Windows – How to extend a partition in Windows 2000 Server

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I have a Windows 2000 Server set up with RAID 5. I initially defined 2 136 GB logical disks 0 and 1. I have a small utility partition on disk 0 along with the C drive. I wish to extend the C drive to use disk 1 as well, which is now configured to drive D. I deleted drive D, but it is still in disk 1. I download partdisk.exe from MS, but am not sure how to accomplish what I want to do. I know I need to use extend, but I think I need to remove disk 1 and somehow add the unallocated space to disk zero, but am not at all confident on how to do it.

Best Answer

I found it very difficult to manage the disks in Windows XP / Server with the built in tool: Disk Management. I think you have to use a third party product / tool to do you job without loosing data. Check out this tutorial with some freeware: http://www.geeksdo.com/resize-server-partition-wizard-server.html (only for Servers)

For home PC: http://www.geeksdo.com/howto-resize-partition-with-partition-wizard-home-edition.html

An comparison for partition tools: http://www.geeksdo.com/server-partition-software-review.html

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