Diskpart-This utility is more useful for managing disk in the pcs or servers.
we can start the work with diskpart from just typing diskpart on cmd
To get a help from diskpart on the diskpart prompt type “Help”
Typing List disk we can get the disk id’s and some details of the hdd which are connected to the pc/server
To perform task on a particular disk “select disk “diskid”(ex SELECT DISK 1)
Using create partition command we can create a partition on selected disk(ex- CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE-10240
We can create primary,extended or logical partitions,disk size should be given by MB ‘s.(Same as this we can create volumes)
now we can see the partition
This is how we can create extended partition.
CREATE PARTITION EXTENDED SIZE=10000
Creating a logical partition on the extended partition
CREATE PARTITION LOGICAL SIZE=10000
We can select partition like selecting disks
SELECT PARTITION 1
We can assign a drive letter on selected partition
ASSIGN LETTER=Z
We can delete the selected partitions
DELETE PARTITION