How to Open Disk Management From Command Prompt

Execute DISKMGMT.MSC for quick access

A quick way to open the Disk Management utility in any version of Windows is from the Command Prompt. Just type a short command and the Disk Management utility starts instantly.

Disk Management is buried several layers deep in most versions of Windows, so having a faster way to access this super-tool for your hard drives and other storage devices can come in very handy.

Follow these easy steps to start Disk Management from the Command Prompt in Windows:

The Disk Management command is the same in all versions of Windows, so these instructions apply equally to Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.

Not comfortable working with commands? You can also Open Disk Management From the Computer Management Tool in Windows. (This is easy and fast, though, we promise!)

How to Open Disk Management With a Command

Using the Disk Management command only takes a few seconds once you learn how it’s done.

In Windows 10 and Windows 8, open Run from the Start menu or Apps screen (or see the A Quicker Method. section at the bottom of the page for an even faster method for opening this tool).

In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, select Start.

In Windows XP and earlier, go to Start and then Run.

All you’re doing in this step is accessing a part of Windows that will let you use the command for Disk Management to search for and open the tool, as you’ll see in the next step. It might seem odd that there are multiple ways to do this, but every version of Windows works a bit differently.

Type the following Disk Management command in the text box:

. and then hit the Enter key or press OK, depending on where you ran the command from.

Technically, opening Disk Management from the Command Prompt would require that you actually open the Command Prompt program (which you can do if you want; it works the same way). However, running an executable program like diskmgmt.msc from the search or Run box accomplishes the same thing.

Technically, diskmgmt.msc isn’t the «Disk Management command» any more than any non command-line tool’s executable is a «command.» In the strictest sense, diskmgmt.msc is just the Run command for the program.

Wait while Disk Management opens. It should be immediate but it might take a few moments for the whole program to load.

Now that it’s open, you can use it to change drive letters, partition a drive, format a drive, and more.

The method you use to open Disk Management doesn’t change what you can do with it. In other words, all the same functions exist no matter which shortcut method you use, whether it be with Command Prompt, the Run dialog box, Computer Management, or even Windows Explorer.

A Quicker Method in Windows 10 & Windows 8

Are you using a keyboard or mouse with Windows 10 or Windows 8? If so, opening Disk Management via the Power User Menu is even faster than via its Run command.

Just press WIN+X to bring up the menu, then click Disk Management. In Windows 10 and Windows 8.1, right-clicking the Start button works to bring up the Power User Menu, too.

In Windows 10, you could also execute diskmgmt.msc directly from the Cortana interface, which is nice if you’re used to using that to execute commands already.

Another way to use the Disk Management command is from Task Manager. This definitely isn’t a quicker method than the procedure described above, but it might be your only option if you’re having trouble displaying the desktop or opening menus.

To do this, open Task Manager via Ctrl+Shift+Esc, and go to File > Run new task. Enter diskmgmt.msc and select OK.

The Task Manager method is the exact same as using the Run dialog box. If you compare the two boxes, you’ll notice that they look nearly the same because you’re accessing the same function in Windows: the command line.

Error 2 «Microsoft.Windows.Remediation» 0x0000035

Error 2 «Microsoft.Windows.Remediation» 0x0000035

I found many references to a similar error 0.0000034 but not specifically this one. Here is the mini DMP file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bAn3fNv9NFzGB-KrCiuQiMyPDksmMSx8/view?usp=sharing

The error happens at startup, no visible BSOD, just a very, very slow booting process. This was the only error logged today’s startup. I have been encountering other errors at startup, one that was linked to OneCloud which, since I don’t actually need it, I found a way to uninstall it. I saved the instructions to reinstall it in case its absence caused trouble. Could this error 2 be linked to the lack of OneCloud?

After checking Event Viewer again just now I see many other errors happening since startup:

7 disk — The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block (10 of these back-to-back)

1020 Perflib — The required buffer size is greater than the buffer size passed to the Collect function of the «C:\Windows\System32\perfts.dll» Extensible Counter DLL for the «LSM» service. The given buffer size was 28792 and the required size was 36168.

