<s>
PartitionMagic	B-Application
is	O
a	O
utility	B-Application
software	I-Application
program	O
for	O
hard	B-Application
disk	I-Application
drive	I-Application
partitioning	I-Application
originally	O
made	O
by	O
PowerQuest	O
,	O
but	O
subsequently	O
owned	O
by	O
Symantec	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
Symantec	O
website	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
no	O
longer	O
offer	O
PartitionMagic	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
runs	O
on	O
pre-Vista	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
including	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
later	O
versions	O
(	O
although	O
Microsoft	O
added	O
resizing	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
any	O
of	O
these	O
cases	O
,	O
existing	O
partitions	B-Application
can	O
be	O
resized	O
without	O
loss	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PartitionMagic	B-Application
is	O
capable	O
of	O
resizing	O
NTFS	B-Application
,	O
FAT16	B-Application
or	O
FAT32	B-Application
partitions	B-Application
without	O
data	O
loss	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
copy	O
and	O
move	O
partitions	B-Application
,	O
including	O
to	O
other	O
disks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
various	O
other	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
convert	O
between	O
FAT16	B-Application
,	O
FAT32	B-Application
and	O
NTFS	B-Application
,	O
modify	O
the	O
cluster	O
size	O
of	O
FAT16	B-Application
,	O
FAT32	B-Application
and	O
NTFS	B-Application
filesystems	O
,	O
and	O
merge	O
adjacent	O
FAT	O
or	O
NTFS	B-Application
filesystems	O
(	O
all	O
without	O
data	O
loss	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
NTFS-only	O
metadata	O
is	O
lost	O
on	O
conversion	O
to	O
FAT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
somewhat	O
limited	O
support	O
for	O
ext2	B-Application
and	O
ext3	B-Application
partitions	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PartitionMagic	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
product	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
containing	O
patented	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
PartitionMagic	B-Application
was	O
released	O
with	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
23	O
were	O
offered	O
with	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symantec	O
's	O
PartitionMagic	B-Application
version	O
8	O
dropped	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Server	O
versions	O
were	O
also	O
offered	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Server	O
Magic	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
and	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
NetWare	I-Operating_System
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
stable	O
version	O
of	O
PartitionMagic	B-Application
8.05	O
also	O
included	O
a	O
rescue	O
floppy	O
disk	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
of	O
PartitionMagic	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
(	O
which	O
included	O
DR-DOS	O
or	O
MS-DOS	O
)	O
came	O
on	O
one	O
2.88	O
MB	O
or	O
two	O
1.44	O
MB	O
floppy	O
disks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Device
version	O
of	O
PartitionMagic	B-Application
could	O
also	O
be	O
integrated	O
in	O
BartPE	B-Application
(	O
Bart	B-Application
's	I-Application
Preinstalled	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
)	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
based	O
Live	O
CD	O
created	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
integrate	O
PartitionMagic	B-Application
into	O
BartPE	B-Application
a	O
PE	B-Application
Builder	I-Application
plug-in	O
for	O
PartitionMagic	B-Application
was	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerQuest	O
's	O
Partition	B-Application
Magic	I-Application
originated	O
in	O
1993	O
;	O
Version	O
2.0	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
by	O
January	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
OS/2	B-Application
version	O
was	O
available	O
by	O
September	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PartitionMagic	B-Application
,	O
while	O
under	O
PowerQuest	O
,	O
was	O
updated	O
regularly	O
,	O
adding	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
Symantec	O
purchased	O
the	O
application	O
in	O
2003	B-Application
,	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
new	O
releases	O
,	O
and	O
Symantec	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
no	O
plans	O
on	O
releasing	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PartitionMagic	B-Application
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
95/98	O
,	O
ME	B-Device
,	O
2000	B-Application
,	O
and	O
XP	B-Application
desktop	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
server	B-Device
editions	I-Device
of	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
2000	B-Application
,	O
nor	O
2003	B-Application
by	O
design	O
–	O
a	O
more	O
expensive	O
product	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
manufacturer	O
,	O
ServerMagic	O
,	O
would	O
handle	O
these	O
–	O
nor	O
does	O
it	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
later	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PartitionMagic	B-Application
2.0.5	O
,	O
VolumeManager	O
7	O
and	O
VolumeManager	O
8	O
cannot	O
resize	O
dynamic	O
disks	O
.	O
</s>
