Re: Extending a Volume using Diskpart

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

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 23:28:30 +0100

David

In that case, you should be able to extend the last partition, but not the
first or second.

Are all partitions primary, or are any of them a logical disk in an
extended partition?

Best regards

Bjorn 

-- 
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
"David Mah" <david@m2web.com> wrote:
>Bjorn
>
>The unallocated space is at the very end of the basic disk (at the end of
>the last volume). There is no free space except above adjacent to any other
>volume.
>
>David
>
>"Bjorn Landemoo" <mvp2.REMOVE@landemoo.com> wrote in message
>news:a5t940lgvovmr97g9ckl0o5h3ufg10c49k@4ax.com...
>> David
>>
>> Do you have free space adjacent to the volume(s) you are trying to extend,
>> in the same container?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Bjorn
>> -- 
>> 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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