A question about Diskpart

Hello,

I found Diskpart very useful but I still don't understand how I can make it show the labels of the disk.

I mean, when I do "LIST DISK" I obtan the disks inside the PC in a numerical way and their size.

Also, if they are GPT or not.

But in the case we have some disk with the SAME SIZE it's easy to confuse and it's also Dangerous.

How I can have also at least the LABELS of the disks in order to avoid to damage something? In order to select the RIGHT DISK without any issue?

Disks don't have labels - volumes do.

If you select the volume you can use the detail volume command to see what disk it is on.

Code:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.15063.0

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: X201

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          232 GB      0 B
  Disk 1    Online           29 GB      0 B

DISKPART> list volume

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  -----
  Volume 0         System Rese  NTFS   Partition    500 MB  Healthy    Syste
  Volume 1     C                NTFS   Partition     64 GB  Healthy    Boot
  Volume 2     D                NTFS   Partition    164 GB  Healthy
  Volume 3     E   Rescue       NTFS   Partition   4495 MB  Healthy
  Volume 4     F   SanDisk32    exFAT  Removable     29 GB  Healthy

DISKPART> select volume F

Volume 4 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> detail volume

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
* Disk 1    Online           29 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        :   29 GB
Volume Free Space      :   16 GB

DISKPART> select volume E

Volume 3 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> detail volume

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
* Disk 0    Online          232 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        : 4494 MB
Volume Free Space      : 2912 MB

DISKPART>

or you can select a disk and use detail disk to show the volumes on it (and the disk ID if that is any help).

Code:

DISKPART> select disk 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> detail disk

Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
Disk ID: 6D282B59
Type   : SATA
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1F02)#ATA(C00T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : Yes
Pagefile Disk  : Yes
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : Yes
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0         System Rese  NTFS   Partition    500 MB  Healthy    System
  Volume 1     C                NTFS   Partition     64 GB  Healthy    Boot
  Volume 2     D                NTFS   Partition    164 GB  Healthy
  Volume 3     E   Rescue       NTFS   Partition   4495 MB  Healthy

DISKPART> select disk 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> detail disk

SDHC Card
Disk ID: C03D3781
Type   : USB
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 4     F   SanDisk32    exFAT  Removable     29 GB  Healthy

DISKPART>

I recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard Free which is easier to use than Diskpart. Select the partition you want then Label to change the title.

Steve C said:

I recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard Free which is easier to use than Diskpart. Select the partition you want then Label to change the title.

One thing to be aware of is Diskpart (and Disk Management) start numbering disks from disk 0. Partition Wizard starts from disk 1.

You wouldn't want to do something in Diskpart based on the disk number taken from Partition Wizard.