Managing Disks from the Command Prompt
To use the Diskpart command-line tool, start by running Cmd.exe with elevated privileges. You can do that by opening the Start menu and choosing All Programs, Accessories. In the Accessories submenu, right-click Command Prompt, choose Run As Administrator, and then reply to the UAC prompt.
Note
For more about the Command Prompt, see Appendix B.
When you run the Diskpart command, it opens a console window and dumps you at the DISKPART> prompt. If you type help and press Enter, you see a screen that lists all available commands, like the one shown here:
Because Diskpart can do everything that the Disk Management ...
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