A simple tool to query some data about your drives like diskpart !
There are also some ready to use functions to query data about your drives to save you some time from reading the whole Windows System API (WinDisk.h, WinDisk.cpp) in C++:
Informations Available About a Disk:
- Size
- Volume GUID
- Disk Numbers
- Partitions Data
- GPT: Size, Type, ParitionId, Attributes
- MBR: Type, BootIndicator, RecognizedPartition, Hidden Sectors, PartitionId
- More
This project was created with the goal to help some friends and myself to identify partitions in Windows Systems with a lot of drives and partitions.
Using diskpart would have slow us down a lot. I could have done it in another way but it was a good challenge to learn how to use the Win API.
To Identify a Partition Type you can use the GUID PARTITION TABLE. (One is avalaible below)
Distributed under the GNU General Public License. See LICENSE for more information.
| Operating system | Partition type | hideGlobally unique identifier (GUID)[d] |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Unused entry | 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 |
| MBR partition scheme | 024DEE41-33E7-11D3-9D69-0008C781F39F | |
| EFI System partition | C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B | |
| BIOS boot partition[e] | 21686148-6449-6E6F-744E-656564454649 | |
| Intel Fast Flash (iFFS) partition (for Intel Rapid Start technology)[30][31] | D3BFE2DE-3DAF-11DF-BA40-E3A556D89593 | |
| Sony boot partition[f] | F4019732-066E-4E12-8273-346C5641494F | |
| Lenovo boot partition[f] | BFBFAFE7-A34F-448A-9A5B-6213EB736C22 | |
| Windows | Microsoft Reserved Partition (MSR) | E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE |
| Basic data partition[g] | EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7 | |
| Logical Disk Manager (LDM) metadata partition | 5808C8AA-7E8F-42E0-85D2-E1E90434CFB3 | |
| Logical Disk Manager data partition | AF9B60A0-1431-4F62-BC68-3311714A69AD | |
| Windows Recovery Environment | DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC | |
| IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) partition | 37AFFC90-EF7D-4E96-91C3-2D7AE055B174 | |
| Storage Spaces partition | E75CAF8F-F680-4CEE-AFA3-B001E56EFC2D | |
| Storage Replica partition[34] | 558D43C5-A1AC-43C0-AAC8-D1472B2923D1 | |
| HP-UX | Data partition | 75894C1E-3AEB-11D3-B7C1-7B03A0000000 |
| Service partition | E2A1E728-32E3-11D6-A682-7B03A0000000 | |
| Linux | Linux filesystem data[g] | 0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4 |
| RAID partition | A19D880F-05FC-4D3B-A006-743F0F84911E | |
| Root partition (x86)[35][36] | 44479540-F297-41B2-9AF7-D131D5F0458A | |
| Root partition (x86-64)[35][36] | 4F68BCE3-E8CD-4DB1-96E7-FBCAF984B709 | |
| Root partition (32-bit ARM)[35][36] | 69DAD710-2CE4-4E3C-B16C-21A1D49ABED3 | |
| Root partition (64-bit ARM/AArch64)[35][36] | B921B045-1DF0-41C3-AF44-4C6F280D3FAE | |
| /boot partition[35][36] | BC13C2FF-59E6-4262-A352-B275FD6F7172 | |
| Swap partition[35][36] | 0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F | |
| Logical Volume Manager (LVM) partition | E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928 | |
| /home partition[35][36] | 933AC7E1-2EB4-4F13-B844-0E14E2AEF915 | |
| /srv (server data) partition[35][36] | 3B8F8425-20E0-4F3B-907F-1A25A76F98E8 | |
| Plain dm-crypt partition[37][38][39] | 7FFEC5C9-2D00-49B7-8941-3EA10A5586B7 | |
| LUKS partition[37][38][39][40] | CA7D7CCB-63ED-4C53-861C-1742536059CC | |
| Reserved | 8DA63339-0007-60C0-C436-083AC8230908 | |
| FreeBSD | Boot partition | 83BD6B9D-7F41-11DC-BE0B-001560B84F0F |
| Data partition | 516E7CB4-6ECF-11D6-8FF8-00022D09712B | |
| Swap partition | 516E7CB5-6ECF-11D6-8FF8-00022D09712B | |
| Unix File System (UFS) partition | 516E7CB6-6ECF-11D6-8FF8-00022D09712B | |
