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diskpart — Disk, volume, and partition manager. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/a

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Problem

How to use the diskpart command: Disk, volume, and partition manager. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/diskpart>.

Solution

diskpart — Disk, volume, and partition manager. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/diskpart>.

Run diskpart by itself in an administrative command prompt to enter its command-line:

diskpart

List all disks:

list disk

Select a volume:

select volume {{volume}}

Assign a drive letter to the selected volume:

assign letter {{letter}}

Create a new partition:

create partition primary

Activate the selected volume:

active

Exit diskpart:

exit

Code Snippets

Run diskpart by itself in an administrative command prompt to enter its command-line

diskpart

List all disks

list disk

Select a volume

select volume {{volume}}

Assign a drive letter to the selected volume

assign letter {{letter}}

Create a new partition

create partition primary

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tldr-pages: windows/diskpart

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