Syntax

DISKPART

Commands you may then issue at the DISKPART prompt:

LIST Disk
LIST Partition
LIST Volume

SELECT Disk=n
SELECT Partition=n
SELECT Volume=n_or_d (Number or Drive Letter)

DETAIL Disk
DETAIL Partition
DETAIL volume

ACTIVE (set the current in-focus partition to be the

system partition)
ASSIGN (allocate the next free drive letter)
ASSIGN LETTER=E (Choose a free letter)
ATTRIBUTES DISK [{set | clear}] [readonly] [noerr]
ATTRIBUTES VOLUME [{set | clear}] [{hidden | readonly |
nodefaultdriveletter | shadowcopy}] [noerr]
AUTOMOUNT [enable] [disable] [scrub] [noerr]
FILESYSTEMS (Use 'Select Volume' first)
HELP
INACTIVE (mark a system/boot partition as inactive
[don’t boot], use 'Select Partition' first)
OFFLINE disk [noerr] (Take the current disc offline, use
'Select Disk' first)
ONLINE {disk|volume} [noerr]
REM (remark/comment)
REMOVE letter=E [dismount] [noerr] (Remove drive letter E
from the in-focus partition)
REMOVE mount=path [dismount] [noerr] (Remove mount point
from the in-focus partition)
REMOVE /ALL [dismount] [noerr] (Remove ALL current
drive letters and mount points)
RESCAN (Locate new disks that have been added to the
computer)
SHRINK [desired=n] [minimum=n] [nowait] [noerr] (Reduce
the size of the in-focus volume)
SHRINK querymax [noerr]
EXIT
UNIQUEID disk [id={dword | GUID}] [noerr] (Display or
set the GUID partition table identifier
or MBR
signature for the disk with focus)

Commands to Manage Basic Disks:

 ASSIGN MOUNT=path (Choose a mount point path for the
volume)

CREATE PARTITION Primary Size=50000 (50 GB)

CREATE PARTITION Extended Size=25000
CREATE PARTITION logical Size=25000
DELETE Partition
EXTEND Size=10000
GPT attributes=n (assign GUID Partition Table
attributes)
SET id=byte|GUID [override] [noerr] (Change the
partition type)

Commands to Manage Dynamic Disks:

ADD disk=n (Add a mirror to the in-focus SIMPLE volume

on the specified disk
see 'Diskpart Help' for more.)
BREAK disk=n (Break the current in-focus mirror)
CREATE VOLUME Simple Size=n Disk=n
CREATE VOLUME Stripe Size=n Disk=n,n,...
CREATE VOLUME Raid Size=n Disk=n,n,...
DELETE DISK
DELETE PARTITION
DELETE VOLUME
EXTEND Disk=n [Size=n]
EXTEND Filesystem [noerr]
IMPORT [noerr] (Import a foreign disk group, use 'Select
Disc' first)
RECOVER [noerr] (Refresh disc pack state, attempt
recovery on an invalid pack,
& resynchronize stale plex/parity data.)
REPAIR disk=n [align=n] [noerr] (Repair the RAID-5 volume
with focus, replace with the specified dynamic disk)
RETAIN (Prepare an existing dynamic simple volume to be
used as a boot or system volume)

Commands to Convert Disks

CONVERT basic
CONVERT dynamic
CONVERT gpt
CONVERT mbr
CLEAN [ALL] (remove all partition and volume info from
the hard drive)
FORMAT [{fs=ntfs|fat|fat32] [revision=x.xx] |
recommended}]
[label="label"] [unit=n] [quick] [compress]
[override] [nowait] [noerr]
When setting up a new drive, create in this order: Create Partition, Format drive,
Assign drive letter.

The diskpart commands may be placed in a text file (one command per line)
and used as an input file to diskpart.exe:

DiskPart.exe < myscript.txt

Example:

SELECT DISK=0
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION=1
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="New Volume" QUICK
ASSIGN LETTER=E
EXIT

noerr - This option is for scripting only. With noerr set, when an error is
encountered, DiskPart will continue to process commands as if the error did not
occur. Without this parameter, an error causes DiskPart to exit with an error
code.

When selecting a volume or partition, you may use either the number or drive
letter or the mount point path.

The Windows Recovery Console, includes a simplified DISKPART command. It

only provides functionality for adding and deleting partitions, but not for setting
an active partition.

Always back up the hard disk before running diskpart.