| Vinum volume manager partition | 516E7CB8-6ECF-11D6-8FF8-00022D09712B | |
| ZFS partition | 516E7CBA-6ECF-11D6-8FF8-00022D09712B | |
| macOS Darwin |
Hierarchical File System Plus (HFS+) partition | 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC |
| Apple APFS container APFS FileVault volume container |
7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC | |
| Apple UFS container | 55465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC | |
| ZFS[h] | 6A898CC3-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | |
| Apple RAID partition | 52414944-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC | |
| Apple RAID partition, offline | 52414944-5F4F-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC | |
| Apple Boot partition (Recovery HD) | 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC | |
| Apple Label | 4C616265-6C00-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC | |
| Apple TV Recovery partition | 5265636F-7665-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC | |
| Apple Core Storage Container HFS+ FileVault volume container |
53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC | |
| SoftRAID_Status | B6FA30DA-92D2-4A9A-96F1-871EC6486200 | |
| SoftRAID_Scratch | 2E313465-19B9-463F-8126-8A7993773801 | |
| SoftRAID_Volume | FA709C7E-65B1-4593-BFD5-E71D61DE9B02 | |
| SoftRAID_Cache | BBBA6DF5-F46F-4A89-8F59-8765B2727503 | |
| Solaris illumos |
Boot partition | 6A82CB45-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 |
| Root partition | 6A85CF4D-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | |
| Swap partition | 6A87C46F-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | |
| Backup partition | 6A8B642B-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | |
| /usr partition[h] | 6A898CC3-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | |
| /var partition | 6A8EF2E9-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | |
| /home partition | 6A90BA39-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | |
| Alternate sector | 6A9283A5-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | |
| Reserved partition | 6A945A3B-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | |
| 6A9630D1-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | ||
| 6A980767-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | ||
| 6A96237F-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | ||
| 6A8D2AC7-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631 | ||
| NetBSD[41][i] | Swap partition | 49F48D32-B10E-11DC-B99B-0019D1879648 |
| FFS partition | 49F48D5A-B10E-11DC-B99B-0019D1879648 | |
| LFS partition | 49F48D82-B10E-11DC-B99B-0019D1879648 | |
| RAID partition | 49F48DAA-B10E-11DC-B99B-0019D1879648 | |
| Concatenated partition | 2DB519C4-B10F-11DC-B99B-0019D1879648 | |
| Encrypted partition | 2DB519EC-B10F-11DC-B99B-0019D1879648 | |
| Chrome OS[42] | Chrome OS kernel | FE3A2A5D-4F32-41A7-B725-ACCC3285A309 |
| Chrome OS rootfs | 3CB8E202-3B7E-47DD-8A3C-7FF2A13CFCEC | |
| Chrome OS future use | 2E0A753D-9E48-43B0-8337-B15192CB1B5E | |
| Container Linux by CoreOS[43] | /usr partition (coreos-usr) | 5DFBF5F4-2848-4BAC-AA5E-0D9A20B745A6 |
| Resizable rootfs (coreos-resize) | 3884DD41-8582-4404-B9A8-E9B84F2DF50E | |
| OEM customizations (coreos-reserved) | C95DC21A-DF0E-4340-8D7B-26CBFA9A03E0 | |
| Root filesystem on RAID (coreos-root-raid) | BE9067B9-EA49-4F15-B4F6-F36F8C9E1818 | |
| Haiku[44] | Haiku BFS | 42465331-3BA3-10F1-802A-4861696B7521 |
| MidnightBSD[45][i] | Boot partition | 85D5E45E-237C-11E1-B4B3-E89A8F7FC3A7 |
| Data partition | 85D5E45A-237C-11E1-B4B3-E89A8F7FC3A7 | |
| Swap partition | 85D5E45B-237C-11E1-B4B3-E89A8F7FC3A7 | |
| Unix File System (UFS) partition | 0394EF8B-237E-11E1-B4B3-E89A8F7FC3A7 | |
| Vinum volume manager partition | 85D5E45C-237C-11E1-B4B3-E89A8F7FC3A7 | |
