How to delete a disk partition

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How to delete a disk partition

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PS C:\Windows\system32> get-disk

Number Friendly Name Serial Number                    HealthStatus         OperationalStatus      Total Size Partition
                                                                                                             Style
------ ------------- -------------                    ------------         -----------------      ---------- ----------
1      SAMSUNG MZ... 0025_388B_91BA_DA7C.             Healthy              Online                  476.94 GB GPT
0      WDC WD5000...      WD-WXM1E156C3HT             Healthy              Online                  465.76 GB GPT
3      Generic ST...                                  Healthy              No Media                      0 B RAW
2      SanDisk Sa... AE2B070330C0                     Healthy              Online                  466.27 GB GPT


PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Partition -DiskNumber 2


   DiskPath:
\\?\usbstor#disk&ven_sandisk&prod_sandisk_3.2_gen1&rev_dl17#a2003c8d910ceb73&0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}

PartitionNumber  DriveLetter Offset                                        Size Type
---------------  ----------- ------                                        ---- ----
1                           1048576                                     512 MB System


PS C:\Windows\system32> Remove-Partition -DiskNumber 2 -PartitionNumber 1

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
This will erase all data on disk 2 partition 1.
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):