Introduction:
It is possible to create partitions in Windows using the built in command line utility Diskpart.
Requirements:
Access to the Windows command line.
Procedure:
From the TaskBar, search for:
cmd
From the command line, enter the command:
diskpart
Allow Diskpart to run, if prompted. Enter the command:
list disk
Example output:
DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 119 GB 0 B
Enter the command:
select disk 1
but replace the “1” with the number of the desired disk you would like to create a new partition on. Enter the command:
create partition primary size=10000
The ten-thousand in the argument is in Megabytes.
More Information:
Within diskpart, type:
help create
or
help create partition
or
help create partition primary