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On the use of DISKPART within Windows Jan 17th 2013, 15:46 I have been requested (by dvhenry) to provide some examples of using DISKPART to show partition information within Windows. Knowledge of the utility could potentially be useful for those advising Linux newcomers desiring a Windows/openSUSE dualboot who are having difficulties with fdisk -l. The utility is started within the console (which can be obtained within Windows 7 by `searching' for `cmd'). Note that the console text can be copied from the menu obtained by right-clicking the title bar -> Edit -> Select All. Then RMB -> Edit -> Copy. To begin a diskpart session, type diskpart on the console. Then to list the available disk drives type `list disk': Code: DISKPART> list disk   Disk ###  Status        Size    Free    Dyn  Gpt   --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---   Disk 0    Online          698 GB  3072 KB   Disk 1    Online          223 GB    12 MB To select a specific disk drive type `select disk=n', where n is the Disk number. Code: DISKPART> select disk=0 Disk 0 is now the selected disk. To list the partitions of the selected drive, the size, and locations, type `list partitions': Code: DISKPART> list partition   Partition ###  Type              Size    Offset   -------------  ----------------  -------  -------   Partition 0    Extended          585 GB  101 MB   Partition 4    Logical            31 GB  102 MB   Partition 5    Logical            31 GB    31 GB   Partition 6    Logical            31 GB    62 GB   Partition 7    Logical            492 GB    93 GB   Partition 1    Primary            64 GB  586 GB   Partition 2    Primary            16 GB  650 GB   Partition 3    Primary            32 GB  666 GB To obtain more information about a specific partition, it must first be selected: Code: DISKPART> select partition=1 Partition 1 is now the selected partition. Once, selected, more information can be obtained - how much depends on whether it's a recognised Windows format: Code: DISKPART> detail partition Partition 1 Type  : 07 Hidden: No Active: Yes Offset in Bytes: 629251506176   Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs    Type        Size    Status    Info   ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  -------- * Volume 5    C  WIN64        NTFS  Partition    64 GB  Healthy    System The disk drive selected above (disk 0) is my Windows hard drive. You will now see how the information differs if a partition from my Linux hard drive is selected. Code: DISKPART> select disk=1 Disk 1 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> list partition   Partition ###  Type              Size    Offset   -------------  ----------------  -------  -------   Partition 1    Primary          1027 MB  1024 KB   Partition 2    Primary            127 GB  1028 MB   Partition 0    Extended            95 GB  128 GB   Partition 3    Logical            64 GB  128 GB   Partition 4    Logical            31 GB  192 GB DISKPART> select partition=2 Partition 2 is now the selected partition. DISKPART> detail partition Partition 2 Type  : 83 Hidden: Yes Active: No Offset in Bytes: 1077936128 There is no volume associated with this partition. HTH

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