Parted Magic is a standalone Linux distribution that runs entirely in RAM from a USB or CD, meaning it never modifies the host system unless directed.
“Parted Magic has saved my bacon on more than one occasion... It has re-partitioned and formatted drives that other programs just would not do.” G2 Parted Magic 2022.3.28
: The default boot mode now runs reliably on machines with 8GB of RAM , down from the previous requirement of 16GB. Parted Magic is a standalone Linux distribution that
: Includes VisParted , a unified tool combining features from GParted and KDE Partition Manager. Parted Magic 2022.3.28