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DiskpartCreates and deletes partitions on a hard drive. The diskpart command is only available when you are using the Recovery Console diskpart [/add | /delete] [device_name | drive_name | partition_name] [size] Parameters none Used without parameters, the diskpart command starts the Windows character-mode version of diskpart. /add Creates a new partition. /delete Deletes an existing partition. device_name The device on which you want to create or delete a partition. The name can be obtained from the output of the map command. An example of a device name is: \Device\HardDisk0 drive_name The partition you want to delete, by drive letter. Used only with /delete. An example of a drive name is: D: partition_name The partition you want to delete, by partition name. Can be used in place of the drive_name. Used only with /delete. An example of a partition name is: \Device\HardDisk0\Partition1 size The size, in megabytes (MB), of the partition you want to create. Used only with /add. Examples The following examples delete a partition: diskpart /delete \Device\HardDisk0\Partition3 diskpart /delete F: The following example adds a 20 MB partition to your hard drive: diskpart /add \Device\HardDisk0 20 Start the computer and use the Recovery Console Install the Recovery Console as a startup option |
