diskpart

In computing, diskpart is a command-line disk partitioning utility included in Windows 2000 and later Microsoft operating systems, replacing its predecessor, fdisk.^[1][2] The command is also available in ReactOS.^[3]

Overview

The diskpart utility is used for partitioning internal hard drives, but can also format removable media such as flash drives.^[4]

It has long been possible, theoretically, to partition removable drives – such as flash drives or memory cards – from within Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP; e.g., during system installation. In reality, however, it was not possible to create, for instance, a recovery console, for such a device. A message would appear: 'Cannot format removable disk'. Microsoft noticed this error, and responded by disabling the functionalities of creating and viewing partitions on the device from within Windows, beginning with Vista up to^{[clarification needed]} Windows 10.^{[citation needed]}

With diskpart, scripts are supported to facilitate such functions. For example, the code below would create a new partition:

create partition logical size=2048
assign letter=F

Specifically, the above will create a 2 GB logical partition, provided that adequate space is available, and assign it the

list disk
list volume
list partition

On the Recovery Console, which is included in all Windows 2000,

• Logical Disk Manager
• Disk Utility
• parted, cfdisk
• List of disk partitioning software
• Windows Imaging Format
• Loop devices
• PartitionMagic

References

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Footnotes

Citations

• "Appendix: Tools and APIs for Virtual Hard Disks". Getting Started with Virtual Hard Disks. Microsoft. 15 October 2010. Tools used to maintain VHD images.
• Tulloch, Mitch; Northrup, Tony; Honeycutt, Jerry; Wilson, Ed. "Create and Use a Virtual Hard Disk on Windows 7".
  TechNet Magazine. Microsoft
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• "Walkthrough: Deploy a Virtual Hard Disk for Native Boot". Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7. Microsoft. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
• "Add a Native-Boot Virtual Hard Disk to the Boot Menu". Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7. Microsoft. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
• Brink, Shawn (26 Jan 2009). "Virtual Hard Drive VHD File - Create and Start with at Boot". Windows 7 Forums. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

Further reading

• Frisch, Æleen (2001). Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference.
  ISBN 978-0-596-00148-3
  .
• John Paul Mueller (2007). Windows Administration at the Command Line for Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000.
  ISBN 978-0470165799
  .

External links

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Guide to Windows Commands

• "DiskPart commands". Windows Server/Windows Commands/Commands by Server Role. Microsoft. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
• "DiskPart.exe and managing Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs) in Windows 7". GES on Windows 7. Microsoft. 8 October 2009.

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