disk management (dm)

Disk Management

By: MAS & AAQ

What is Disk Management?

Disk Management is a utility built into different operating systems which can be used to create, delete, format partitions, assign drive letters, and much more.

How To Access Disk Management?

There are several method to access the Disk Management

Method 1  -  Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools. Double click Computer Management and then click Disk Management in the left hand column.

Method 2 - Click Start > Run and type diskmgmt.msc in the Open: line and click OK. The Disk Management nap-in will open.

How To Access Disk Management?

One of the most fastest way to open

DM

Method 3  -  Right Click on

the My Computer and

then click Manage

Opening D.M From CLI

Type the following command in the Run Command by the clicking of Window + R Key.

diskmgmt.msc and hit enter…

How To Use Disk Management

Disk Management has two main sections - a top and a bottom:

The bottom section of Disk Management contains a graphical representation of the physical drives installed in the computer.

The top section of Disk Management contains a list of all the partitions, formatted or not, that Windows recognizes.

How To Use Disk Management

Here are some common things that you can do in Disk Management:

Partition a DriveFormat a DriveChange a Drive's LetterShrink a PartitionExtend a PartitionDelete a PartitionChange a Drive's File System

How To Use Disk Management

Steps For Partition

In Disk Management’s Graphical view, right-click an unallocated or free area, and then click New Simple Volume. This starts the New Simple Volume Wizard.

Steps For Partition

Read the Welcome page and then click Next. 

The Specify Volume Size page specifies the minimum and maximum size for the volume in megabytes and lets you size the volume within these limits. Size the partition in megabytes using the Simple Volume Size field and then click Next. 

Steps For Partition

Steps For Partition

On the Assign Drive Letter Or Path page, specify whether you want to assign a drive letter or path and then click Next. The available options are as follows: 

Steps For Partition

Use the Format Partition page to determine whether and how the volume should be formatted. If you want to format the volume, choose Format This Volume With The Following Settings, and then configure the following options: 

Steps For Partition

Steps For Partition

Click Next, confirm your options, and then click Finish. 

Steps For Partition

The Windows 7 Disk Management tool will now show the space configured as a new partition.

Steps For Partition

Shrink a Partition

Here’s an easy way to shrink a volume to free up space so you can create a new partition on your disk. 

To shrink a basic volume follow these steps:

In Disk Management, right-click the volume that you want to shrink, and then click Shrink Volume.

Steps For Shrink

In the field provided in the Shrink dialog box, enter the amount of space by which to shrink the disk. 

Steps For Shrink

Click Shrink.

Steps For Shrink

Once you have unallocated space, you can use that space to create a new partition by repeating above partition steps.

And also you can Extend your partition from tow or three partition in one large partition you have to delete your drives (after saving your data to an other drive) and the right click on the deleted partitions and then click on the Extend

Steps For Deleting and Extend