Manage Multiple Hard Drives Using Diskpart

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Diskpart for Data volume

Steps to Manage Multiple Hard Drives:

1. List All Drives:
   • Open Command Prompt as an administrator.
   • Type diskpart and press Enter.
   • Enter list disk to view all connected drives.
2. Selecting a Drive:
   • Use select disk # (replace # with the disk number) to choose a drive.
3. Partitioning:
   • Once a drive is selected, use create partition primary size=XXXXX to create a partition. Replace XXXXX with the size in MB.
4. Formatting:
   • Use format fs=ntfs quick to quickly format the partition to NTFS.
   • Use format fs=FAT32 quick to quickly format the partition to FAT32.
5. Assigning Drive Letters:
   • Use assign letter=X to assign a drive letter. Replace X with the desired letter.
6. Deleting Partitions:
   • Use delete partition to remove a partition.

Diskpart for System volume

BIOS

select disk 0
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
assign
exit

LEGACY

select disk 0
clean
convert gpt
create partition efi size=100
format quick fs=fat32 label="System"
assign letter="S"
create partition msr size=128
create partition primary
format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows"
assign letter="C"

TIPS

Depending on the BIOS, disk 0 is not the one you want to format

To select the system disk

Select disk SYSTEM

To select the second disk

Select disk NEXT