To delete a dynamic volume

Using the Windows interface

Open Computer Management (Local)

In the console tree, click Disk Management.

Where?

Computer Management (Local) > Storage > Disk Management

Right-click the dynamic volume you want to delete, and then click Delete Volume.

Important

•	Use caution when deleting a volume. Deleting a simple volume, spanned volume, striped volume, mirrored volume, or RAID-5 volume deletes all the data on the volume as well the volume itself.
•	You cannot recover deleted volumes.

Note

•	To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
•	You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure.
•	You cannot delete the system volume, boot volume, or any volume that contains the active paging file or crash dump (memory dump).
•	Dynamic simple, spanned, striped, mirrored, and RAID-5 volumes are not available on Windows XP Home Edition. Dynamic mirrored and RAID-5 volumes are not available on Windows XP Professional or Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.

Using a command line

1.	Open Command Prompt
2.	Type: diskpart
3.	At the DISKPART prompt, type: list volume Make note of the number of the dynamic volume you want to delete.
4.	At the DISKPART prompt, type: select volume n Select the dynamic volume, where n is the volume's number, that you want to delete.
5.	At the DISKPART prompt, type: delete volume Deletes the selected dynamic volume.

•	Use caution when deleting a volume. Deleting a simple volume, spanned volume, striped volume, mirrored volume, or RAID-5 volume deletes all the data on the volume as well the volume itself.
•	You cannot recover deleted volumes.

Value	Description
list volume	Displays a list of basic and dynamic volumes on all disks.
select volume	Selects the specified volume, where n is the volume number, and shifts the focus to it. If no volume is specified, the select command lists the current volume with focus. You can specify the volume by number, drive letter, or mount point path. On a basic disk, selecting a volume also gives the corresponding partition focus.
delete volume	Deletes the selected volume. You cannot delete the system volume, boot volume, or any volume that contains the active paging file or crash dump (memory dump).

Note

•	To open command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
•	You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure.
•	You cannot delete the system volume, boot volume, or any volume that contains the active paging file or crash dump (memory dump).
•	Dynamic simple, spanned, striped, mirrored, and RAID-5 volumes are not available on Windows XP Home Edition. Dynamic mirrored and RAID-5 volumes are not available on Windows XP Professional or Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.
•	For more information about DiskPart, see Related Topics.