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PartitionMagic 5.01: A Great Divide

PowerQuest Corp. PartitionMagic 5.01

$69 single-user / $249 for 10 nodes

http://www.powerquest.com

In a Nutshell

Rating: 4 1/2 Penguins

Pros:

* Lets you create, merge, resize, and delete partitions without data loss

* Fast, easy conversions among many filesystems

* Comes with BootMagic and DriveMapper

Con:

* Requires Windows

Reviews (PartitionMagic)
Nothing Up My Sleeve: PartitionMagic allows you to manipulate partitions easily without data loss.

System Requirements

Processor

* 486 DX

RAM

* 16 MB

* Additional required for FAT32 support or hard drives larger than 4 GB

Hard Drive Space

* 12 MB

* 8 MB additional for BootMagic

Operating System

*Windows 3x/95/98/NT 4.0 Workstation or DOS 5.0

It pays to be skeptical about products with “Magic” in the title, but PowerQuest Corporation’s latest version of PartitionMagic has earned the “M” word. It could even get by with “Magic” in all caps and a bang(!) at the end.

PM’s short description is that it lets you create, merge, resize, convert, and delete partitions without losing data; but the reality is a stunning savings of hours, days, hard drives, and fistfuls of hair….

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