What is Diskpart?

Diskpart is a powerful command-line disk partitioning utility that comes included with all modern versions of Windows. It provides administrators and power users with a tool to manage disks, partitions, and volumes directly from the command line interface.

With Diskpart, users can perform various partition-related tasks like creating, deleting, formatting, extending, shrinking partitions without the need for third party tools. It supports MBR and GPT partitioning styles. Some key features include:

• List available disks, partitions, volumes
• Create, delete and format partition
• Extend or shrink existing partitions
• Change drive letters and volume labels
• Convert between MBR and GPT partitioning
• Create and delete volume sets
• Wipe disks clean

As Diskpart runs from the command line, it is well suited to automation via batch scripts. This makes it a versatile tool for sysadmins who want finer grained control over disk configuration than what the Windows GUI provides. With proper care, Diskpart can be used to efficiently manage all kinds of disk partitioning tasks.

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