| ZFS partition | 85D5E45D-237C-11E1-B4B3-E89A8F7FC3A7 | |
| Ceph[j] | Journal | 45B0969E-9B03-4F30-B4C6-B4B80CEFF106 |
| dm-crypt journal | 45B0969E-9B03-4F30-B4C6-5EC00CEFF106 | |
| OSD | 4FBD7E29-9D25-41B8-AFD0-062C0CEFF05D | |
| dm-crypt OSD | 4FBD7E29-9D25-41B8-AFD0-5EC00CEFF05D | |
| Disk in creation | 89C57F98-2FE5-4DC0-89C1-F3AD0CEFF2BE | |
| dm-crypt disk in creation | 89C57F98-2FE5-4DC0-89C1-5EC00CEFF2BE | |
| Block | CAFECAFE-9B03-4F30-B4C6-B4B80CEFF106 | |
| Block DB | 30CD0809-C2B2-499C-8879-2D6B78529876 | |
| Block write-ahead log | 5CE17FCE-4087-4169-B7FF-056CC58473F9 | |
| Lockbox for dm-crypt keys | FB3AABF9-D25F-47CC-BF5E-721D1816496B | |
| Multipath OSD | 4FBD7E29-8AE0-4982-BF9D-5A8D867AF560 | |
| Multipath journal | 45B0969E-8AE0-4982-BF9D-5A8D867AF560 | |
| Multipath block | CAFECAFE-8AE0-4982-BF9D-5A8D867AF560 | |
| Multipath block | 7F4A666A-16F3-47A2-8445-152EF4D03F6C | |
| Multipath block DB | EC6D6385-E346-45DC-BE91-DA2A7C8B3261 | |
| Multipath block write-ahead log | 01B41E1B-002A-453C-9F17-88793989FF8F | |
| dm-crypt block | CAFECAFE-9B03-4F30-B4C6-5EC00CEFF106 | |
| dm-crypt block DB | 93B0052D-02D9-4D8A-A43B-33A3EE4DFBC3 | |
| dm-crypt block write-ahead log | 306E8683-4FE2-4330-B7C0-00A917C16966 | |
| dm-crypt LUKS journal | 45B0969E-9B03-4F30-B4C6-35865CEFF106 | |
| dm-crypt LUKS block | CAFECAFE-9B03-4F30-B4C6-35865CEFF106 | |
| dm-crypt LUKS block DB | 166418DA-C469-4022-ADF4-B30AFD37F176 | |
| dm-crypt LUKS block write-ahead log | 86A32090-3647-40B9-BBBD-38D8C573AA86 | |
| dm-crypt LUKS OSD | 4FBD7E29-9D25-41B8-AFD0-35865CEFF05D | |
| OpenBSD | Data partition | 824CC7A0-36A8-11E3-890A-952519AD3F61 |
| QNX | Power-safe (QNX6) file system[47] | CEF5A9AD-73BC-4601-89F3-CDEEEEE321A1 |
| Plan 9 | Plan 9 partition | C91818F9-8025-47AF-89D2-F030D7000C2C |
| VMware ESX | vmkcore (coredump partition) | 9D275380-40AD-11DB-BF97-000C2911D1B8 |
| VMFS filesystem partition | AA31E02A-400F-11DB-9590-000C2911D1B8 | |
| VMware Reserved | 9198EFFC-31C0-11DB-8F78-000C2911D1B8 | |
| Android-IA[48][49][50][51] | Bootloader | 2568845D-2332-4675-BC39-8FA5A4748D15 |
| Bootloader2 | 114EAFFE-1552-4022-B26E-9B053604CF84 | |
| Boot | 49A4D17F-93A3-45C1-A0DE-F50B2EBE2599 | |
| Recovery | 4177C722-9E92-4AAB-8644-43502BFD5506 | |
| Misc | EF32A33B-A409-486C-9141-9FFB711F6266 | |
| Metadata | 20AC26BE-20B7-11E3-84C5-6CFDB94711E9 | |
| System | 38F428E6-D326-425D-9140-6E0EA133647C | |
| Cache | A893EF21-E428-470A-9E55-0668FD91A2D9 | |
| Data | DC76DDA9-5AC1-491C-AF42-A82591580C0D | |
| Persistent | EBC597D0-2053-4B15-8B64-E0AAC75F4DB1 | |
| Vendor | C5A0AEEC-13EA-11E5-A1B1-001E67CA0C3C | |
| Config | BD59408B-4514-490D-BF12-9878D963F378 | |
| Factory | 8F68CC74-C5E5-48DA-BE91-A0C8C15E9C80 | |
| Factory (alt)[52] | 9FDAA6EF-4B3F-40D2-BA8D-BFF16BFB887B | |
| Fastboot / Tertiary[53][54] | 767941D0-2085-11E3-AD3B-6CFDB94711E9 | |
| OEM | AC6D7924-EB71-4DF8-B48D-E267B27148FF | |
| Android 6.0+ ARM | Android Meta | 19A710A2-B3CA-11E4-B026-10604B889DCF |
| Android EXT | 193D1EA4-B3CA-11E4-B075-10604B889DCF | |
| Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) | Boot | 7412F7D5-A156-4B13-81DC-867174929325 |
| Config | D4E6E2CD-4469-46F3-B5CB-1BFF57AFC149 | |
| PowerPC | PReP boot | 9E1A2D38-C612-4316-AA26-8B49521E5A8B |
| freedesktop.org OSes (Linux, etc.) | Shared boot loader configuration[55] | BC13C2FF-59E6-4262-A352-B275FD6F7172 |
| Atari TOS | Basic data partition (GEM, BGM, F32) | 734E5AFE-F61A-11E6-BC64-92361F002671 |
| VeraCrypt | Encrypted data partition | 8C8F8EFF-AC95-4770-814A-21994F2DBC8F |
| OS/2 | ArcaOS Type 1 | 90B6FF38-B98F-4358-A21F-48F35B4A8AD3 |
| Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) | SPDK block device[56] | 7C5222BD-8F5D-4087-9C00-BF9843C7B58C |
| barebox bootloader | barebox-state[57] | 4778ed65-bf42-45fa-9c5b-287a1dc4aab1 |