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Diskpart
Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP OEM Upgrade
Creates and deletes partitions on a hard drive. The diskpart command is only available when you are using the Recovery Console.
diskpart [/add | /delete] [device_name | drive_name | partition_name] [size]
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| None | Used without parameters, the diskpart command starts the Windows character-mode version of diskpart. |
| /add | Creates a new partition. |
| /delete | Deletes an existing partition. |
| device_name | The device on which you want to create or delete a partition. The name can be obtained from the output of the map command. An example of a device name is:
\Device\HardDisk0 |
| drive_name | The partition you want to delete, by drive letter. Used only with /delete. An example of a drive name is:
D: |
| partition_name | The partition you want to delete, by partition name. Can be used in place of the drive_name. Used only with /delete. An example of a partition name is:
\Device\HardDisk0\Partition1 |
| size | The size, in megabytes (MB), of the partition you want to create. Used only with /add. |
Examples
The following examples delete a partition:
diskpart /delete \Device\HardDisk0\Partition3diskpart /delete F:
The following example adds a 20 MB partition to your hard drive:
diskpart /add \Device\HardDisk0 20
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