3 Kernel-EventTracing «PerfDiag Logger» stopped due to the following error: 0xC0000188

I’m mostly concerned with the massive slow-down especially at startup.

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Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is William, I’m an Independent Advisor. I’ll be happy to help you out today.

Lets ignore the dump file, this is from August, was related to your GPU, and has nothing to do with your current issue(s).

As for the slow boot and startup errors, those are likely related to «The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block». The error indicates that the hard disk has any number of distinct blocks that are no longer writable. Additionally, any data stored on those blocks will be malformed or corrupted, causing issues when the data on those blocks is read from, specifically performance and error related, since the data is not available to be loaded by the required program.

For starters, you will need to run a chkdsk on the system drive. To do this, go to the Start menu > type cmd > right-click Command Prompt > select Run as administrator > enter this command chkdsk /r . Since this command cannot run while Windows is loaded, you will need to restart the system so the check disk utility can run. This will take some time to complete. When it does, there will be a summary report with the details. Some of the information on the hard drive may not be recoverable. As such, this may require that you reinstall the affected programs that are running at logon that are related to the error.

If the damage is extensive, then Windows system files may be missing and/or corrupt. To address those issues, you can attempt to further repair by running these commands from an elevated command line:

sfc /scannow
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Finally, you should consider replace the hard drive, since the HDD can continue to experience additional failure in the form of bad blocks.

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How to get the information(size, free,used space) of all the hard disk drives with one command in command prompt? please tell if anyone knows this command because i dint find any way to get info on all drives using a single command.

Using fsutil volume diskfree c: or dir command we can get info on one particular drive, but how to get this on all drives in the system using a single command?

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I got the answer

the following command can be used.

wmic logicaldisk get size,freespace,caption

Caption FreeSpace Size
C: 10293153792 42949668864
D: 38401937408 74088181760
E: 37109010432 42686476288

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I got the answer

the following command can be used.

wmic logicaldisk get size,freespace,caption

Caption FreeSpace Size
C: 10293153792 42949668864
D: 38401937408 74088181760
E: 37109010432 42686476288

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Shashidhar N Bharadwaj

Shashidhar N Bharadwaj

You could do that with scripting, e.g.:

Don
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is there any way to get the used space data.

Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName -Filter «DeviceID=’drive letter:'» | select-object Size,Freespace | % <$_.FreeSpace=($_.FreeSpace/1GB);$_.Size=($_.Size/1GB);$_>

For example, if i want to know the G drive details on the server dc1.contoso.com, then

Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName dc1.contoso.com -Filter «DeviceID=’G:'» | select-object Size,Freespace | % <$_.FreeSpace=($_.FreeSpace/1GB);$_.Size=($_.Size/1GB);$_>

the above command will get you the drive details of a specific drive of a remote computer in GBs.

How to receive information in percent ?

Thanks to share commands

If I need disk size and free space in GB with percentage of the disk.

2.Type «diskpart» . hit Enter

3.Type «list disk». hit Enter

now..you can see ur total HDD space in GB.

Just wanted to know that can we get the disk usage as if i am using Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName -Filter «DeviceID=’drive letter:'» | select-object Size,Freespace | % <$_.FreeSpace=($_.FreeSpace/1GB);$_.Size=($_.Size/1GB);$_>script i can only get as below

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName FQDN -Filter «DeviceID=’

Size Freespace
—- ———
88.7695274353027 43.9192771911621

However, can you help me with any script of command which can give me the list of folders and their data usage that wpould be highly helpful for me.

Your Help is highly appreciated.

You asked a question in a post that was marked as answered more than five years ago. If you have a new question, you should open a new post.

And, as you are asking about the use of PowerShell, you should ask in one of the PowerShell forums in order to reach the PowerShell experts.

Lastly, there is a repository of thousands of scripts that have already been written to handle many different situations. While you may not find exactly what you are looking for, you stand a good chance of find something that is similar to your needs. A slight modification may be able to make it fit your needs.