How to Access the Disk Management Utility in Windows

The Disk Management utility allows you to configure and manage your storage disks. You must be logged on with Administrative privileges to use the Disk Management utility.

You can access the Disk Management utility a few different ways. You can right-click Computer (This PC)  from the Start Menu and select Manage, and then in Computer Management, select Disk Management.

You could also type Diskmgmt.msc into Start Menu or Run dialog box to open Disk Management.

The Disk Management utility’s shows the following information:


  • The volumes that are recognized by the computer
  • The type of disk: basic, dynamic, or GPT
  • The type of file system used by each partition
  • The status of the partition and whether the partition contains the system or boot partition
  • The capacity (amount of space) allocated to the partition
  • The amount of free space remaining on the partition
  • The amount of overhead associated with the partition


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Windows also includes a command-line utility called Diskpart, which you can use as a command-line alternative to the Disk Management utility. You can view all the options associated with the Diskpart utility by typing Diskpart at a command prompt, and then typing ? at the Diskpart prompt.