Re: need more disk space on server

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Take a look at DiskPart. It's built in to Windows Server 2003 and XP. I'm
going to give a go tomorrow.

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"Greg" <Greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is a second post since my first was taken over by another user and my
question never got answered.

I have an HP Proliant ML350 server running Windows Server 2003 and have
two
34GB hard drives that are mirrored using a Basic (not Dynamic) disk setup.
I
have run low on disk space (2GB free) and would like to just increase the
size of the current logical drive. I have installed two more 34GB drives
that are mirrored (I assume because of the RAID controller settings since
they show as one 34GB logical drive). When looking at the "Disk
Management"
profiles of the installed disks under the Computer Management console, it
shows the existing disks as "Disk 0" Basic 33.91GB Online Healthy (System)
and the newly installed disks as "Disk 1" Basic 33.91GB Online
Unallocated.

My question is: How do I add the Unallocated "Disk1" to the Healthy
"Disk0"
so that I have one logical drive that is roughly 68GBs in size?

Should I do the following?
run diskpart, then...
list disk
select disk X (should be 0, the disk where current data resides)
list volume
select volume X (Volume 0 is drive C)
extend

After doing this, will it "extend" drive C from 33.91 GBs to 67.82 GBs?

Thanks,
Greg



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