How to find disk partition number?

While performing partition wise deployment you will have to specify the partition number in the UI to deploy OS image in that specific partition. This document will explain the steps to find the partition number. Partition number can be found in two ways,

• By running commands in the target computer with live OS.
• By using target computer's bootable media environment

By running commands in the target computer with live OS

To find the partition number by running commands in the target computer with live OS, follow the steps given below,

1. Open Command Prompt & execute the commands given below,
   • diskpart
   • DISKPART>list disk 

   You can see the disks which are available and connected to you target machine. Now select the required disk from the list and execute the below commands.

   • DISKPART>select disk <Number> (eg: select disk 0)
   • DISKPART>list part

   You can now view the partition number of the disk along with its size.

By using target computer's bootable media environment

To find the partition number by using the target computer's bootable media environment, follow the steps given below,

1. Create a bootable media (USB/PXE/ISO) by following the steps given in the document and publish it if it is a PXE media.
2. Boot target machine into the created bootable media environment.
3. Once the machine is booted successfully, press Alt + TAB, Open Command Prompt window & execute commands given below
   • diskpart
   • DISKPART>list disk 

   You can see the disks which are available and connected to you target machine. Now select the required disk from the list and execute the below commands.

   • DISKPART>select disk <Number> (eg: select disk 0)
   • DISKPART>list part

   You can now view the partition number of the disk along with its size.