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Start and Run DiskPart To run DiskPart, type DiskPart.exe in Start Search in Windows Vista, or in Run command text box in Windows 2000, 2003 and XP finished off by Enter key.

But before you continue, make sure that you backup important files and programs in case of any failure.

įor easy reference and getting start guide, here’s some simple operation that you can perform on your partition or volume with DiskPart.

For detailed explanation and guide to use the command, append the full command syntax to the HELP, i.e. HELP, or simply type the command name itself only. For various options for a command, append the command name to HELP, i.e.

Users can use HELP command to list out all available commands for DiskPart. As DiskPart is a command line utility, users will have to use various commands to instruct DiskPart to perform a disk related task. (Later 3 operating systems do not install with DiskPart.exe by default, so users need to download and install DiskPart manually). If you’re getting frustrated with Disk Management, try out DiskPart utility, a text-mode command line interpreter based on scripts to manage, create, delete and resize objects such as disks, partitions and volumes in Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP, 20. Problems faced by users including random grayed out or disabled of Extend Volume and Shrink Volume options, as Disk Management snap-in prohibits you from inadvertently performing actions that may result in data loss. However, Disk Management extension in Microsoft Management Console (MMC) does not always work properly. Disk Management under Computer Management in Administrator Tools is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) based disk partitioning utility that allows Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 users to set active partition, change drive letter and paths, extend volume, shrink volume, delete volume, and format the drives.