Disk Management Under Windows 7 from a Regular Windows Account

If you are logged into a Windows 7 system as a regular user without administrator privileges, you can still access the disk management function without logging off and on again as administrator or switching to the administrator account via the Switch User feature. To do so, take the following steps.

1. Click on the Start button.
2. Type cmd and hit enter to open a command prompt window.
3. At the command prompt window, type runas /user:administrator mmc. Note: if the system is part of a Microsoft Windows domain and you wish to use the domain administrator account, put the domain name followed by a backslash after user: and before administrator. E.g., runas /user:mydomain\administrator mmc.
4. When prompted for the administrator password, enter it.
5. In the Console Root window that opens, click on File and select compmgmt.
6. In the Computer Management window that opens, you will then see Disk Management under Storage.

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