How can I use DiskPart to create a mirrored disk?

Download and install the DiskPart utility from the Microsoft Web site.

Go to Start, Run, then type

cmd

to start a command-line session.

Type

diskpart

to start a DiskPart session.

Type

list disk

to list the current disks. The list will look like

   Disk ### Status Size  Free    Dyn  Gpt   -------- ------ ----  ------- ---- ---    Disk 1   Online 28 GB 6621 MB *   Disk 2   Online 12 GB 12 GB   *   Disk 3   Online 29 GB 29 GB   *

Type

select disk 2

to select disk 2 as the disk on which you want to create the mirror.

Type

create volume simple size=100

to create a new volume.

Type

add disk 3

to add disk 3 as the new disk that will become the mirror.

Download and install the DiskPart utility from the Microsoft Web site.

Go to Start, Run, then type

cmd

to start a command-line session.

Type

diskpart

to start a DiskPart session.

Type

list disk

to list the current disks. The list will look like

   Disk ### Status Size  Free    Dyn  Gpt   -------- ------ ----  ------- ---- ---    Disk 1   Online 28 GB 6621 MB *   Disk 2   Online 12 GB 12 GB   *   Disk 3   Online 29 GB 29 GB   *

Type

select disk 1

to select disk 1 as the existing disk that you want to mirror.

Type

list partition

to list the current partitions. The list will look like

   Partition ### Type         Size    Offset   ------------- ------------ ------- ------    Partition 1   Dynamic Data 10 GB   32 KB   Partition 2   Dynamic Data 6001 MB 10 GB   Partition 3   Dynamic Data 6001 MB 16 GB   Partition 4   Dynamic Data 6621 MB 21 GB 

Type

select partition 

to select the partition for which you want to add a mirrored disk.

Type

add disk 

to add a new disk, which will mirror the disk you selected in Step 5.