Extending a partition on a logical device

(Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 only)

If you have increased the size of a logical device, you can extend the partition on that logical device to use the newly added space.

Notes:

1. To complete this procedure, you must be logged on as one of the following:
   • An administrator
   • A member of the Administrators group
     
     
2. If your %SERVER% is connected to a network, network policy settings might prevent you from completing this procedure.

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

1. After completing "Increase logical device space," shut down and restart the %SERVER%.
   
   
2. In the lower-left corner of the desktop, click Start Programs Administrative Tools Computer Management. The Computer Management window opens.
   
   
3. Right-mouse click the volume and click Extend Volume.
   
   
4. Follow the Extend Volume wizard instructions.

Notes:

1. You cannot extend the following types of volumes:
   • Striped
   • Mirrored
   • RAID level-5
   • FAT or FAT32 format
   • System
   • Startup (boot)
   • Simple or extended volumes that were upgraded from basic to dynamic.
     
     
2. You can extend a volume only if the volume is formatted using NTFS or does not contain a file system.
   
   
3. You can extend a simple or extended volume only if the volume was created as a dynamic volume.
   
   
4. You can extend a simple volume if the extension will occur within its original physical drive or onto additional physical drives.
   
   
5. After a volume is extended onto multiple drives (spanned), it cannot be mirrored or striped.
   
   
6. You can extend simple and spanned volumes on dynamic disks onto a maximum of 32 dynamic disks.
   
   
7. After a spanned volume is extended, you cannot delete any portion of the volume without deleting the entire spanned volume.
   
   

More information

• Increasing logical device size (action)

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