How to open Disk Management on Windows 11

Disk Management can be used to partition, format, assign drive letters, and much more. Disk Management is a utility available on Windows computers, and there are many different ways to access it. This article will show you how to open Disk Management on Windows 11.

Open Disk Management on Windows 11

Basically, there are 5 different methods for you to access Disk Management on Windows 11. You can refer and choose for yourself the most convenient way.

Method 1: Using Computer Management

Windows comes with a management tool that can be used to access the Disk Management utility.

Step 1: Click the search icon on the taskbar, enter the keyword Computer Management and click open the corresponding results returned.

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Step 2: Click the Storage option in the left pane to expand and select Disk Management.

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Method 2: Open Disk Management with Windows Search

Step 1: Click the search icon on the taskbar and enter the keyword Disk Management.

Step 2: Click Open when you see Create and format hard disk partitions appear in the returned results.

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Method 3: Open Disk Management from WinX Menu

Step 1: Right-click the Windows icon to access the WinX menu. You can also open this menu with the keyboard shortcut Win + X.

Step 2: Click Disk Management on the menu that appears.

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Method 4: Using the Run dialog box

Step 1: Use the keyboard shortcut Win + R to open the Run dialog box.

Step 2: Enter the keyword diskmgmt.msc and press Enter.

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Method 5: Using Command Prompt/PowerShell

Step 1: Click on the search icon and enter the keyword 'cmd' for Command Prompt. You can also enter PowerShell if you want.

Step 2: Click Open.

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Step 3: Type the following command and press enter:

diskmgmt.msc

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Hope you are succesful.

Marvin Fry

Update 22 March 2022