A very specific request!
Emergency Recovery: Rescuing data from a system that will no longer boot into its primary OS.
Parted Magic historically shifted to a paid model with specific redistribution terms; however, included components vary in license (GPL, MIT, BSD, etc.). Before redistributing modified ISOs, review licenses for bundled software and any vendor-specific terms. pmagic-2025-01-22-1.iso
RAM Efficiency: Optimized versions can now run comfortably on machines with 8GB of RAM in "default" mode (where the whole OS is loaded into memory).
Imagine a Windows 11 workstation with a 1TB C: drive that is 80% full. You want to dual-boot Ubuntu but have no free space. Booting pmagic-2025-01-22-1.iso allows you to shrink the NTFS partition from the live environment while the main OS is offline. The graphical gparted tool shows visual blocks, preventing accidental deletion. A very specific request
You will see Parted Magic’s boot menu. Choose the default option (typically Default (Runs from RAM)). After about 60 seconds, you will land on a lightweight LXDE desktop. Critical applications are pinned to the taskbar:
Improved NVMe Support: Better handling of proprietary controllers in modern laptops. Pro tip: After booting
Pro tip: After booting, open a terminal and run start-ssh-server. This sets up an SSH server on port 22 with root access. Then, from another computer, you can ssh root@<IP of target> and run recovery commands remotely—invaluable for headless servers.