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These documents are an attempt at making it as easy as possible for beginners to custom-partition a hard disk, and to detail available features of Parted Magic. Being the Open Source project that it is, you are more than welcomed to contribute and add to this documentation. Below is a basic outline of what this documentation covers.

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Creating the media - How to create the LiveCD and LiveUSB media.

Parted Magic HDD - Creating the Parted Magic Hard Disk version.

Booting - This section explains the BIOS settings necessary to allow the computer to find the LiveCD or LiveUSB media when booting.

Using GParted - An explanation of the partitioning program most people will use.

Taking Screen shots - How to make and save screen shots for your own use, or for a simple method to generate bug reports.

CLI Partitioning - This section explains how to resize an NTFS partition from a shell environment by using the commands 'ntfsresize' and 'fdisk'.

Saving network settings - Save your network settings to load at boot.

FAQ - An assembled list of common, Parted Magic questions and their answers.