommend. --Jason Weston
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Smith Micro Software
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Aladdin Systems
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Smith Micro Software
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Powerquest
They say that breaking up is hard to do, but if you've got Partition Magic 5.0 on your side, you can slice and dice your hard drives easily and painlessly. You'll need to start from DOS or Windows, but you can add as many different operating systems as you like once you've got the partitions set correctly.The job of partitioning is made simple enough that it's sure to drive some computer techs out of business; with the simple point-and-click wizards and well-written online hints, those who know enough to want to partition can do it themselves. The preview feature is excellent, permitting you to examine the changes you're ordering before you make them permanent. This should eliminate the boneheaded mistakes that tired or stressed-out users inevitably make--and that are so devastating in low-level operations like these.
One important caveat: Partition Magic 5.0 won't work on every system. Since you're monkeying with some of the deepest elements of your machine, some configurations will return errors or simply not allow installation. This is unpredictable, but PowerQuest is constantly working on patches and upgrades (such as the promised Windows 2000 version).
On most systems, though, the software is a thing of beauty--you can cut big, fat 32-GB drives down to size; create, resize, and merge partitions on the fly; easily move applications between partitions; and convert between file systems without losing data. Whether you want to add a new OS or just maximize your hard drive space, Partition Magic 5.0 is the safest, easiest answer to your breakup problems. --Rob Lightner
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Smith Micro Software
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Smith Micro Software
