Name
Disks
Synopsis
See also Disk Quotas and RAID
- Add a new disk to a system
Disks → Add a Disk
- Assign a drive letter to a partition or volume
Disks → Assign a Drive Letter
- Change the label for a partition or volume
label
- Check a disk for errors or possible damage
Disks—Tools → Error Checking
chkdsk
- Check a disk for free space
freedisk
- Clean up disks by deleting temporary files and other unneeded files
Disks—Tools → Disk Cleanup
- Configure how Disk Management displays information
Disks—Tools → Disk Management
- Convert a disk from basic to dynamic storage
Disks → Convert a Disk
diskpart
- Convert a FAT partition or volume to NTFS
convert
- Create a logical drive within an extended partition
Disks → Create a Logical Drive
- Create a new partition
Disks → Create a Partition
- Create a new simple volume
Disks → Create a Volume
- Defragment a partition or volume
Disks → Defragment a Disk
defrag
- Delete a partition or volume
Disks → Delete a Partition or Volume
- Display the status of a partition or volume
Disks → View Status of Partition or Volume
- Extend a volume by adding unallocated free space
Disks → Extend a Volume
- Format a partition or volume
Disks → Format a Partition or Volume
format
- Implement disk quotas to control how much disk space users have
Disks—Concepts → Implementing Disk Quotas
- Manage partitions and volumes from the command line
diskpart
- Mount a partition or volume to an empty folder on an NTFS volume ...
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