You cannot extend system partition with diskpart command. Actually, besides the disadvantages above, there are many limitations extending a volume with diskpart command line:. So, Diskpart isn't the right tool to extend a partition in Windows Server , you'd better turn to third party server partition software.
How to extend Server partition with diskpart command Unlike Windows Server , there is no built-in shrink and extend command in Windows Server disk management, fortunately, Diskpart integrates extend command to extend a volume without reformatting.
What is Diskpart Command In computing, diskpart is a command-line hard disk partitioning utility included in versions of the Windows NT operating system line from Windows onwards, replacing fdisk which was used in MS-DOS based operating systems. How to launch Diskpart command 1. MS-DOS command line window will be opened.
In the command line window, type diskpart and press 'Enter'. How to extend Server partition with Diskpart Command Before running diskpart to extend a volume, you'd better open Disk Management and check the disk partition layout, as you cannot make clear the configuration in diskpart command prompt.
On my server, there is drive C: E: F: and a free unallocated space. Steps to extend Windows partition with diskpart: Step 1: Follow the steps above to open diskpart command prompt window, and then type "list volume", you'll see all partitions but no Unallocated space.
X is the volume number Step 3: Type "extend" to proceed extending. Now drive F: was extened. Or you will need to delete a partition. And the second way can directly take free space on the disk to extend a partition. Diskpart tool can be used to manage hard disk and partitions using commands.
Refer to the following content. It supports extending a data volume. OS partition can be limited from being extended. If your partition meets the requirements above, follow the steps below. Or you can refer to the way 2. Step 2. And the Disk Part will be launched. If there is no free disk space, you will need to shrink another partition that has enough free disk space. Therefore, you may often need to shrink a partition firstly before you can extend the partition which is running out of disk space.
IM-Magic Partition Resizer Server supports you to extend or shrink disk partition without repartitioning the hard disk or losing any data. The free space squeezed by shrinking a partition will be shown as an unallocated volume. You often need to move the unallocated volume close to the partition you want to extend if you want to add the free space to the partition. For example, you shrink E drive to produce some free space, and the free space will be located close to the E drive.
If you want to add the free space to C drive, you need to move the free space close to the C drive. On Windows Server , you cannot move disk partition with Windows built-in tool.
IM-Magic Partition Resizer Server enables you to move free space close to any partition you like so that you can extend the partition. Windows Server OS has a Windows built-in Diskpart tool, with which its users can extend disk partition. Whether you resize a system partition or data partition, IM-Magic Partition Resizer Server enables you to resize disk partition without reformatting.
After shrinking a partition, the free space will be shown as unallocated volume. You can go to "Disk Management" to assign a drive letter to the unallocated volume and then format the volume.
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