Working with Parted Magic
Why:
It is a Live CD and a great partitioner tool. You can use the Roxterm to get info like fdisk -l or to repair your grub bootloader.
Booting:
I prefer to boot it in Failsafe. It may fail in other modes
Failsafe:
http://apum9q.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9t2rdQ3Pf3I3l90x8zwtWBP2fYJpFGkM_eCmcQyNTwaZnh_vMtHHeCzXafJhkn5kWGekvWF6uzZQjpXJV9M5T7pPIOxp6wNI/select failsafe.png
Watch a load of scrolling text and eventually you arrive at a prompt. Here type menu and hit enter:
http://apum9q.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p7_Uo5OzfndMl5XnE6j17ry5sVbzWknWBilgV9eO-Sh4VKBfOWQdOE6lhSSxkIcEp-s9AI26ADWcwuIQ-syhW8SOZR17x2HUz/prompt2.png
Next to select graphical mode, I always choose xvesa. It always works for me:
http://apum9q.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p7_Uo5OzfndOAq7mr8hCdTleIfQmpg5ijipsekY09yHt1NyHT9DgzrO-JBOMkdzlP3DGcAMMTF4UFhoIV5I_FD6wUupwv-yiJ/select xvesa.png
The desktop:
http://apum9q.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pjFl-y-N9nkp1vsm_P-2ZEkkmCWiLH-LpGJ4XReQzHfsJFZiAH-1NULslmIwBA-03p4ENwzxX3xMhu7NrXEkoIi2PVPNO8jWy/PM-desktop.png
The Partitioner and Terminal:
http://apum9q.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdDPrYr-EAFASrtU3uQpgwD3ZwnVWRQ73tkBvOmB5QmIDPqPLfZfHttzL7TxU_cRcet9Wu_qcPCkUbZbrH3BnO3HEiI9O1FIA/term and parted.png
Take a screenshot:
http://apum9q.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFDGmrhabJs7t1D73SGR5-tRMrB3_RpS66Zyw0ZgadBuwW0ld6skF9Kw0jJOO3f73HYrGOusE7_h-Q3D46oD1KghYEDBwx_on/take screen.png