Partition Magic Changelog

What's new in Partition Magic 8.0

Mar 17, 2007
  • New file management features that include the ability to browse files, and view and manipulate files or folders on multiple types of file systems.
  • New NTFS features enabling you to choose the cluster size on creating a new NTFS partition or changing the cluster size of an existing NTFS partition, and NTFS format versioning (NTFS 1.4 to the latest). (This feature requires 256 MB of RAM for drives over 120 GB in size).
  • Enhanced Copy Partition functionality letting you choose the partition type (logical or primary) for the destination partition and whether that partition is to be resized.
  • Changes in the UI, primarily in the main screen, that adopts a Windows XP look and feel.
  • Support for Linux EXT2 and EXT3 file systems.
  • Support for partitions up to 160 GB, containing up to 145 GB of data.
  • New and improved wizards.
  • Macromedia Flash presentation to help you understanding partitions, operating systems, file systems, installing an additional operating system, and PartitionMagic best practices.
  • Ability to boot into another operating system directly from the OS you are currently running with BootMagic for Windows, and a "boot once" feature that lets you boot into a new OS and then reboot automatically to the original OS.
  • PowerQuest DataKeeper, included with PartitionMagic 8.0, provides an easy way for you to back up your important data files for safekeeping.