Command line disk management ...

I dunno why I might want to do it ... but I'm sure sooner or later I'll need to do it ... :D

So how do I get diskmgmt.msc or an equivalent going from prompt - obviously that won't run (its the disk management MMC snap in if anyones wondering) as it needs windoze to run in .... there's no fdisk equivalent that I know of ... usually I just use a.n.other machine to set up any 'weird' disk partitioning arrangements if I need them first.

I keep getting asked to 're-arrange' disks when folks realise that 1/8th of their disk goes up in MFT if they use NTFS 5 (the mft- master file table 'standardly' allocates 1/8th of the total partition size on any disk to use later, & usually puts it in a 'dumb' place too - 2/3rds of the way 'in', for whatever reason?) & also they want mixed ntfs & fat volumes for compatibility or speed or whatever the hell reason customers want stuff ... (usually 'cos some pretend geek told them in a bar) :rolleyes: :D

So it makes sense, to me at least, that I do all of this before I put an install there, remembering I'm usually at the point of delivery (at customers premises) when they ask .... nobody tell me partition magic ! (no doubt someone will now :D) ... but there must be some command line/utility alternative surely ?

While I'm asking can someone find me the command syntax for format that limits the MFT size .... I know you can set that again inside windoze with a reg key that contols how much space format allocates, but again how do I do that outside windoze ..?

So any suggestions ? 'cos I dunno .... :confused: