Using a command line

  1. Open Command Prompt.

  2. Type:  diskpart

  3. At the DISKPART prompt, type: list disk

    Make note of the disk number of the disk from which you want to delete the partition.

  4. At the DISKPART prompt, type: select diskn

    Select the disk n from which you want to delete the partition.

  5. At the DISKPART prompt, type: list partition

    Make note of the number of the partition that you want to delete.

  6. At the DISKPART prompt, type: select partitionn

    Select the partition n that you want to delete.

  7. At the DISKPART prompt, type: delete partition

Caution

  • Deleting a partition on a dynamic disk can delete all dynamic volumes on the disk, thus leaving the disk in a corrupt state. To delete a dynamic volume, use the delete volume command instead. For instructions on how to delete a dynamic volume, see Related Topics.

  • When you delete a partition, all data on that deleted partition or logical drive is lost.

  • You cannot recover deleted partitions or logical drives.


list disk - Displays a list of disks and information about them, such as their size, amount of available free space, whether the disk is a basic or dynamic disk, and

whether the disk uses the master boot record ﴾MBR﴿ or GUID partition table ﴾GPT﴿ partition style. The disk marked with an asterisk ﴾*﴿ has focus.

select disk - Selects the specified disk, where n is the disk number, and gives it focus.

list partition - Displays the partitions listed in the partition table of the current disk.

select partition - Selects the specified partition and gives it focus. If no partition is specified, the select command lists the current partition with focus.

delete partition - On a basic disk, deletes the partition with focus. You cannot delete the system partition, boot partition, or any partition that contains the active

paging file or crash dump ﴾memory dump﴿.