How to Open Disk Management on Windows 10 and 11

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One of the first Windows tools is disc management. Although Microsoft hasn’t updated it in a very long time, Windows 11 and Windows 10 still contain it. When you need to control the drives and partitions inside your computer without installing more complicated third-party apps, it’s comparatively simple to use and useful. However, you must first learn how to open it before using it. As a replacement for the fdisk command, Microsoft Windows’ Disk Management utility was first introduced in Windows XP.

It gives users the ability to view and manage the partitions connected to the disc drives they have installed in their computers. Each drive is displayed, followed by its layout, type, file system, status, capacity, free space, and fault tolerance, as seen in the image below. The Disk Management tool functions similarly to the command-line utility diskpart, which took the place of an earlier tool by the name of fdisk, and has a graphical user interface like a regular program. We mentioned below are the ways to Open Disk Management on Windows 10 and 11.

Ways to Open Disk Management on Windows 10 and 11

Search for Disk Management

You may use a search engine to find Disk Management and open it without having to navigate through menus. Use the methods below to launch Disk Management using the Start menu’s search bar:

1. Click the Start button or press the Windows key.
2. In the Start menu, type disk management.
3. Select the Create and format hard disk partitions option in the Best match section.
4. That will directly open the Disk Management utility on the desktop.

Launch via Computer Management

Utilizing the Computer Management tool is another way to launch Disk Management. Launching Disk Management through Computer Management

1. Click the Start button to open the Start menu.
2. Type computer management, and select the top result.
3. When the Computer Management window appears, expand the Storage section from the left column. Under the Storage section, click Disk Management.
4. The Disk Management utility will open in the Computer Management utility.

Open Disk Management from the Power User Menu

The Power User Menu’s available items (such as Windows key + X) have changed slightly in Windows. Still, you can open it and access Disk Management by right-clicking the Start button or pressing Windows key + X. The following steps should be used to launch Disk Management from the Power User menu:

1. Use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + X to launch the menu and click on Disk Management.
2. The Disk Management tool will launch, and you can start the task you need to be done, such as moving your Windows  installation to a larger drive

Launch Disk Management from the Run Dialog

You also have the choice of starting Disk Management from the Run menu. Do the following to start Disk Management from the Run line:

1. Hit the keyboard shortcut Windows key + R to launch the Run dialog.
2. In Run, type msc and click OK or hit Enter.
3. The Disk Management utility will launch on your desktop and be ready to use.

Open Disk Management from Settings

Disk Management is also accessible directly from Settings; it is just referred to by a different name. To access Disk Management directly from Windows Settings, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start button and choose the Settings icon. Alternately, use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I to open Settings
2. When the Settings app opens, type disk management in the search field at the top under your account icon.
3. After typing disk management, click the Create and format hard disk partitions option from the results. The Disk Management tool will open right up.

Final Words

So here we conclude our article on how to Open Disk Management on Windows 10 and 11. Disk Management can be used to examine the amount of free hard disc space. To see the total storage capacity of all the discs as well as the amount of free space that is still available, which is expressed in units and a percentage, look under the Capacity and Free Space columns. You can use it to view and control the partitions located on the hard drives that were installed inside the computer. With the help of this utility, you may initialize drives, create volumes, format volumes using the FAT32 or NTFS file systems, and more.