command Extending C drive Partition in windows 2008 ser ver
How to extend the C Drive partition which is a Basic disk in windows 2008, since i'm having less space i.e 40 GB. Can i able to take from D drive which has 250 GB Space. is there any command. I tried with DISKPART Command. But its giving error. Help me.
March 5th, 2011 11:19am

There is no way to extend the system volume with the operating system booted. You can however expand the system volume on a server that is booted from an NTFS boot disk using the Diskpart resource kit utility if there is contiguous space available of the disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590 Try this DISKPART > Select Disk 0 ("This assumes that DISK 0 is your boot disk") Disk 0 is now the selected disk. DISKPART > Detail Disk Controller Type SCSI Disk Device Disk ID: 2FE43460 Type : SCSI Bus : 3 Target : 0 LUN ID : 0 Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 68 GB Healthy System DISKPART > Select Volume 1 Volume 1 is the selected volume. DISKPART > Extend Size=10000 ("10000 will expand the disk by 10GB as an example, if no size is specified all available space will be allocated to the partition") Disk Part successfully extended the volume. DISKPART > Exit http://www.virmansec.com/blogs/skhairuddin
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March 5th, 2011 11:41am

Hi Bhaskars1508, With regard to Diskpart Command Line, it will give you the following error message: "diskpart failed to extend the volume. Please make sure the volume is valid for extending" Why can't you extend the volume? you can refer to why diskpart failed to extend the volume . To extend c drive partition or system partition in Windows 2008 Server, you may need to use the third party tool- Partition Magic Server 2003 . Such as Aomei Partition Assistant(http://www.extend-partition.com ), Acronis Disk Director(http://www.acronis.com ) ,ect. The detailed steps to extend C drive partition in Windows Server 2008 Server refer to: http://www.extend-partition.com/partition-magic/windows-2008-extend-volume.html Best Regard!
March 8th, 2011 11:06am

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March 8th, 2011 11:26am

Hi there, If you want to extend C drive partition size by DISKPART command, there should be have continuesly free space next to the system drive. Otherwise, you will have to use 3rd party tools to do this as the above persons suggest. ScorpioTechNet Software Assurance Managed Newsgroup MCTS: Windows Vista | Exchange Server 2007 MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician | Server & Enterprise Administrator Solution Architect
March 8th, 2011 11:29am

There is no shrink and extend partition feature under server 2003 disk management, that is the reason why using diskpart, but in server 2008, you can do this under disk management with step by step guide. No matter you use diskpart or disk management, there is should be unallocated space behind the c drive, you have to delete drive D to get the unallocated space. With third party server partition software, you don't have to delete partitions just resize to shrink and extend partitions, see this guide how to extend c drive on server 2008.
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March 10th, 2011 1:07pm

With third party partition magic, you can resize partition without data loss, see this guide on how to manage partitions: http://www.partitionmagicserver.com/help/resize-partition.html
September 20th, 2011 1:40am

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