How to use Parted Magic

download

Click “here” to the right of Download Parted Magic and download the ISO image file.

Usage

Burn the downloaded ISO image file to a CD (or DVD), insert the hard disk you want to erase into the connected PC, and boot it.

  1. Default settings 32 (Runs from RAM) 1. is selected by default. If you do not input anything from the keyboard after starting the PC, it will start in this mode. “Parted Magic” will start from memory, so select this if the memory is 1GB or more and the PC system is 32-bit.
  2. Default settings 64 Select this when the memory is 1GB or more and the PC system is 64bit. Boot “Parted Magic” from memory.
  3. Live with default settings 32 “Parted Magic” will boot while reading from the CD, so select this if the memory is less than 1GB and the PC system is 32-bit. Since it reads sequentially from the CD, the behavior is slower (heavier) than booting from memory.
  4. Live with default settings 64 Select if memory is less than 1GB and PC system is 64bit. Boot while reading “Parted Magic” from the CD. Even though the memory is less than 1GB, when I start with 1. or 2…. Because the memory is less than 975MB! Choose 3. or 4.! I get angry.

Delete hard disk data

DBAN-based data deletion software “nwipe 0.13 (based on DBAN’s dwipe - Darik’s Wipe)” will start.