Partition Magic - Partition Manager Software
Extend partition with one step
Resize/Move partition without data loss.
Create, delete and format partion with simple steps. Copy partition and disk to transfer data with ease. Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB. Keep your data safe even in case of power outages or hardware failure.
Resize/Move partition without data loss.
Create, delete and format partion with simple steps. Copy partition and disk to transfer data with ease. Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB. Keep your data safe even in case of power outages or hardware failure.
Changing the BIOS LBA Mode Setting
- Caution: Never change the LBA mode in your system BIOS once data is present on any hard disk. Changing this setting may cause data corruption and loss.
Most modern system BIOS designs support LBA or Logical Block Addressing. The LBA mode setting, whether enabled or disabled on your system, determines how your computer translates logical cylinder-head-sector (CHS) addresses. If you change this setting, the resulting shift in CHS values may corrupt all the files and partitions on your hard disk(s).
If you must change the LBA mode setting in your system BIOS, first back up all data on your hard disk(s). Contact the BIOS and/or disk manufacturer's technical support departments to ensure you understand how to proceed safely.
Partition Manager Help
Getting Started
- Before You Run PartitionMagic
- Hard Disk Integrity Checks
- PartitionMagic Interface
- Four Steps to Complete a Task
- Change preferences
- Partition Basics
- What is a Hard Disk?
- What is Disk Formatting?
- Understanding File Systems
- Understanding Partitions
- Understanding How a Computer Boots
- Managing Your Partitions
- Freeing Disk Space Before Enlarging a FAT Partition
- Understanding Hidden Partitions
- Understanding Drive Letters
- Understanding the BIOS 1024 Cylinder Limit
- Understanding the 2 GB Boot Code Boundary
- Changing the BIOS LBA Mode Setting
- Restoring System Files
How do I ……?
- General
- Apply Changes
- Undo last Change
- Discard All Changes
- Change preferences
- Password-protect Partition Magic
- Change a password
- Remove password Protection
- Exit PartitionMagic
- View
- Operations
- Hard Disk Integrity Checks
- Resize a partition
- Move a partition
- Copy a partition
- Create a partition
- Delete a partition
- Undelete a partition
- Change a partition label
- Format a partition
- Convert FAT to FAT32 or NTFS to FAT/FAT32
- Convert FAT/FAT32 to 4K aligned
- Convert FAT/FAT32 to NTFS
- Convert FAT32 to FAT
- Convert a partition to Primary/Logical
- Merge a partition
- Split a partition
- View partition information
- Check a partition for errors
- Use MS ScanDisk to check for errors
- Use Windows CheckDisk to check for errors (Windows NT/2000/XP only)
- View pending operations
- Advanced
- Retest bad sectors
- Hide a partition
- Resize the root directory
- Set the active partition
- Resize clusters
- Change a drive letter (NT only)
- Tools
- PQBoot
- Drive Mapper
- BootMagic Configuration
- Create Rescue Disks
- PartitionInfo and PARTINFO
- Tasks
- Use a task
- Create New MiniTool Partition Wizard
- Resize Partitions Wizard
- Redistribute Free Space Wizard
- Merge Partitions Wizard
- Copy Wizard
- Display/hide task buttons
- Install Another OS task
- Create Backup Partition task
- Scenarios
- Create Scenario: To create a logical partition on a secondary hard disk
- Create Scenario: To create a Linux logical partition
- Create Scenario: To create a primary partition for Windows NT
- Add free space to a logical partition
- Add free space to a primary partition
- User PartitionMagic with other software
About the Features
- Apply Changes
- Bad Sector Retest
- BootMagic Configuration
- Change Drive Letter
- Check for Errors
- Convert
- Copy
- Create
- Creating an Operating System Boot Disk
- Create Rescue Disk
- Delete
- Discard All Changes
- DriveMapper
- Exit
- File Browser
- Format
- Help
- Hide Patition
- Info
- Label
- Merge
- MS ScanDisk
- Operations Pending
- PartitionInfo
- PQBoot
- PQBoot for Windows
- Preferences
- Resize Clusters
- Resize/Move
- Resize Root
- Set Active
- Set Password
- Split
- Tasks
- Undelete
- Undo Last Change
- View Menu
- Windows CheckDisk
Troubleshooting
- Generay
- Freeing Memory to Run PartitionMagic
- Make the operating system assign a CD-ROM drive letter
- Use PartitionMagic with a SCSI hard disk
- PqRP Partitions
- Resolving Check Errors
- Resolve partition table errors
- Partition Tables and Viruses
- Additional Help
Technical Support
Glossary