Windows® Command-Line Administration: Instant Reference

Chapter 6

Managing the Hard Drive

In this chapter, you will learn to:

• Save Hard Drive Space
  • Compress or Uncompress Data and View Compression Status
• Manage the Volume
  • Get Volume Information and Manage Labels
  • Format a Disk or Mount a Volume
• Maintain the Volume
  • Determine File and Directory Status
  • Locate Bad Sectors
  • Perform Boot-Time Disk Checks
  • Improve Disk Access Performance
• Manage Partitions
  • Start DiskPart
  • List Objects and See Details
  • Select an Object
  • Rescan a Computer for Objects
  • Create a Partition or Volume
  • Clean a Drive
  • Mark a Partition as Active or Inactive
  • Assign or Remove a Drive Letter
  • Extend a Volume
  • Delete an Object

As the primary means of data storage and also the only mechanical part of consequence in most computers, ...