{"id":3198,"date":"2014-06-20T09:48:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T01:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmohan.com\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2014-06-20T09:48:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T01:48:12","slug":"diskpart-to-create-and-format-partitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/?p=3198","title":{"rendered":"Diskpart to Create and Format Partitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

To use the command line to bring a disk online, create a partition, and format it, run the following commands:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0C:\\> Diskpart<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DISKPART> list disk
\nDISKPART> select disk (id)
\nDISKPART> online disk (if the disk is not online)
\nDISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly
\nDISKPART> clean
\n<\/span>DISKPART> convert mbr (or gpt)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>DISKPART> create partition primary
\nDISKPART> select part 1
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>DISKPART> active (if\u00a0this is the\u00a0boot partition)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label=(name) quick
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>DISKPART> assign letter (letter)
\nDISKPART> list volume<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe following are common errors displayed if you miss a step:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DISKPART> clean
\nDiskPart has encountered an error: The media is write protected.
\nSee the System Event Log for more information.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution: run “attributes disk clear readonly” before trying to clean the volume and create the partition.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DISKPART> convert mbr<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Virtual Disk Service error:
\nThe specified disk is not convertible. CDROMs and DVDs
\nare examples of disks that are not convertable.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution: clear all data off the disk before converting by running the clean command.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DISKPART> create partition primary
\nVirtual Disk Service error:
\nThere is not enough usable space for this operation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution: run “clean” before trying to create the partition.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DISKPART> format fs=ntfs quick
\nVirtual Disk Service error:
\nThe volume is not online.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution: online the disk, create the partition, and convert to mbr before formatting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span>The following are common errors displayed if there is a hardware problem:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DISKPART> clean
\nDiskPart has encountered an error: The device is not ready.
\nSee the System Event Log for more information.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution: If the event log entry states “The driver detected a controller error on \\Device”, the problem is likely your storage controller on your mainboard. Check your hard drive connections and reload your storage conroller driver. If the event log entry states “VDS fails to write boot code on a disk during clean operation. Error code: 80070015@02070008”, the hard drive itself has failed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\nThe following are common errors you may see if there is a hardware problem:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

DISKPART> clean
\nDiskPart has encountered an error: The media is write protected.
\nSee the System Event Log for more information.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution: Running “attributes disk clear readonly”, as mentioned above, is the first step. Next, the disk is may be locked by an active process, in which case a reboot generally clears the error.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To use the command line to bring a disk online, create a partition, and format it, run the following commands:<\/p>\n