About Partition Magic

  • Imagine how disorganized your office would be if you kept all your files in one drawer. Surprisingly, this is similar to the way many people organize the space on their hard disks. With ServerMagic, you can quickly and easily create partitions, which act as "file drawers," on your hard disks for storing valuable information such as data files, applications, and operating systems. Storing information in separate partitions helps you organize and protect your data, safely run multiple operating systems, and reclaim wasted disk space.

    ServerMagic enables you to secure your data by physically separating it from other files. Separate partitions also make backups to networks and removable drives easy. ServerMagic helps you reliably run multiple operating systems on the same computer. Some versions of ServerMagic also include BootMagic, a powerful boot manager that helps you safely install new operating systems and lets you choose which operating system you want to use when starting your computer.

    Because of limitations with the FAT file system which is DOS, Windows 95, and Windows 98, as much as 40 percent of your hard disk space can be wasted. ServerMagic reclaims wasted space quickly and safely by using more efficient partition sizes. It can also convert FAT partitions to FAT32 and vice versa. In addition to powerful partitioning features, ServerMagic offers a variety of other options. For instance, you can perform partitioning operations and view the changes that will be made before applying them to your system. Additionally, you can view comprehensive information about your hard disk geometry and your hardware system, and you can resize root directories (in FAT) to make room for more long filenames.

    Starting ServerMagic
    Besides starting ServerMagic from the Windows Start menu, you can also start it from inside Windows Explorer or My Computer.
    1. From inside Windows Explorer or My Computer, right-click any drive object, then click ServerMagic 4.0 from the quick menu. You can also right-click on the My Computer icon on the desktop, then click ServerMagic 4.0 from the quick menu.

    What is new in ServerMagic 4.0?
    1. New file management features that include the ability to browse files, and view and manipulate files or folders on multiple types of file systems.
    2. 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).
    3. 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.
    4. Changes in the UI, primarily in the main screen, that adopts a Windows XP look and feel.
    5. Support for Linux EXT2 and EXT3 file systems.
    6. Support for partitions up to 160 GB, containing up to 145 GB of data.
    7. New and improved wizards.
    8. Macromedia Flash presentation to help you understanding partitions, operating systems, file systems, installing an additional operating system, and ServerMagic best practices.
    9. 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.
    10. PowerQuest DataKeeper, included with ServerMagic 4.0, provides an easy way for you to back up your important data files for safekeeping.
    1. Before You Run ServerMagic
    2. The ServerMagic Interface
    3. Four Steps to Complete a Task
    4. Change ServerMagic Preferences
Share

Server Magic Help

  • General
  • View
  • Operations
  • Tools
  • Create Rescue Disks
  • Boot disk builder
  • Script Builder
  • Partition Info
  • Wizards
  • Scenarios
Copyright (C) 2018 www.partition-magic.com, All Rights Reserved. PartitionMagic ® is a registered trademark of Symantec Corporation.