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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.


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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.

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