In Linux, there is a useful fdisk command.
Is there an analogue for this in Windows? Specifically, I need to use (something like) fdisk -l.
3 Answers
There is diskpart
[start] [run] diskpart list disk
Also, there is wmic diskdrive. You can use that from the command line, but you probably want to apply some filters to avoid ending up with way too much information.
Availability BytesPerSector Capabilities CapabilityDescriptions Caption CompressionMethod ConfigManagerErrorCode ConfigManagerUserConfig CreationClassName DefaultBlockSize Description DeviceID ErrorCleared ErrorDescription ErrorMethodology FirmwareRevision Index InstallDate InterfaceType LastErrorCode Manufacturer MaxBlockSize MaxMediaSize MediaLoaded MediaType MinBlockSize Model Name NeedsCleaning NumberOfMediaSupported Partitions PNPDeviceID PowerManagementCapabilities PowerManagementSupported SCSIBus SCSILogicalUnit SCSIPort SCSITargetId SectorsPerTrack SerialNumber Signature Size Status StatusInfo SystemCreationClassName SystemName TotalCylinders TotalHeads TotalSectors TotalTracks TracksPerCylinder 512 {3, 4} {"Random Access", "Supports Writing"} LSI 9750-8i DISK SCSI Disk Device 0 FALSE Win32_DiskDrive Disk drive \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 5.08 0 SCSI (Standard disk drives) TRUE Fixed hard disk media LSI 9750-8i DISK SCSI Disk Device \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 2 SCSI\DISK&VEN_LSI&PROD_9750-8I____DISK\5&15EE98A3&0&000000 0 0 10 0 19 L2080BGN154FA1000272 -576210269 79987195904 OK Win32_ComputerSystem CORE 36707 224 156224992 8222368 224 512 {3, 4} {"Random Access", "Supports Writing"} LSI 9750-8i DISK SCSI Disk Device 0 FALSE Win32_DiskDrive Disk drive \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 5.08 1 SCSI (Standard disk drives) TRUE Fixed hard disk media LSI 9750-8i DISK SCSI Disk Device \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 2 SCSI\DISK&VEN_LSI&PROD_9750-8I____DISK\5&15EE98A3&0&000100 0 0 10 1 63 WQC05071864F9000A2CB 2999965248000 OK Win32_ComputerSystem CORE 364725 255 5859307125 93004875 255 512 {3, 4} {"Random Access", "Supports Writing"} LSI 9750-8i DISK SCSI Disk Device 0 FALSE Win32_DiskDrive Disk drive \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 5.08 2 SCSI (Standard disk drives) TRUE Fixed hard disk media LSI 9750-8i DISK SCSI Disk Device \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 1 SCSI\DISK&VEN_LSI&PROD_9750-8I____DISK\5&15EE98A3&0&000200 0 0 10 2 63 P6901YFP93CC9C000C66 -900772765 144987010560 OK Win32_ComputerSystem CORE 17627 255 283177755 4494885 255 Generic Flash HS-COMBO USB Device 0 FALSE Win32_DiskDrive Disk drive \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE3 4.44 3 USB (Standard disk drives) TRUE Generic Flash HS-COMBO USB Device \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE3 0 USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_GENERIC&PROD_FLASH_HS-COMBO&REV_4.44\070809103045&1 0 OK Win32_ComputerSystem CORE 2 OK, there is no doubt that diskpart is a nice tool for windows partitions, but it looks like it can only read or edit the windows local disk and its patitions, it could not recognize the disk file like MBR, recovery, or EBR1 partition file which you see in the linux filesystem;
So there is really exist a tool which match fdisk a lot in Windows system, it's a cmd tool, this is its name and download website:
and this is its picture of recognize my MBR file:
It has similar syntax with fdisk -l filename, you can use gdisk64.exe -l filename.
The download page also include its offical website, you can get more usage form it!
or just use the gdisk64.exe /? in cmd for more _
I just used 'clear-disk' to remove a partition table to regain control of a USB drive. Specific steps from an online guide:
- Open Powershell prompt as 'Administrator'
- get-disk
- Identify the number of the disk you want to re-partition. E.g. 3
- clear-disk -number 3 -removedata
- Use the usual disk management tool to create partition table and volumes
