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Figure 10-12 Viewing Diskpart command options.
One feature that is not available in Diskpart is the capability to format volumes. To format
volumes, you must use the format.exe command from the standard command
prompt.
How to Troubleshoot Disks and Volumes
Disk Management displays the status of each disk and volume. If you refer to Figure
10-1, you notice that all disks are online and all volumes are showing the desired status
of Healthy.
Disk status types are as follows:
Online Displayed by basic and dynamic disks. The disk is accessible. No user action
is required.
Online (Errors) Displayed by dynamic disks only. The disk is accessible, but input/
output (I/O) errors have been detected. If the I/O errors are intermittent, rightclick
the disk and select Reactivate Disk. This normally returns the disk to Online
status.
Offline Or Missing Displayed by dynamic disks only. This disk is not accessible.
Attempt to rescan the disks on the computer by selecting Rescan Disks from the
Action menu in Disk Management. If the scan is unsuccessful, look for a physical
reason for the drive failure (cables disconnected, no power to disk, failed disk). If
you must replace a failed drive, first delete all volumes on the disk, right-click the
disk, and select Remove Disk.
Foreign Displayed by dynamic disks only. The disk has been moved to this computer
from another computer. Right-click the disk, and then select Import Foreign
Disk. If you do not want to keep the information on the disk, you can select Convert
To Basic Disk, and all information on the disk will be lost.
Unreadable Displayed by basic and dynamic disks. The disk is not accessible. Disks
might show this status while they are initializing. If a disk continues to show this