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3rd Quarter DISK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
3rd Quarter DISK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE
Disk Management Software
• is a utility built into different operating
systems which can be used to create,
delete, format partitions, assign drive
letters, and much more
• can be also be used to view partitions
and their formatted file systems on the
hard drive.
How To Access Disk
Management
• The most common way to
access Disk Management is
via Computer Management:
Methods to Access the
Disk Management
Method 1
• Click the Start button > Control
Panel > Administrative Tools.
• Double Click Computer
Management and then click
Disk Management in the left
hand column.
Method 2
• Click Start > Run and type
diskmgmt.msc in the Open: line
and click OK. The Disk
Management snap-in will open.
Method 3
• By default, Administrative Tools is not
shown on the Start Menu but if you have
modified the Start Menu (by right clicking the
Start button and selecting Properties >
Customize) so it is shown then just select
Start > Administrative Tools > Computer
Management and then click Disk
Management in the left hand column.
Method 3
• In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, click on
the Start button.
• In Windows XP and earlier, click on Start and
then Run.
• Type the following command in the text box:
diskmgmt.msc and then hit the Enter key or
press OK button, depending on where you ran
the command from.
Note:
• Technically, opening Disk Management from
the Command Prompt would require that
you actually open the Command Prompt
program. However, running an executable
program like diskmgmt.msc from the search
or run box accomplishes the same thing
Another Way of Opening Disk Management