Windows 10 Disk Management Commands

Question 1

chkdsk
Definition
What does it do?
Examples

Answer 1

Definition –> Check Disk
What does it do –> Used to scan a disk in hopes of recovering corrupted files
chkdsk /f –> This fixes errors on the disk
chkdsk /r –> This fixes errors and locates bad sectors

Question 2

format
Definition
What does it do?
Examples

Answer 2

Definition –> Format
What does it do –> Used to erase a disk file applying a file system
format /fs –> This specifies the type of file system (FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS)
format d: /fs:ntfs –> This will format the D drive as NTFS
format /q –> This performs a quick format
format d: /fs:fat32 /q –> This will quick format the D drive as FAT32

Question 3

convert
Definition
What does it do?
Examples

Answer 3

Definition –> Convert
What does it do –> This is used to change a FAT/FAT32 filesystem to NTFS without erasing files
convert /fs –> Specifies that the volume will be converted to NTFS

Question 4

diskpart
Definition
What does it do?
Examples

Answer 4

Definition –> Disk Part
What does it do –> A command line partition management tool