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Diskpart Command (Examples, Options, Switches & More) GA S REGULAR Menu Lifewire Tech for Humans Newsletter! Search Close GO Software & Apps > Windows The availability of certain diskpart command switches and other syntax may differ from operating system to operating system. See How to Read Command Syntax if you're not sure how to read the syntax as it's described in this table. Diskpart Command Parameters Item Description active Marks the disk's partition with focus, as active. add Creates a new partition on the specified hard drive. assign Assigns a drive letter or mount point to the volume with focus. attach vdisk Attaches (sometimes called mounts or surfaces) a virtual hard disk (VHD) so that it appears on the host computer as a local hard disk drive. attributes Displays, sets, or clears the attributes of a disk or volume. automount Enables or disables the automount feature. break Breaks the mirrored volume with focus into two simple volumes. clean Removes any and all partition or volume formatting from the disk with focus. compact vdisk Reduces the physical size of a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk (VHD) file. convert Converts file allocation table (FAT) and FAT32 volumes to the NTFS file system, leaving existing files and directories intact. create Creates a partition on a disk, a volume on one or more disks, or a virtual hard disk (VHD). delete Removes a specified partition on a specified hard drive. detach vdisk Stops the selected virtual hard disk (VHD) from appearing as a local hard disk drive on the host computer. detail Displays information about the selected disk, partition, volume, or virtual hard disk (VHD). exit Exits the diskpart command interpreter. expand vdisk Expands a virtual hard disk (VHD) to the size that you specify. extend Extends the volume or partition with focus, along with its file system, into free (unallocated) space on a disk. filesystems Displays information about the current file system of the volume with focus and lists the file systems that are supported for formatting the volume. format Formats a disk to accept Windows files. gpt Assigns the gpt attribute(s) to the partition with focus on basic GUID partition table (gpt) disks. help Displays a list of the available commands or detailed help information on a specified command. import Imports a foreign disk group into the disk group of the local computer. inactive Marks the system partition or boot partition with focus as inactive on basic master boot record (MBR) disks. list Displays a list of disks, of partitions in a disk, of volumes in a disk, or of virtual hard disks (VHDs). merge vdisk Merges a differencing virtual hard disk (VHD) with its corresponding parent VHD. offline Takes an online disk or volume to the offline state. online Takes an offline disk or volume to the online state. recover Refreshes the state of all disks in a disk group, attempt to recover disks in an invalid disk group, and resynchronizes mirrored volumes and RAID-5 volumes that have stale data. rem Provides a way to add comments to a script. remove Removes a drive letter or mount point from a volume. repair Repairs the RAID-5 volume with focus by replacing the failed disk region with the specified dynamic disk. rescan Locates new disks that may have been added to the computer. retain Prepares an existing dynamic simple volume to be used as a boot or system volume. san Displays or sets the storage area network (san) policy for the operating system. select Shifts the focus to a disk, partition, volume, or virtual hard disk (VHD). set id Changes the partition type field for the partition with focus. shrink Reduces the size of the selected volume by the amount you specify. uniqueid Displays or sets the GUID partition table (GPT) identifier or master boot record (MBR) signature for the disk with focus.