Re: Extending a Volume using Diskpart

From: Bjorn Landemoo (mvp2.REMOVE_at_landemoo.com)
Date: 03/02/04 

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 21:58:20 +0100

David

Do you have free space adjacent to the volume(s) you are trying to extend,
in the same container?

Best regards

Bjorn 

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Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
"David Mah" <david@m2web.com> wrote:
>I have an HP NetServer which contains a Raid 5 with one logical drive
>divided into 3 volumes, all basic. The operating system is Win2K built as a
>Win2K (Not Upgraded).
>
>I have added another hard drive to the Raid 5 and it shows as unallocated
>space within disk management snapin. I am now trying to extend two of the
>volumes which neither is a system volume. However I get the error:
>
>Diskpart failed to extend the volume.
>Please make sure the volume is valid for extending
>
>
>Which according to article No. 325590 occurs only when a volume that is
>currently on a Dynamic disk but was originally created on a Basic disk.
>
>However my disk are just basic disks. I happened to have another server with
>exact same hardware as the one above and used it to install Win2K with same
>number of logical drive and volumes. I then used Diskpart to extend the
>volumes however on one volume the command is successful and on the other I
>get the same error as above.
>
>Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?
>

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