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PartitionMagic [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is a utility software program for hard disk drive partitioning originally made by PowerQuest , but subsequently owned by Symantec .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, ...

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PartitionMagic[1][2] is a utility software program for hard disk drive partitioning originally made by PowerQuest, but subsequently owned by Symantec.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 Windowsoperating 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.

Details

PartitionMagic 4.0 product materials, c. 1998

PartitionMagic is capable of resizing NTFS, FAT16 or FAT32 partitions without data loss, and can copy and move partitions, including to other disks. It also has various other features, including being able to convert between FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS, modify the cluster size of FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS filesystems, and merge adjacent FAT or NTFS filesystems (all without data loss, though some NTFS-only metadata is lost on conversion to FAT). Additionally, it had somewhat limited support for ext2 and ext3 partitions. PartitionMagic was the first commercial product of its kind containing patented technology.[3]

The first version of PartitionMagic was released with DOS and OS/2 support. Versions 2–3 were offered with DOS, OS/2 and Windows support. Symantec's PartitionMagic version 8 dropped the OS/2 version. Server versions were also offered under the name Server Magic for Windows and Novell NetWare servers.

The stable version of PartitionMagic 8.05 also included a rescue floppy disk with an additional DOS version of PartitionMagic. The DOS version (which included DR-DOS or MS-DOS) came on one 2.88 MB or two 1.44 MB floppy disks.[4][5]

The Windows version of PartitionMagic could also be integrated in BartPE (Bart's Preinstalled Environment) a Windows XP based Live CD created by using the PE Builder. To integrate PartitionMagic into BartPE a PE Builder plug-in for PartitionMagic was available.[6]

History

PowerQuest's Partition Magic se originó en 1993; [ 7 ] La versión 2.0 estuvo disponible para su compra en enero de 1995. [ 8 ] Una versión para OS/2 estuvo disponible en septiembre de 1995. [ 9 ]

La versión 3.02 salió a principios de 1997. [ 10 ]

Durante su etapa bajo el control de PowerQuest , PartitionMagic se actualizaba periódicamente, añadiendo nuevas funciones.

Una vez que Symantec adquirió la aplicación en 2003, [ 11 ] no hubo nuevas versiones, y Symantec declaró que no tenía planes de lanzar una nueva versión. El 13 de octubre de 2011, el sitio web de Symantec indicó: "Lo sentimos, ya no ofrecemos Norton Partition Magic".

Problemas de compatibilidad

PartitionMagic es compatible con las ediciones de escritorio de Windows NT , 95/98 , ME , 2000 y XP . Sin embargo, por diseño , no es compatible con las ediciones de servidor de Windows NT, 2000 ni 2003 (un producto más caro del mismo fabricante, ServerMagic, sí lo es). Tampoco funciona en Windows Vista ni versiones posteriores.

PartitionMagic 2.0.5, VolumeManager 7 y VolumeManager 8 no pueden redimensionar discos dinámicos . [ 12 ]

Véase también

Referencias

  1. ↑ JD Biersdorfer (10 de octubre de 2006). "Reorganizando habitaciones en el disco duro" . The New York Times .
  2. ↑ Por JD Biersdorfer (8 de mayo de 2003). "Recuperar un disco duro sin perder datos" . The New York Times .
  3. ↑ "Patente n.º 5675769" . Oficina de Patentes de EE. UU.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: servicio de archivado obsoleto ( enlace )
  4. ↑ "Para ejecutar PartitionMagic desde el disco de rescate" . Al iniciar el equipo desde el primer disco de rescate, PQMAGIC se ejecuta automáticamente. Debe insertar el segundo disco de rescate cuando se le solicite.
  5. ↑ "Creación de discos de rescate con Partition Magic" . 8 de abril de 2011.
  6. ↑ NickOlsen. "> Nuevo complemento Partition Magic 8.0x Pe-Builder para BartPE y XPE" . 911cd.net . Archivado del original el 4 de marzo de 2016.
  7. ↑ "PartitionMagic" . 15 de diciembre de 2015.
  8. ↑ PartitionMagic: El administrador esencial de discos duros; Versión 2.0 . Power Quest. Enero de 1995.
  9. ↑"PartitionMagic for OS/2". www.scoug.com.
  10. ↑"Partition Magic 3.02". Computerworld. February 24, 1997.
  11. ↑"Symantec to Acquire PowerQuest" (Press release). Symantec. 23 September 2003. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  12. ↑"Changing volume sizes on dynamic disks". Tom's Hardware. 2005. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
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