10 Feb 2013

DISKPART Commands

DiskPart.exe is a text-mode command interpreter that enables you to manage objects (disks, partitions, or volumes) by using scripts or direct input from a command prompt.

DISKPART Commands:-

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)
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]

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

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