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PartitionMagic
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<p>PartitionMagic is a <a href="/facts/Utility_software/Hn3XtISQ">utility software</a> program for <a href="/facts/Hard_disk_drive_partitioning/wrBk5RRS">hard disk drive partitioning</a> originally made by <a href="/facts/PowerQuest/E174sPgP">PowerQuest</a>, but subsequently owned by <a href="/facts/Broadcom_Inc./pbh0q7ht">Symantec</a>. As of December 8, 2009, the Symantec website stated that they no longer offer PartitionMagic. </p><p>The program runs on pre-Vista <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a> including Windows 2000 and Windows XP, but the application is incompatible with Windows Vista and later versions (although Microsoft added resizing). In any of these cases, existing partitions can be resized without loss of data. </p>