Re: diskpart wont let me extend... Whats up?

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So what about Extending the Broken Mirror Drive? Its not marked as System..

When I try to Extend, it says it was Successful, Though does not report that its been Expanded. A Reboot later its still the original size.

DISKPART> list vol

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 L Backup Two NTFS Simple 298 GB Healthy
Volume 1 C NTFS Simple 10 GB Healthy System
* Volume 2 D NTFS Simple 10 GB Healthy
Volume 3 K Backup One NTFS Simple 298 GB Healthy
Volume 4 I Monthly Bac NTFS Simple 298 GB Healthy
Volume 5 J Server-file NTFS Simple 279 GB Healthy Pagefile
Volume 6 F CD-ROM 0 B Healthy

DISKPART> select vol 2

Volume 2 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> extend disk=1 size=60000

DiskPart successfully extended the volume.

DISKPART> list vol

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 L Backup Two NTFS Simple 298 GB Healthy
Volume 1 C NTFS Simple 10 GB Healthy System
* Volume 2 D NTFS Simple 10 GB Healthy
Volume 3 K Backup One NTFS Simple 298 GB Healthy
Volume 4 I Monthly Bac NTFS Simple 298 GB Healthy
Volume 5 J Server-file NTFS Simple 279 GB Healthy Pagefile
Volume 6 F CD-ROM 0 B Healthy

DISKPART>

""Ken Zhao [MSFT]"" <v-kzhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:L%23woXSBpHHA.1144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Scott,

Thank you for using newsgroup!

From your post, I'd like to provide you with the following information for
your reference:
325590: How to use Diskpart.exe to extend a data volume in Windows Server
2003, in Windows XP, and in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590/en-us

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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| The Disk is Dymanic as it was Mirrored. We broke the Mirror, then went to
| extend it.
| Here is the Diskpart info...
|
| Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.1830
|
| DISK - Print a list of volumes on the disk.
| PARTITION - Shows details about the current partition.
| VOLUME - Print a list of disks that contribute to the volume.
|
| DISKPART> detail vol 2
|
| The arguments you specified for this command are not valid.
|
| DISKPART> detail vol
|
| Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
| -------- ---------- ------- ------- --- ---
| * Disk 0 Online 76 GB 67 GB *
|
| Readonly : No
| Hidden : No
| No Default Drive Letter: Yes
| Shadow Copy : No
|
| DISKPART> list vol
|
| Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status
Info
| ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- ---------
--------
| Volume 0 J Server-file NTFS Simple 279 GB Healthy
| Volume 1 K Backup One NTFS Simple 298 GB Healthy
| * Volume 2 C NTFS Simple 10 GB Healthy
| System
| Volume 3 L Backup Two NTFS Simple 298 GB Healthy
| Volume 4 I Monthly Bac NTFS Simple 298 GB Healthy
| Volume 5 D NTFS Simple 10 GB Healthy
| Volume 6 F CD-ROM 0 B Healthy
|
| DISKPART> extend
|
| The volume you have selected may not be extended.
| Please select another volume and try again.
|
| DISKPART>
|
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