Re: increasing disk space

diskpart tells me that this volume may not be extended.

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

The "hotfix" is just a version of diskpart for Windows 2000. As said on this
kb:
For Windows Server 2003 and for Windows XP, use the Diskpart.exe tool that
is built in to these operating systems.

Could you try to do through a BartPE boot cd or something like this ?
Please make a valid backup before (as always)

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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
French blog: http://www.lotp.fr


"D-man" <Dman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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yes, I do. I moved the paging file as well.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590/en-us gives me a hotfix, but it is
not for win srv 2003 r2 std x64.

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

Hello,

Do you have unallocated space next to the partition you want to extend ?

Looks like it may not be possible to extend the system partition:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590/en-us

The strange thing is the "may be blocked"

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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
French blog: http://www.lotp.fr


"D-man" <Dman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We have a very similar issue. I already tried diskpart, but we have
server
2003 std x64 and we get a msge that the vaolume may not be extended. Is
there
another wayt to do it? (we have 2 x 73GB drives, with two partitions).

D-man

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

So from diskmgmt.msc, on the disk 1, you have your data partition, and
free
space (unallocated) just after ?
Easy to do:
diskpart
list disk
select disk X (should be 1, the disk where data resides)
list volume
select volume X (the data one)
extend


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Mathieu CHATEAU
English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
French blog: http://www.lotp.fr


"SBS Rocker" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Mathieu,
I saw this post and it is of interest to me as I am planning the
same
thing. I have a "data" patition RAID 5 on a dual channel RAID
controller.
My OS is on the other channel. This is "basic" NTFS partition that I
would
like to extend the primary partition. I currently have 5 - 73GB SCSI
15k
drives ttached and 1 hot spare. The new 73 GB is already part of the
RAID
5 array and I want to add it to the primary just like Greg wants to
do.
My question is have you done this before and are there any concerns
that I
need to be aware of? This is my "D" drive and is mostly data
although I
do
have a few programs installed in D:\Program Files. I don't think my
programs are an issue as nothing on C or D is going to change except
extending the primary partition on D: drive. thanks.

"Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

i do not recommend you to convert to dynamic.

Do you currently have more than one partition ?
You may move the second one to the new disk, and then extend the
system
drive through diskpart (need to have free space just after the
partition)


--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
French blog: http://www.lotp.fr


"Greg" <Greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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?

Thanks,
Greg









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