Introduction:
Disk management in Windows is possible from the command line, especially with tools such as diskpart. Diskpart can be scripted for quicker disk management.
Requirements:
Access to the Windows command line and a file editor.
Procedure:
Open a file editor and enter diskpart commands such as:
list disk
select disk 1
offline disk
The above will simply offline the second disk recognized by diskpart. This disk can be onlined at another time.
Next, you can save this file with a .txt file extension. With the command line open, you can run this script by typing:
diskpart /s C:\Users\User\Folder\filename.txt
and the disk will then be offlined.
More Information:
For a list of diskpart commands, type:
help
within a diskpart session.
