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user29266
Asked: 2010-03-10 09:01:56 +0800 CST

windows 2008 Cannot extend volume for c

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I have a 150 GB hard drive on a windows 2008 server.

  • 87 GB partition for D:\
  • 10 GB partition for C:\

I cannot extend/increase the partition for C:\ in the disk manager utility. as described here: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/resize-a-partition-for-free-in-windows-vista/ I tried doing it through the command: http://www.winvistaclub.com/t11.html

However I got the error: There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation.

windows-server-2008 disk-space-utilization partition diskmanagement

3 Answers

  1. Is there unallocated free space in which to extend it? You won't be able to extend the C: drive into the space occupied by the D: drive unless you delete the D: drive.

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  2. Hmm, I didn't think the C partition could be extended in Windows but haven't spent much time with 2008. Also, is there contiguous free space available on the disk after the C partition? That may be the problem.

    Use GPartEd to boot the server into this utility and resize it there:

    GPartEd

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  3. Best Answer

    Step 1: turn off "paging" computer > properties > advance system settings > performance settings > advanced > virtual memory > "paging"

    Step 2: I used server edition of: extend-partition.com

    The UI is really great. Even better than the nice built in win 2008 one. Note its $88, there might be some free ones out there.

    Step 3: I increased the size of C:

    done.

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