If you often open the Control Panel to access various tools and options, then you can add All Tasks and Disk Management to it on your Windows 11/10 computer so that you can access more features ...

There are many ways to open Disk Management. The easiest is to right-click the Start button and select Disk Management from the menu.

The “Computer Management” window will open. In the left pane, click Disk Management (under Storage). In Windows 8, right-click the Windows button, and select Disk Management.

Use Disk Management to easily set up a new hard drive, SSD, or USB stick under Windows.

Use Disk Management The first and probably easiest way to view the status of one or more drives is to use Disk Management. See How to Open Disk Management if you've never worked with this tool before.

The Disk Management snap-in in Computer Management displays available storage devices connected to the PC. Using this you can initialize, format or partition hard disks, among other tasks.

Type diskmgmt.msc in the Search bar to open Disk Management, right click the Windows volume, and click Expand.

Figure C When you attach a VHD from your System Image it will appear in Disk Management with a blue icon and will be assigned a drive letter. Close Disk Management and open File Explorer.