select-vdisk.md

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select vdisk	Reference article for the select vdisk command, which selects the specified virtual hard disk (VHD) and shifts the focus to it.	reference	8808872a-3523-4205-a6c6-83fa738ee37a	wscontent	robinharwood	mtillman	10/16/2017

select vdisk

Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012

Selects the specified virtual hard disk (VHD) and shifts the focus to it.

Syntax

select vdisk file=<full path> [noerr]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
file=<full path>	Specifies the full path and file name of an existing VHD file.
noerr	Used for scripting only. When an error is encountered, DiskPart continues to process commands as if the error did not occur. Without this parameter, an error causes DiskPart to exit with an error code.

Examples

To shift the focus to the VHD named c:\test\test.vhd, type:

select vdisk file=c:\test\test.vhd

Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key

• attach vdisk

• compact vdisk

• detach vdisk

• detail vdisk

• expand vdisk

• merge vdisk

• list

• select disk command

• select partition command

• select volume command