You can use a primary partition as the system partition you can only use an extended partition for additional logical drive assignments. The documentation for many server applications, such as Exchange Server, recommends using diskpart to create the primary or extended partitions. Using diskpart to partition your disk can help increase the I/O performance of hard disks newly added to a RAID array.

Check with your hardware vendor before using diskpart.

Exercise caution when using diskpart on systems that use dynamic disks, an older technology with advanced features that gave administrators a way to make a volume that spanned several disks.Do not use diskpart until you back up the disk you plan to modify.For example, if you perform an errant diskpart delete partition operation, you must use another utility, such as third-party disk management program, to recover the data or use a backup image to restore the drive.įollow these tips to avoid issues when using diskpart:

Also, once a command is entered, even a destructive one, diskpart does not ask for confirmation before it runs. You should be careful when using diskpart because there is no undo function if you select the wrong object.

A partition is a logical structure confined to a single disk.Ī volume is a construct of the operating system that consists of one or more partitions that can span one or more disks. A basic disk is a storage device, such as hard drives, solid-state drives and USB flash drives, which you format with a Windows file system.Ī basic disk can hold one or several partitions. Using diskpart requires understanding data storage terminologyĭiskpart use requires a basic understanding of Windows disk terminology.

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