Creates a primary partition on the basic disk with focus.
Syntax: CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY [SIZE=] [OFFSET=] [ID={ | }]
[ALIGN=] [NOERR]
SIZE= The size of the partition in megabytes (MB). If no size is
given, the partition continues until there is no more
unallocated space in the current region.
OFFSET= The offset, in kilobytes (KB), at which the partition is created.
If no offset is given, the partition is placed in the first disk
extent that is large enough to hold it.
ID={ | }
Specifies the partition type.
Intended for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) use only.
For master boot record (MBR) disks, you can specify a partition
type byte, in hexadecimal form, for the partition. If this
parameter is not specified for an MBR disk, the command creates
a partition of type 0x06 (specifies no file system is installed).
LDM data partition:
0x42
Recovery partition:
0x27
Recognized OEM Ids:
0x12
0x84
0xDE
0xFE
0xA0
For GUID partition table (GPT) disks you can specify a
partition type GUID for the partition you want to create.
Recognized GUIDs include:
EFI System partition:
c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
Microsoft Reserved partition:
e3c9e316-0b5c-4db8-817d-f92df00215ae
Basic data partition:
ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
LDM Metadata partition on a dynamic disk:
5808c8aa-7e8f-42e0-85d2-e1e90434cfb3
LDM Data partition on a dynamic disk:
af9b60a0-1431-4f62-bc68-3311714a69ad
Recovery partition:
de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
If this parameter is not specified for a GPT disk, the command
creates a basic data partition.
Any partition type byte or GUID can be specified with this
parameter. DiskPart does not check the partition type for
validity except to ensure that it is a byte in hexadecimal form
or a GUID.
Caution:
Creating partitions with this parameter might cause your
computer to fail or be unable to start up. Unless you are
an OEM or an IT professional experienced with GPT disks, do
not create partitions on GPT disks using this parameter.
Instead, always use the CREATE PARTITION EFI command to
create EFI System partitions, the CREATE PARTITION MSR
command to create Microsoft Reserved partitions, and the
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY command without this parameter to
create primary partitions on GPT disks.
ALIGN= Typically used with hardware RAID Logical Unit Number (LUN)
arrays to improve performance. The partition offset will be
a multiple of . If the OFFSET parameter is specified, it
will be rounded to the closest multiple of .
NOERR For scripting only. When an error is encountered, DiskPart
continues to process commands as if the error did not occur.
Without the NOERR parameter, an error causes DiskPart to exit
with an error code.
After you create the partition, the focus automatically shifts to the new
partition. The partition does not receive a drive letter. You must use the
assign command to assign a drive letter to the partition.
A basic disk must be selected for this operation to succeed.
If a partition type is not specified, the disk is uninitialized and disk
size is greater than 2TB, it will be initialized to GPT.
Example:
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=1000
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=128 ID=c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=10000 ID=12
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=10000 ID=DE
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