PartitionMagic, while under PowerQuest, was updated regularly, adding new features. An OS/2 version was available by September 1995. PowerQuest's Partition Magic originated in 1993 Version 2.0 was available for purchase by January 1995. To integrate PartitionMagic into BartPE a PE Builder plug-in for PartitionMagic was available. The Windows version of PartitionMagic could also be integrated in BartPE (Bart's Preinstalled Environment) a Windows XP based Live CD created by using the PE Builder. The DOS version (which included DR-DOS or MS-DOS) came on one 2.88 MB or two 1.44 MB floppy disks. The stable version of PartitionMagic 8.05 also included a rescue floppy disk with an additional DOS version of PartitionMagic.
Server versions were also offered under the name Server Magic for Windows and Novell NetWare servers. Symantec's PartitionMagic version 8 dropped the OS/2 version. Versions 2–3 were offered with DOS, OS/2 and Windows support. The first version of PartitionMagic was released with DOS and OS/2 support. PartitionMagic was the first commercial product of its kind containing patented technology.
Additionally, it had somewhat limited support for ext2 and ext3 partitions. It also has various other features, including being able to convert between FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS, modify the cluster size of FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS filesystems, and merge adjacent FAT or NTFS filesystems (all without data loss, though some NTFS-only metadata is lost on conversion to FAT). PartitionMagic is capable of resizing NTFS, FAT16 or FAT32 partitions without data loss, and can copy and move partitions, including to other disks.
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