How to Delete Undeletable Drives Using Diskpart (Disk Partition) in Windows 10/11 [Guide]
6How to Delete Undeletable Drives Using Diskpart (Disk Partition) in Windows 10/11 [Guide]
Today, we will see how to delete a partition or volume on your drive in Windows 10 and Windows 11. This can be useful if you have an old partition on your drive which you are not going to use. In this case, you can delete it and merge it with another partition to enlarge its size. In modern Windows, this can be done without using third party tools.
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If you cannot delete a partition on Windows using the Disk Management utility because the "Delete Partition" option is greyed out, then probably the partition is an "EFI System" partition or a "Recovery Partition". These type of partitions (EFI & Recovery) are system protected partitions and for that reason they cannot be deleted by using the Windows Disk Management utility.
Diskpart is a powerful command-line tool developed by Microsoft that lets users manage hard drives on a Windows computer. By using the Diskpart utility, you can create partitions on a hard drive, delete partitions from a hard drive, format a particular partition on a hard drive, etc. While deleting a particular partition from a hard drive on a Windows computer by using the Diskpart utility, some users have received an error. When they give the delete partition override command after selecting a particular partition on a hard drive, the Diskpart shows the following error message:
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.