A. You can use the DiskPart utility from the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit or the Win2K Professional Resource kit to extend an existing volume by performing the following steps:
- Download the DiskPart utility from the Microsoft Web site, then install it on your computer.
- Go to Start, Run, then type
cmd
to start a command-line session.
- Type
diskpart
to start a DiskPart session.
- Type
list volume
to list the current volumes. The list will look like
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ------------------- ----- -------- -------
Volume 0 C NTFS Partition 10 GB Healthy System
Volume 1 D Data NTFS Partition 9 GB Healthy Pagefile
- Type
select volume <volume number>
to select the volume you want to extend.
- Type
extend
to extend the selected volume. If you don't pass any parameters, DiskPart will use all unpartitioned space on the current disk. Alternatively, you can type
extent size=<size in MB> disk=<disk number>
to set a size and disk to use for the extension.
- Type
exit
when you're finished.
You can extend only volumes created on a dynamic disk, not volumes created on a basic disk that you've upgraded. If you try to extend volumes created on a basic disk, you'll receive the error "DiskPart failed to extend the volume. Please make sure the volume is valid for extending."
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Brian Hooder April 03, 2004