Type list disk in diskpart.exe, then all the disks connected to the computer will be listed below In Windows 10, we type CMD in the search bar, and right-click on it to run as administrator, type diskpart and click Yes to run diskpart.exe Of course, Press Windows Key + R and directly type diskpart maybe faster if you've got used to command lines, click Yes to the UAC window Make partition active using Diskpart command line: NOTE: Like we said before, this active command shall be set on a primary partition with boot sector and boot loader, if there's no such elements in the partition, you will have the computer unbootable. We'd like to add more details on how to make partition active in diskpart.
We shared how to set partition active in Windows 10 in previous guide with 3 methods: diskpart command line, Windows Disk management and our all-in-one partition managing software Partition Expert. Diskpart command line: active is to make partition ready for system installing.
