Step 3. To better understand this, let's open Server Disk Management as well, where you'll find out the disk partition layout. In diskpart command window, input "list volume". Step 4. To extend data drive D:, input "select volume 2" and then input "extend". From Microsoft, to extend a volume, there must be next contiguous Unallocated space , so extend drive D: failed. OK, delete volume E: to create Unallocated space. Type "list volume" again. Better than Windows Server , Windows diskpart is able to extend system drive C:.
From the steps above, to extend C: drive , we have to delete data partition D to create unallocated space. It is not a good idear to extend C drive by deleting D, because all applications and Windows services that point to it stop working. In some situation, you cannot expand C even if you delete volume D, learn why Extend Volume grayed out in Server Step 2. Step 3. Check the pending operations; click Apply and Proceed to implement this task. Or you can allocate free space from one partition with adequate space to C drive to extend C drive.
As an overall and powerful partition tool for Windows Server, it is equipped with many other functions about disk and partition, such as splitting partition, wiping partition, copying partition, and so on.
Then, you can connect the media to other PCs and run PA from the moveable device without reinstallation. Overview of a primary partition A primary partition is a volume where an operating system can be installed.
The necessity of extending primary partition on Server R2 It is common that primary partition C drive is stored with more and more applications and data, the usable space of it becomes less and less in Windows Server R2.
Way 1. Way 2. Extend primary partition via third party software [Without Data Loss] Obviously, it is bothering and time-wasting to extend C: drive via Disk Management or Diskpart on Windows Server R2 if there is no contiguous unallocated space right behind the primary partition that you want to extend.
Diskpart successfully extended system partition. When the error appears, you can open Disk Management, where you will find that there is no unallocated free space right after system drive. From the above content, we can know it is not a great idea to extend C drive in Diskpart when there is no unallocated space following to it and you have to delete the data partition D because deleting partition D means data loss and backing up a partition is not as easy as it sounds.
At this time, you should search for some substitute software to make up for the deficiency of Diskpart. It is designed for Windows Server users to manage disk and partition. That is to say, it not only works on Windows Server R2 but also works well on other Windows Server operating systems like Windows Server , , , , and Briefly, it can be used to solve low disk space problem in all Server computers when your C drive is running out of space.
Much more powerful than Diskpart. First of all, launch this software and go to its main interface, and then follow the steps. Then you can allocate free space from D to C drive. In addition to the above way, there is still another way to extend system drive in Windows Server Drag the bar to the left to shrink D partition in order to generate unallocated free space.
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