Parted Magic OS позволяет работать с CD, USB и PXE без установки на жесткий диск, использует ядро программы Linux 3.4.6, поддерживает следующие форматы: ext2, ext3, ext4, FAT16, FAT32, HFS, HFS, JFS, Linux-swap, NTFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4 и XFS. Также включена обширная коллекция инструментов для работы с жесткими дисками, памятью и файловыми системами.

Parted Magic OS требует по крайней мере процессора i586 и 312 МБ оперативной памяти для работы или 175 Мб в "Live" режиме.

Для выполнения задач разделения и обслуживания диска используются GParted и Parted с участием программ Partimage, TestDisk, Truecrypt, Clonezilla, G4L, SuperGrubDisk, ddrescue и др.

Особенности Parted Magic OS:
* Форматирование внутренних и внешних жестких дисков.
* Перемещение, копирование, создание, удаление, расширение / сжиматие разделов жестких дисков.
* Клонирование разделов вашего жесткого диска, чтобы создать полную резервную копию.
* Тест жестких дисков.
* Тест памяти на наличие поврежденных секторов.
* Информация по "железу" компьютера
* Оценка уровня производительности компьютера.
* Безопасное удаление всего вашего жесткого диска, вытирая все данные.
* Дает доступ к не загружающимся системам, позволяя вам спасти важные данные.
* Работает с компакт-диска (флешки), установки не требуется.
* Поддерживает работу в Интернете (браузеры Firefox и текстовый, FTP-клиент, клиент BitTorrent) чат, менеджер настройки сети и пр.)
* Текстовые редакторы (редактор на языках программирования и редактор текстовых документов, просмотр PDF)
* Менеджер архивов
* ISO Master
* Антивирус ClamAV, поддерживающий обновление баз
* Поддержка записи CD/DVD/BluRay
* Просмоторщик изображений
* Проигрыватель аудио и редактор
* Многоязычный интерфейс самой Parted Magic OS и большинства программ и утилит
* Настройка интерфеса OS (клавиатуры, мыши, часовых поясов, ...)
* и многое, многое другое ...

Примечание:
1. Загружаемый ISO файл должен быть записан на CD/DVD или USB диск и загружать свой компьютер с CD/DVD или USB . (Я успешно использую програмку LiLi USB Creator и загружаюсь с флешки).
2. Язык выбирается в начале установки.



Изменения в Parted Magic 2012_11_30
После двух месяцев обновлений и исправления ошибок, новая версия Parted Magic готов к релизу. Это список ключевых изменений:
Firefox 17, Grub 2.00, Truecrypt 7.1a, Linux 3.6.8, 1.2.0 Tigervnc, Джон 1.7.9, 6.15.2 QT4 FSArchiver, File-Roller 3.6.1.1, 0.8.3 SpaceFM, ClamTk 4,42, CUPS 1.5.4 , Audacious 3.3.1, 1.6.2 Asunder, Parcellite 1.0.2rc5, Screen 4.0.3
Смотрите полный список изменений и обновлений.

An extensive collection of file system tools are also included, as Parted Magic supports the following: btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, and xfs.

Parted Magic OS requires at least a i586 processor and 312MB of RAM to operate or 175MB in “Live” mode.

Features
* Format internal and external hard drives.
* Move, copy, create, delete, expand & shrink hard drive partitions.
* Clone your hard drive, to create a full backup.
* Test hard drives for impending failure.
* Test memory for bad sectors.
* Benchmark your computer for a performance rating.
* Securely erase your entire hard drive, wiping it clean from all data.
* Gives access to non-booting systems allowing you to rescue important data.
* Runs from the CD, no install required.

Note: This download is an .iso file that needs to be burned to CD/DVD or USB stick. Once burned to CD/DVD, users must boot their PC from CD/DVD drive or USB stick.

Parted Magic 2012_11_30
After two months of upgrades and bugs fixes, a new version of Parted Magic is ready for release. This is a list of key changes:
Firefox 17, Grub 2.00, Truecrypt 7.1a, Linux 3.6.8, Tigervnc 1.2.0, John 1.7.9, QT4 Fsarchiver 6.15.2, File-Roller 3.6.1.1, SpaceFM 0.8.3, ClamTK 4.42, CUPS 1.5.4, Audacious 3.3.1, Asunder 1.6.2, Parcellite 1.0.2rc5, Screen 4.0.3
See the changelog for the complete list of updates.

