Here
are the steps required to rescan and attach a Disk on any windows server from
command prompt using DiskPart utility.
- Enter DiskPart Prompt:
C:\Windows\system32>diskpart
Microsoft
DiskPart version 6.3.9600
Copyright
(C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.
On
computer: MyHostName
- Perform rescan to allow DiskPart to look for any changes on the Disks attached:
DISKPART>
rescan
Please wait
while DiskPart scans your configuration...
DiskPart
has finished scanning your configuration.
- List Disks attached to the system:
DISKPART>
list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn
Gpt
--------
------------- -------
------- ---
---
Disk 0
Online 100 GB 0
B
Disk 1
Offline 400 GB
400 GB
- Select the Disk we are going to work on:
DISKPART> select disk 1
Disk 1 is
now the selected disk.
- Bring the disk online:
DISKPART>
online disk
DiskPart
successfully onlined the selected disk.
- Initialize the disk:
DISKPART>
attributes disk clear readonly
Disk
attributes cleared successfully.
- Create a Partition on the selected disk:
DISKPART>
create partition primary
DiskPart
succeeded in creating the specified partition.
- Quick Format the newly created partition with NTFS supplying Quick parameter:
DISKPART>
format fs=ntfs quick
100 percent completed
DiskPart
successfully formatted the volume.
- List the Volumes/Partitions created and mounted on server:
DISKPART>
list vol
Volume ###
Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
----------
--- ----------- -----
---------- -------
--------- --------
Volume 0
D DVD-ROM 0
B No
Media
Volume 1 boot NTFS Partition 350
MB Healthy System
Volume 2
C Windows 201 NTFS Partition 99
GB Healthy Boot
* Volume
3 NTFS Partition 399
GB Healthy
We
want to create the Volume with Drive letter D: but since it is in use by DVD/CD
Rom hence We need to change Drive Letter D: assigned to CD/DVD Rom so that it
can be allocated to next partition we are going to create:
- Select Volume number representing CD/DVD ROM drive:
DISKPART>
sel vol 0
Volume 0 is
the selected volume.
- Assign a different Drive letter (Z:) to Selected Volume:
DISKPART>
assign letter=z
DiskPart
successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
Now
We can assign D: to our newly created volume:
- Select Volume number representing to the newly created volume (3 in this case):
DISKPART>
sel vol 3
Volume 3 is
the selected volume.
- Optional: We can see the details of the selected Volume:
DISKPART>
det vol
Disk ###
Status Size Free Dyn
Gpt
--------
------------- ------- ------- ---
---
* Disk
1 Online 400
GB 0 B
Read-only :
No
Hidden : No
No Default
Drive Letter : No
Shadow
Copy : No
Offline : No
BitLocker
Encrypted : No
Installable :
Yes
Volume
Capacity : 399 GB
Volume Free
Space : 399 GB
- Since the new Volume is selected now so we can change it:
DISKPART>
assign letter=d
DiskPart
successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
- Done!
DISKPART>
Exit
