Emanduels': October 2015

Monday, October 26, 2015

DiskPart on Windows 10

DiskPart - Text-mode command interpreter use to manage objects (disks, partitions, or volumes) by using scripts or direct input from a command prompt.

1. Open Command Prompt. Enter diskpart

2. To display list of disks:
DISKPART> list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 298 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 7800 MB 0 B

3. Selects the specified disk:
DISKPART> select disk 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

4. To displays partitions of specified disk:
DISKPART> list part

Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 7799 MB 32 KB

5. To remove partition/s on specified disk:
DISKPART> clean

DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.

6. To create 4GB primary partition:
DISKPART> create part primary size=4096

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

7. To mark current partition as active:
DISKPART> active

DiskPart marked the current partition as active.

8. To quick format current partition as FAT file system:
DISKPART> format fs=fat quick

100 percent completed

DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.

9. To assigns a drive letter to current volume:
DISKPART> assign

DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.

URL: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490893.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396