G2

Verified User in Higher Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/25/2023

"Parted Magic has saved my bacon on more than one occasion"

5/5

What do you like best about Parted Magic?

The best thing about Parted Magic is that it does what it says it will do. Its not magic. You still need to know what you are doing but, Parted Magic has re-partitioned and formatted drives that other programs just would not do. Instead of disposing of these "problem" drives, they have been going strong for years! We have had problems with drives that transition from LINUX to Windows or vice versa. Parted Magic was able to revive these drives for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parted Magic?

Being LINUX based, PArted Magic is not the most intuitive program. However, it does fit right in with the LINUX universe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Parted Magic solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our imaging system boots into LINUX and then deploys a Windows system. Occasionally the partitions get corrupted - especially during a Windows upgrade. Parted Magic has been able to repair (actually remove and replace) the partition structure on many hard drives that the native LINUX and/or Windows tools were not able to do. While we have used Parted Magic for data destruction, that is not what we generally use it for. It is generally used for creating complex partition structures or re-sizing partitions on our hard drives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.