04 PowerShell; Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set

Powershell Command To Override Protection When Deleting Partitions 

In this article we will learn how to delete the disk partition if we got the Virtual Disk Service error:  

Using the PowerShell we can perform this action if  we can not do via  Window Disk Management ( GUI - diskmgmt.msc ) 

Delete Override Partition

How to Open PowerShell ? 

Click Here.. how to open the powershell

How to Delete the Partition using PowerShell 

PS C:\> diskpart
DISKPART> list disk

DISKPART> select disk 1

DISKPART> list partition

DISKPART> select partition 2

DISKPART> delete partition

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In the screenshot we got the error,

"Virtual Disk Service error:

Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set"

Solution

To resolve this issue we will delete this partitions forcefully, and use the override option below 

DISKPART> delete partition override

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