Version 5.0 contains a range of new features including an improved interface, better online help, the ability to merge adjacent FAT and FAT32 partitions and support for NTFS 5. It can also fix common partition table errors.
Installation is straightforward.
During the setup of PartitionMagic you are prompted to create a rescue disk set on two floppy disks. If you choose to install BootMagic a separate setup program is run after the first has finished, which creates yet another emergency recovery disk. Changing disk partitions and then installing operating systems is potentially dangerous, so it's wise not to skip creating these disks. The CD-ROM also has a script for creating a pair of bootable PartitionMagic disks under Linux. PartitionMagic is easy to use but still looks quite technical.