C drive Extended

28 Nov 2007 5:44 AM

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).

28 Nov 2007 5:56 AM

John John

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:

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> 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).
>

28 Nov 2007 8:18 AM

Newell White

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

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"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).
>