Re: Diskpart.exe / expand

You need to contact Microsoft support. They have a utility that can be used
to correct this issue.

Regards,
John

"RAJ" <RAJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D3D5346E-5269-4E2B-846D-F6932DA6C40E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,
> My problem is as follows:
> I had a server that's come close to running out of diskspace. Two drives
> mirrored for a total of 34GB.
> Windows was installed on only 4GB. The rest of the space was unallocated.
> The file system is NTFS.
> In an attempt to utilize the rest of the disk space I ran:
> diskpart.exe
> list volume
> expand
> Now I get the message
>
> Subsequently under Computer Management / Disk Management indicated
> down in the bottom right graph type section Disk 0 Basic 34GB (Healthy)
>
> However up above under volume / IBM_PRELOAD (C:) the file system NTFS
Status
> = Healthy / Capacity = 4GB / Free Space = 100MB
>
> If I do a right click/properties on the C drive it indicates capacity 4GB
/
> available 100mb
>
> In an attempt to correct the problem I rebooted. Same problem.
> In an attempt to correct the problem I configured Disk 0 as a dynamic
disk.
> Rebooted. Same problem. Although now I have a dynamic disk volume.
> In an attempt to correct the problem I attempted to use diskpart / expand
> again.
> This time I get an error message; failed to expand the volume...
>
> Any idea on how I can resolve this problem.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> RAJ


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