partition magic for win 7

kf10 · 05 Sep 2013

which version of partition magic works with win7

thanks in advance

Golden · 05 Sep 2013

LMiller7 · 05 Sep 2013

Partition Magic hasn't been updated since 2004 and is not compatible with Vista and later.
See this article for more information:
PartitionMagic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gary · 05 Sep 2013

I use EaseUS Partition Master Free Edition and have been for years. It is free and works great.

madcratebuilder · 05 Sep 2013

Partition Magic is basically a reskinned Gparted, it is designed to run as a liveCD. That way none of the hhd is being used while you work with it.

MilesAhead · 05 Sep 2013

The Partition Magic commercial program should indeed not be used with any OS after XP. The NTFS file system has been altered since Vista. Using PM with it will munge it up. The Gparted stuff has just assumed the name since apparently the commercial app is not around anymore.

I've heard nothing but good things about Partition Wizard. The iso bootable version is free and has all the features of the paid version enabled.

Mark Phelps · 06 Sep 2013

Partition Magic is basically a reskinned Gparted

Actually, NO, it's not. You're confusing the name with Parted Magic -- which is a different product entirely.

LMiller7 · 06 Sep 2013

PartitionMagic was originally produced by PowerQuest but later sold to Symantec. In December 2009 Symantec announced that they would no longer provide the product but they retain the rights to the product and the name. It is not compatible with any OS newer than XP.

madcratebuilder · 06 Sep 2013

Mark Phelps said:

Partition Magic is basically a reskinned Gparted

Actually, NO, it's not. You're confusing the name with Parted Magic -- which is a different product entirely.

My mistake, I was confusing Partition Wizard with Partition Magic.

Partition Wizard is a reskinned Gparted, much more colorful, same layout and functions, very fast. Good for the novice user as you get several warnings if your command well erase data.