Windows 10: Displaying the disk free space with Diskpart

Hi

Starting the command prompt from the Windows 10 v1703 DVD, how do I display the disk free space to create other partitions using Diskpart utility?

Thanks

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Error when extending a partition & cannot create old deleted one again.

Also, wierdly enough, doing "list disk" in diskpart, dhow that the larger HDD has no free space, but it shows the 111GB of unallocated space in the SSD disk, wierd Screenshot - e582c8457b578c4fc6a485ec6d6dd8ab - Gyazo

 

Chkdsk /f gave "cannot lock current drive" "windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected"

You change the value of the "read-only" attribute for the disk. You can do this using the 'diskpart' utility. You'll need to burrow down to the right disk/volume. Here's how:

Start a cmd window (with a right-click on the icon then "Run as administrator")

> diskpart

DISKPART> list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt

-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---

Disk 0 Online 1863 GB 1024 KB

Disk 1 Online 931 GB 0 B

Disk 2 Online 931 GB 0 B

Disk 3 No Media 0 B 0 B

Disk 4 No Media 0 B 0 B

DISKPART> select disk 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> detail disk

[...]

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info

---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------

Volume 1 M RAW Partition 1863 GB Healthy

DISKPART> select volume 1

Volume 1 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> detail volume

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt

-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---

* Disk 0 Online 1863 GB 1024 KB

Read-only : Yes

Hidden : No

No Default Drive Letter: No

Shadow Copy : No

Offline : No

BitLocker Encrypted : No

Installable : Yes

Volume Capacity : 1863 GB

Volume Free Space : 1863 GB

DISKPART> attributes volume clear readonly

Volume attributes cleared successfully.

DISKPART> attributes volume

Read-only : No

Hidden : No

No Default Drive Letter: No

Shadow Copy : No

DISKPART>

 

Command

List disk

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Ken

 

I don`t think Diskpart will show you free space, just the disks in your system and any partitions on those disks. If there`s a command to list free space, please post it.

You`d have to go into windows and look at Disk Management, then I suggest Partition Wizard to manage your partitions.

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@Caledon Ken's reply was the correct answer to the specific question asked in the OP. Below, my disk 1 has 10 GB of free space I could create a partition in. There is a difference in free space on the disk that can be used to create a partition in, and free space inside partitions not used by the file system. The OP asked about free space on a disk that can be used to create a partition.

Code: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063] (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.15063.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. On computer: JOHN-LAPTOP DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 447 GB 4096 KB * Disk 1 Online 931 GB 10 GB * Disk 2 No Media 0 B 0 B DISKPART>[/quote]