Hi, I have expanded a system drive on a Windows 2008 sp1 server. But c: drive still shows wrong size in explorer. Have anyone else seen this strange thing? C:\Windows\system32>chkdsk The type of the file system is NTFS. WARNING! F parameter not specified. Running CHKDSK in read-only mode. CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... 126848 file records processed. File verification completed. 1031 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed. 0 EA records processed. 124 reparse records processed. CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)... 168574 index entries processed. Index verification completed. 0 unindexed files processed. CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)... 126848 security descriptors processed. Security descriptor verification completed. 20864 data files processed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal... 1160880 USN bytes processed. Usn Journal verification completed. Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. 26212351 KB total disk space. 24876536 KB in 97194 files. 56292 KB in 20865 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 199323 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 1080200 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 6553087 total allocation units on disk. 270050 allocation units available on disk. C:\Windows\system32>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 6.0.6001 Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Microsoft Corporation. On computer: SEST-APABW05T DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 D DVD-ROM 0 B No Media Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 35 GB Healthy System DISKPART> select volume 1 Volume 1 is the selected volume. DISKPART> detail volume Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ---------- ------- ------- --- --- * Disk 0 Online 35 GB 0 B Read-only : No Hidden : No No Default Drive Letter: No Shadow Copy : No Dismounted : No BitLocker Encrypted : No Volume Capacity : 25 GB Volume Free Space : 1347 MB DISKPART> Thanks, MagnusMagnus

Hi, It would be suggested to restart your VM. Thanks, Bahman

We have restarted it after we expand the disk, didn´t helped :(Magnus

A drive/disk and a volume is not the same. I interpret your question as if you have expanded the virtual disk in your VM. Have you also extended the volume (C:)?

DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 D DVD-ROM 0 B No Media * Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 35 GB Healthy System DISKPART> select volume 1 Volume 1 is the selected volume. DISKPART> detail volume Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ---------- ------- ------- --- --- * Disk 0 Online 35 GB 0 B Read-only : No Hidden : No No Default Drive Letter: No Shadow Copy : No Dismounted : No BitLocker Encrypted : No Volume Capacity : 25 GB Volume Free Space : 1343 MB DISKPART> detail disk VMware Virtual disk SCSI Disk Device Disk ID: EB478537 Type : SCSI Bus : 0 Target : 0 LUN ID : 0 Read-only : No Boot Disk : Yes Pagefile Disk : Yes Hibernation File Disk : No Crashdump Disk : Yes Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- * Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 35 GB Healthy System DISKPART> DISKPART> extend There is not enough usable free space on specified disk(s) to extend the volume. DISKPART> As you can see the volume is extended, and no free space on disk. Magnus

Try to use partition magic server, the reliable partition utilities for solving users' kind problems like you. Change the partition size again to the expect size.

Had the same issue with a disk inside a VM. Gui did not extend the filesystem. Went into Diskpart, Select volume #, extend filesystem, worked like a charm!