Mountvol: Displays, Creates, and Deletes Volume Mount Points
Mountvol is a utility that enumerates the volumes in your system. Table 3.19 describes the operations Mountvol can perform on a volume mount point.
Table 3.19 Volume Mount Point Operations
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
Mountvol or Mountvol /? |
Displays the name, globally unique identifier (GUID), and location of the volume. |
Mountvol [drive:]path VolumeName |
Creates a new volume mount point. Specify either a drive letter root directory or an existing empty NTFS directory as the source of the mount point and a volume name as the target. |
Mountvol [drive:]path /D |
Deletes an existing volume mount point. |
Mountvol [drive:]path /L |
Lists a volume name for a given volume mount point. |
'Path' specifies the existing NTFS directory where the mount point will reside.
'VolumeName' specifies the name of the volume that is the mount point target.
'/D' removes the volume mount point from the specified directory.
'/L' Lists the mounted volume name for the specified directory.
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Important
A volume can have only one drive letter. Using Mountvol to assign a drive letter fails if the volume already has a drive letter. To avoid this problem, delete the drive letter of the volume before assigning one using Mountvol.