I started out looking for a handy disk partitioning tool to repair a colleague’s ailing computer. I ended up finding a toolbox full of very handy repair and system maintenance apps. As a bonus, I got all of this packed into a nifty specialized Linux distro called “PartedMagic” that boots into RAM from a CD or USB drive. PartedMagic is compact and lightweight. Having a live distribution built around GParted is a failsafe way to use Linux to manage your computer’s hard disk. Normally, any OS will partition the hard drive as part of the installation process.
Parted Magic with gparted has been my choice for linux, windows for about 3 years. I find it is easy to use and definitely have many other tools that you can use to find out about the computer that you are on at the time of use. I use it for cloning windows partitions with no problems considering all the problems one can have with it. One can get on the network either wired or wireless with no problem and one cannot say things like that about other linux distributions.
I find Parted to be a liitle overkill when all one wants to do is set up a few partitions on a drive. for that I prefer the excellent Paragon Partition Free, which also has a nice Linux based CD and handles all the major types (Fat32, NTFS, EXT, ReiserFS) and its GUI is just more firendly than Parted. Heck the GUI is so easy peasy my 15 year old was able to set up his own partitions without a bit of help from me, simply by following the little wizards.
So I'd say it is more about the right tool for the job. If the job is complex? Parted is the way to go. Just wanna set up some partitions and maybe do a surface check while you're at it? Then Paragon Partition Free is the tool.
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PartedMagic: A Swiss Army Knife for Hard Drive Resuscitation
Posted by: Jack M. Germain August 17, 2011 05:00 AMI started out looking for a handy disk partitioning tool to repair a colleague’s ailing computer. I ended up finding a toolbox full of very handy repair and system maintenance apps. As a bonus, I got all of this packed into a nifty specialized Linux distro called “PartedMagic” that boots into RAM from a CD or USB drive. PartedMagic is compact and lightweight. Having a live distribution built around GParted is a failsafe way to use Linux to manage your computer’s hard disk. Normally, any OS will partition the hard drive as part of the installation process.
So I'd say it is more about the right tool for the job. If the job is complex? Parted is the way to go. Just wanna set up some partitions and maybe do a surface check while you're at it? Then Paragon Partition Free is the tool.
Am adding you to my list of searches on Google News.
Keep up the good work.