RE: diskpart

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From: Caine (Caine_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/31/04


Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:19:01 -0700

yes it will do Basic disk. You will have to first expand the RAID to include
that disk which is usually done with the vendors tools like HP or Dell. Once
the new drive is part of the RAID you can use the diskpart tool.

"Tina" wrote:

> I have a win2k server that has a logical F: drive that
> consists of 3 36gb scsi dirves in a raid 5 array. I have
> added another disk to the system and want to extend my
> volume on F: to include my new drive. When I open window
> LDM I am able to see the new disk, but I am not able to
> extend F: to include the new disk because F: was setup as
> a Basic disk instead of a Dynamic disk. Will
> diskpart.exe do this? I'm not sure if it will only extend
> the volume to add additional space on the current disk or
> if it will allow me to add an additonal disk. Any info
> would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>



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