- Partition programs
cfdisk - curses-based disk partition table manipulator
fdisk - partition table manipulator
fixparts - designed to correct common problems with computer partition tables
gdisk - text-mode partitioning tool that works on GPT disks
gpart - guess PC-type hard disk partitions
GParted - partition editor that uses libparted
parted - partition manipulation program
sfdisk - partition table manipulator

- File System Tools
btrfs - btrfs is a new copy on write file system for Linux
Bonnie++ - benchmark suite aimed at performing a number of simple tests
curlftpfs - file system for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl
dbench - file system benchmark
diskdev_cmds - OSX-ported, HFS+ utilities supplying mkfs and fsck
dosfstools - utilities to create and check MS-DOS FAT file systems
e2fsprogs - ext2 file system utilities and libraries
EncFS - provides an encrypted file system in userspace
fsarchiver - save contents of a file system to a compressed archive file
FUSE - file system in userspace
hfsplus - set of tools to access HFS+ file systems
IOzone - file system benchmark tool
ntfs-3g - third generation NTFS driver
ntfsprogs - tools for doing neat things with NTFS
reiserfsprogs - user-level tools for ReiserFS file systems
sshfs - file system client based on SSH
vmfs-tools - access VMFS through standard Linux VFS via FUSE
xfsprogs - utilities for managing XFS file systems
zfs-fuse - a port of the ZFS file system from Sun

- Booting Loader Tools
grub - GRand Unified Bootloader
HDT (Hardware Detection Tool) - Syslinux com32 hardware analyzer module
install-mbr - installs and configures a Master Boot Record manager
lilo - LInux LOader
Memtest86+ - advanced memory diagnostic tool
ms-sys - used to create Microsoft-compatible boot records
syslinux - bootloaders for FAT12/16/32, bootable “El Torito” (iso9660), ext2/3/4 and brtfs file systems

- X Utilities
arandr - designed to provide a simple visual front end for XRandR
Conky - lightweight system monitor
emelFM2 - GTK+2 port of file manager emelFM
ePDFView - lightweight PDF document viewer
feh - an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users
File Roller - archive manager
Firefox - open source web browser
galculator - GTK+ scientific calculator
gcin - Gtk Chinese INput application in X
GEncFS - GUI to EncFS, for encrypted directory mounting
gnome-ppp - A front end to the Point-to-Point Protocol dialer Wvdial
GPicView - GTK+ image viewer
gtk-lshw - GTK+ front-end for lshw
GSmartControl - HDD health inspection tool (GUI for smartctl)
GSSHFS - GUI to SSHFS, for distant directory over SSH mounting
hardinfo - system profiler and benchmark
ISO Master - GUI CD image editor
Leafpad - GTK+ based simple text editor
LXMusic - minimalist music player for LXDE
pyneighborhood - an OpenSource GTK+ based SMB/CIFS Browsing utility
lilosetup - a GUI utility to configure LILO bootloader
LXTerminal - VTE-based terminal emulator for LXDE
realvncviewer - RealVNC provides remote access software for desktop and mobile platforms
scim - Smart Common Input Method
SciTE - A free source code editor for Win32 and X
spacefm - a file manager with built-in VFS, udev-based device manager, customizable menu system, and bash integration
systester - Test your system's stability and performance by calculating millions of digits of Pi
TrueCrypt - software system for on-the-fly-encrypted volumes
UNetbootin - create bootable, Live USB drives for Linux distros without burning a CD
WICD - A network connection manager that aims to simplify wired and wireless networking in Linux
XChat - IRC chat program
xclamscan - GUI for the ClamAV anti-virus
xfburn - Xfburn is a simple CD/DVD burning tool based on libburnia libraries

