Vista remove EISA hard drive hidden partition

Now most of the brand computer has a key restore, the restore content stored in the EISA configuration of the hidden partition, the general software can not operate on it to ensure the security of zoning and System Restore. Such a function for some people do not use a key to restore (the author is) is a chicken function, and looked at that a number of capacity of the hard disk wasted there is extremely uncomfortable.

Search on the internet for a long time, most of them are said to reboot to Dos can be carried out, the skills to be higher, after the author's tireless efforts to study a number of Windows from the tool, finally found a tool: Diskpart.exe.

About the DiskPart command: Use this utility to enable storage configuration from a script, a remote session, or another command prompt. Diskpart enhances the Disk Manager graphical user interface (GUI).

Here's how to remove the hidden partitions of the EISA configuration in Vista.

1: Start the command prompt as administrator (start-> so program-> attachment-〉 command Prompt-〉 right click to run as Admin) and enter "Diskpart.exe" (without quotes, same below), hit enter

2:diskpart run, it will go to the DiskPart prompt, enter the "rescan" command hit enter, scan the hard drive configuration

3: Enter "List Disk" to hit enter, display the disk list

4: Enter "select disk Number" (example "Selectdisk 0") to hit Enter, will select the disk where the hidden partition resides.

5: Enter "list Partition" command, hit enter, display the selected disk partition

6: Enter the select partition area code (for example select Partition 2) to hit enter, select the partition number of the hidden partition.

7: Enter Delete partition override delete the hidden partition.

Turn on Vista Disk Management to assign a letter and format to this partition, and then use or merge to other partitions.

This operation is not very difficult, but it is recommended to have a DOS command operation experience of the user to operate.

PS: Because there is no XP installed, so no test XP is not available, it is said that XP also has this tool, the principle should be universal.