Using Diskpart to Delete Partition for Your Windows 7/8/1ĭelete volume on USB using DiskPart DiskPart is a command-line utility Windows operating system offers. Möchte man die komplette Festplatte löschen und nicht nur einzelne Partitionen, dann geht man so vor: Rechtsklick auf den Startbutton, oder Win + X drücken und die Eingabeaufforderung. Besides, you still cannot use that command to delete the system/boot partition or other partitions that contain active paging file or crash dump (memory dump. For those who are unfamiliar with Diskpart, that will be a risk.
Although Diskpart is able to delete hidden or protected partitions through delete partition override command, without a clear interface to display the details, you may delete a wrong partition.
Just open the Disk Management tool with the diskmgmt.msc run command, right-click on the disk, select New simple volume and follow the wizard Free Alternative to Diskpart: force delete partitions easily. Since the disk is marked as unallocated, you can partition and format it as needed. You will see the DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk message once it is done. As soon as you execute the clean all command, diskpart will delete all partitions and mark it as unallocated. (see screenshot below) 3 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. 2 Right click or press and hold on the partition/volume (ex: F) you want to delete, and click/tap on Delete Volume. Delete Volume or Partition on Disk in Disk Management 1 Open the Win+X menu, and click/tap on Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc). After clicking Delete Partition, it will pop out a window to choose.
Here you can right click the partition you want to delete, select Delete Partition in the pop out menu. You can see the basic environment of your hard drives with a concise interface.