Install Parted Magic onto USB flash drive
Before we get started, make sure you have an empty USB flash drive of at least 1GB in size
Step 1:
Download the ISO of Parted Magic and the UNetbootin utility. The zipped ISO file is named pmagic-6.3.iso-x86_64.zip and the UNetbootin utility is named unetbootin-win-549.exe.
Download the ISO of Parted Magic and the UNetbootin utility. The zipped ISO file is named pmagic-6.3.iso-x86_64.zip and the UNetbootin utility is named unetbootin-win-549.exe.
Step 2:
After extracting the Parted Magic ISO from the zip file, run UNetbootin by double-clicking on unetbootin-win-549.exe.
After extracting the Parted Magic ISO from the zip file, run UNetbootin by double-clicking on unetbootin-win-549.exe.
Step 3:
Change the selection from "Distribution" to "Diskimage" and click the button to browse for the Parted Magic ISO. After selecting the ISO file, set the correct drive letter of your USB flash drive and click the OK button.
Change the selection from "Distribution" to "Diskimage" and click the button to browse for the Parted Magic ISO. After selecting the ISO file, set the correct drive letter of your USB flash drive and click the OK button.
Step 4:
Once the installation completes, you'll be prompted to reboot or exit. If you're ready to boot into Parted Magic, click the Reboot Now button, otherwise click Exit.
Once the installation completes, you'll be prompted to reboot or exit. If you're ready to boot into Parted Magic, click the Reboot Now button, otherwise click Exit.
Run Parted Magic
Step 1:
Make sure that your computer's BIOS is set to boot from USB devices then insert the USB flash drive into a USB port. Turn your computer on and watch it boot to the Parted Magic boot menu.
Make sure that your computer's BIOS is set to boot from USB devices then insert the USB flash drive into a USB port. Turn your computer on and watch it boot to the Parted Magic boot menu.
Step 2:
At the boot menu, select option 1, "Default settings (Runs from RAM)."
At the boot menu, select option 1, "Default settings (Runs from RAM)."
Step 3:
Once you're booted up, you'll see the Parted Magic desktop.
Once you're booted up, you'll see the Parted Magic desktop.
Applications
GParted:
GParted (Gnome Partition Editor) is a graphical partition editor that can restructure disks. Before working with the partition editor, please back up your computer! Changes using GParted can be destructive, which means you could lose data or even render your system unbootable! Please read the directions from Parted Magic for more detailed information or from the GParted sourceforge pages.
GParted (Gnome Partition Editor) is a graphical partition editor that can restructure disks. Before working with the partition editor, please back up your computer! Changes using GParted can be destructive, which means you could lose data or even render your system unbootable! Please read the directions from Parted Magic for more detailed information or from the GParted sourceforge pages.
To launch GParted, double-click on the "Partition Editor" icon on the desktop
Clonezilla:
Clonezilla is disk imaging application, similar to Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image. To launch Clonezilla, go to Start, System Tools, Clonezilla.
Clonezilla is disk imaging application, similar to Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image. To launch Clonezilla, go to Start, System Tools, Clonezilla.
For more details on using Clonezilla, check out the documentation at clonezilla.org.
chntpw:
chntpw is a command line utility that will allow you to clear or change a Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 user's password. To clear the administrator's password, follow the steps below:
chntpw is a command line utility that will allow you to clear or change a Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 user's password. To clear the administrator's password, follow the steps below:
Step 1:
Start the mounting tool by going to Start > System Tools > Mount-gtk. Make sure that the partition or drive that Windows is installed on, is mounted. In our example, Windows is mounted on /media/sda3.
Start the mounting tool by going to Start > System Tools > Mount-gtk. Make sure that the partition or drive that Windows is installed on, is mounted. In our example, Windows is mounted on /media/sda3.
Step 2:
Launch a terminal window by clicking on the LXTerminal shortcut on the toolbar.
Launch a terminal window by clicking on the LXTerminal shortcut on the toolbar.
Step 3:
At the prompt, type, chntpw /media/sda3/WINDOWS/system32/config/SAM then hit theEnterkey.
At the prompt, type, chntpw /media/sda3/WINDOWS/system32/config/SAM then hit theEnterkey.
Step 4:
In the following menu, type 1 and hit the Enter key.
In the following menu, type 1 and hit the Enter key.
Step 5:
When asked, "Write hive files?", type y and hit the Enter key.
When asked, "Write hive files?", type y and hit the Enter key.
There you go! Now you know how to create a Parted Magic USB flash drive so you can repartition your hard disk, clone partitions, and even reset your Windows administrator password. There are a ton of other programs you can play with in Parted Magic, so go exploring and see what else you can do, all from your USB flash drive!
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