- Console Utilities
arpwatch - a tool for monitoring Address Resolution Protocol traffic on a computer network
bar - a simple tool to copy a stream of data and print a display for the user
BlueZ - official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack
bzip2recover - recover data from damaged bz2 files
cdrtools - allows recording to CD/DVD/BluRay media
chntpw - utility to (re)set passwords of local accounts on Windows systems
ClamAV - open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX
Clonezilla - OpenSource clone system
cmospwd - decrypts passwords stored in CMOS used to access BIOS setup
consoleKit - ConsoleKit is a framework for defining and tracking users, login sessions, and seats
cURL - tool for transferring files with URL syntax
dcfldd - enhanced version of GNU dd
dc3dd - patched version of GNU dd
dd - convert and copy a file
ddrescue - does not abort on errors on the input file
device-mapper - kernel component that supports LVM
di - disk information utility
diff - compares two files, showing differences line by line
disktype - detect content format of disk or disk image
dislocker - designed to read BitLocker encrypted partitions under Linux and Mac OSX systems
dmidecode - reports information about your system's hardware
dmraid - discover and activate software (ATA)RAID
DRBL - Diskless Remote Boot in Linux
ELinks - text mode web browser
ext3grep - recover deleted files from an ext3 or ext4 file systems
extundelete - tool to help recover deleted files on ext3 file systems
file - determine file type
flashrom - identify, read, write, verify, erase flash chips
gptsync - GPT partition table to MBR partition table synchronisation
hdparm - get/set ATA/SATA drive parameters
hexedit - view and edit files in hexadecimal
hfsprescue - scans a damaged image file or partition that is formatted with HFS+
iptables - administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT
lftp - command-line file transfer program
lm-sensors - Linux hardware monitoring
lshw - Hardware Lister
lsof - (LiSt Open Files) displays information about files open to processes
lspci - lists PCI buses and devices in the system
lsscsi - lists information about SCSI devices
lsusb - lists USB devices
lzip - gzip-like command line tool which uses LZMA compression
md5deep - a set of programs to compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, Tiger, or Whirlpool message digests on an arbitrary number of files
mdadm - manage MD devices, aka Linux Software Raid
Midnight Commander - file manager
multipath-tools - used to drive the Device Mapper multipathing driver
myrescue - rescue still-readable data from a damaged harddisk
nano - editor aimed to replace Pico
nbd - network block device, client and server.
nmap - utility for network discovery and security auditing
ntp - Network Time Protocol
Nwipe - run the DBAN dwipe command outside of DBAN
Open-iSCSI - Open-iSCSI project is a high performance, transport independent, multi-platform implementation of RFC3720
openSSH - encrypt sessions using the SSH protocol
openSSL - open source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols
partclone - a project similar to the well-known backup utility
partclone-utils - partclone-utils contains a utility for use with partclone generated images
partimage - utility which saves partitions to an image file
PhotoRec - digital photo recovery
pigz - parallel implementation of gzip that exploits multiple processors & cores
plzip - parallel lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm
polkit - a toolkit for handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes
pv - monitors the progress of data through a pipeline
pxz - a compression utility that runs LZMA compression of different parts of an input file on multiple processors simultaneously
reglookup - direct analysis of Windows NT-based registry files
RP-PPPoE - PPPoE client for Linux to connect to PPPoE service providers
rsync - fast incremental file transfer
rTorrent - text-based ncurses BitTorrent client
safecopy - data recovery tool
samba - the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix
Scrounge NTFS - data recovery program for NTFS
sdparm - outputs and modifies SCSI device parameters
shorewall - a gateway/firewall configuration tool for GNU/Linux
shred - securely delete a file
smartctl - control and monitor utility for SMART disks
stress - simple workload generator
sudo - execute a command as another user
TestDisk - partition scanner and disk recovery tool
TightVNC-viewer - remote control software package for connecting to a vnc server
udevil - a program that mounts and unmounts devices without a password, shows device info, and monitors device changes
udisks - a daemon that serves as an interface to system block devices, implemented via D-Bus
UDPcast - transfer tool that can multicast data on a LAN
unarj - program used to uncompress .arj format archives
wpa_supplicant - implementation of an IEEE 802.11i supplicant
wipe - secure, file wiping utility
zenmap - the official Nmap Security Scanner GUI
zerofree - Zerofree finds the unallocated, non-zeroed blocks in an ext2 or ext3 file-system and fills them with zeroes