DiskPart

DiskPart

\ windows \system32\diskpart.exe

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DiskPart is a full-featured program used to prepare hard disks, and optionally divide them into two or more partitions. The Disk Management tool ( diskmgmt.msc ) is the Windows equivalent. Start DiskPart and then type help to view a list of all the available commands; some of the more useful commands follow:

Command	Description
active	Activates the current basic partition so that it can be used as a boot disk; not necessary if it's the only partition.
assign	Assign a drive letter or mount point to the selected volume. Note that it is usually easier to use the Disk Management tool to do this.
create	Create a volume or partition.
delete	Delete an object (undoes the create command).
detail	Display details about an disk, partition, or volume. Note that you'll need to use select, first.
exit	Exit DiskPart (Ctrl-C also works).
extend	Extend a volume to fill free space immediately thereafter.
list	Display a list of all disks, partitions, or volumes .
remove	Remove a drive letter or mount point assignment (undoes the assign command).
select	Choose a disk, partition, or volume to view or modify. Use list to obtain object numbers for use with select.

Each of these commands (with the exception of exit ) has one or more subcommands. For example, type detail at the prompt to get a list of the subcommands for use with the list command: disk , partition , and volume . So, to display a list of all the disk volumes on the system, type list volume . To select a volume, type select volume 1 . Subsequent commands will then apply to the currently selected volume.