Guest Arthur Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 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 Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 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 Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 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). >
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