Everything you should know about diskpart commands

A helpful tool for managing disks and partitions in Windows is the disk management tool, which enables you to delete, create, and change partitions. Nevertheless, it lacks diskpart's capabilities. If Windows does not start up correctly or if you are using PowerShell to resolve your issues, Diskpart is the best option.

This article will teach you how to properly manage Diskpart and make the most of it.

Diskpart commands

Familiarize yourself with the main available parameters:

• select - a specific choice of target.

• select disk - select a specific disk.

• select section - select a specific section.

• select volume - select a specific volume.

• drive list - get a summary of the available drives on your computer.

• partition list - get a summary of each partition available on a specific disk.

• volume list - get a summary of each volume available on your computer.

• active - activate focus on the current section.

• assign - assign a letter or mount point to the current active partition.

• create partition primary size = SIZE_IN_MB - create a new primary partition. SIZE_IN_MB is the size of the partition you want to create, in MB.

• delete disk - delete a dynamic disk.

Deleting

If you want to remove one of the partitions or volumes, you can enter the following command on Diskpart.

So, first, enter the command to select a hard disk - select disk.

Next, enter the list of partitions, then select partition No., replacing No. with your section number.

Now, type the delete partition and hit enter. Diskpart will confirm that the partition has been removed.

Creating and formatting

To create a partition, again, select a specific disk: select disk #, replacing # with your disk number, then enter create partition primary (in this case, the partition will use all the space on that disk).

If you want to create multiple partitions, enter create partition primary size = X instead, replacing X with the size of the partition, measured in megabytes.

Now re-enter the list of partitions, then enter select partition 1 and mark the partition as active by typing active in the "DISKPART>" line.

To format the disk to NTFS, enter format fs = NTFS label = R quick. Usually, Windows will automatically assign a drive letter.

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