The Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful software (e.g. Partimage, TestDisk, Truecrypt, Clonezilla, G4L, SuperGrubDisk, ddrescue, etc…) and an excellent set of info to benefit the user. An extensive collection of file system tools are also included, as Parted Magic supports the following: btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, and xfs. PartedMagic requires at least a 586 processor with 1GB of RAM. 512MB in Live mode. Compatible with Secure Boot Windows 8 machines. Runs well on Intel Macs.

Features
    Format internal and external hard drives.
    Move, copy, create, delete, expand & shrink hard drive partitions.
    Clone your hard drive, to create a full backup.
    Test hard drives for impending failure.
    Test memory for bad sectors.
    Benchmark your computer for a performance rating.
    Securely erase your entire hard drive, wiping it clean from all data.
    Gives access to non-booting systems allowing you to rescue important data.
    Runs from the CD, no install required.

The long awaited WxFixBoot by Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty has been release as stable and is now part of Parted Magic. This program is very similar to the well known Boot_Repair program for Ubuntu.

Webcams are now supported with the addition of Guvcview.

Guymager, Foremost, lastpass, and cdw have been added.

The kernel has been updated to linux-3.17.3.

Upgraded programs include: bash-4.3.030, ffmpeg-2.1.5, gsl-1.16, lame-3.99.5, libburn-1.3.8, libisoburn-1.3.8, libisofs-1.3.8, mozilla-firefox-33.1.1, SDL2-2.0.3, xfburn-0.5.2, clamav-0.98.4, gparted-0.20.0, libfm-1.2.3, mesa-10.2.9, openssh-6.7p1, openssl-1.0.1j, pcmanfm-1.2.3, util-linux-2.25.2, hdparm-9.45, libdrm-2.4.58, libewf-20140608, xf86-video-ati-7.5.0, xfsprogs-3.1.11.

    CRC32: 737B641F
      MD5: 208E6ED375D05FE32CC848654721AE7D
     SHA1: 26E9E2F98C64C4C6055BE3CC1E00AB524EBC9DBE
   SHA256: B6E347A65F0E14D93D3C20C92AF1AC78189D7A7858E5F3738FB79DDCC7934B59