PowerQuest

{{Short description|American software company}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = PowerQuest

| type = Public

| logo = PowerQuest logo.svg

| founder = Eric J. Ruff

| fate = Acquired by Symantec Corporation

| industry = Software

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| products = PartitionMagic
DriveCopy
ServerMagic
Drive Image
V2i Protector
V2i Builder
Lost & Found
Search & Rescue
DeployCenter
DeltaDeploy

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| foundation = Orem, Utah, U.S.

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| homepage = [http://www.powerquest.com/ Powerquest.com]

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PowerQuest was a software company that produced utility software. It was acquired by Symantec in 2003.{{cite press release|title=Symantec to Acquire PowerQuest|date=2003-09-23|publisher=Symantec|url=http://www.symantec.com/press/2003/n030923.html|accessdate=2007-11-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111044010/http://www.symantec.com/press/2003/n030923.html|archivedate=2007-11-11}} PowerQuest's market focus was on management of computer data storage, especially file systems and disk partitions. Their products included PartitionMagic, DriveCopy, Drive Image, and ServerMagic.

PowerQuest was started in the basement of Eric J. Ruff in Orem, Utah. PowerQuest earned Mr. Ruff the 64th spot on the Inc. 500 list in 2000,{{cite web|title=Inc. 500 list entry on PowerQuest|url=http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=2000064|accessdate=2008-10-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523180618/http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/powerquest|archivedate=2012-05-23}} and earned many awards for being one of the fastest growing software companies in the world.