C drive Extended

[Guest Arthur]

I need to extend my C drive partition from 10 GB to 20 GB

 

Can this be done with the following or it just simply cannot be done... and

I simply need to rebuild the C drive from scatch (other than using 3rd party

tools like partition magic)

 

1.Open Command Prompt.

2.Type: diskpart

3.At the DISKPART prompt,

 

type: list volume

 

Make note of the number of the basic volume you want to extend

 

4. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

'select volume 2' (Data Drive)

 

Selects the basic volume, n, you want to extend into contiguous, empty space

on the same disk.

 

5. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

extend size=n

 

Extends the selected volume by size=n megabytes (MB).

[Guest John John]

Re: C drive Extended

 

You cannot extend the system or boot volumes and you cannot extend a

volume or partition if it contains the pagefile. You will have to use a

third party solution to extend these partitions.

 

John

 

Arthur wrote:

> I need to extend my C drive partition from 10 GB to 20 GB

>

> Can this be done with the following or it just simply cannot be done... and

> I simply need to rebuild the C drive from scatch (other than using 3rd party

> tools like partition magic)

>

> 1.Open Command Prompt.

> 2.Type: diskpart

> 3.At the DISKPART prompt,

>

> type: list volume

>

> Make note of the number of the basic volume you want to extend

>

> 4. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

> 'select volume 2' (Data Drive)

>

> Selects the basic volume, n, you want to extend into contiguous, empty space

> on the same disk.

>

> 5. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

> extend size=n

>

> Extends the selected volume by size=n megabytes (MB).

>

[Guest Newell White]

RE: C drive Extended

 

Do you really need to extend your C drive?

 

We run our DC (hosting file server and App Server for database serving

entire design, manufacture, and sales functions) with 7.84 Gbyte of C: drive,

currently 1.54Gbyte is free.

 

I freed up space on the C: drive by following steps:

 

1) 1.5Gbyte - Move most of C:\pagefile.sys to D:

 

Create a new file D:\pagefile.sys, min = 1536Mbyte, max = 1536Mbyte

Modify file C:\pagefile.sys, min = 128Mbyte, max = 128Mbyte

 

Use regedit.exe to set

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Mnager\Memory Management

ClearPageFileAtShutdown DWORD 0 => 1

 

Takes effect when you re-boot.

 

2) 1Gbyte - Move all folders C:\windows\$nt*uninst* to D:\exc_windows\

 

You can't uninstall MS updates to your operating system without moving them

back, but in 2 years in this job I have never wanted to!

 

3) 0.65Gbyte - move app software

If you have install CD or download, uninstall from C:\Program Files\ and

re-install in D:\moved_programs\

 

These changes have been in place for at least 12 months with no problems.

--

Regards,

Newell White

 

 

"Arthur" wrote:

>

> I need to extend my C drive partition from 10 GB to 20 GB

>

> Can this be done with the following or it just simply cannot be done... and

> I simply need to rebuild the C drive from scatch (other than using 3rd party

> tools like partition magic)

>

> 1.Open Command Prompt.

> 2.Type: diskpart

> 3.At the DISKPART prompt,

>

> type: list volume

>

> Make note of the number of the basic volume you want to extend

>

> 4. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

> 'select volume 2' (Data Drive)

>

> Selects the basic volume, n, you want to extend into contiguous, empty space

> on the same disk.

>

> 5. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

> extend size=n

>

> Extends the selected volume by size=n megabytes (MB).

>